Vocabulary
World War I
Great Depression/New Deal
World War II
1950's/1960's
100

a crisis time when the economy shrinks

What is depression?

100

This started the fighting for World War I.

What is the archduke of Austria-Hungary was assassinated?

100

This was the major cause of the Great Depression.

What was the Stock Market crash?

100

This is why World War II began in Europe.

What is Germany attacked Poland?

100

These two countries were superpowers after World War II.

Who were Russia and United States?

200

a time when businesses are growing quickly

What is a boom?

200

The reason the U.S. got involved in World War I.

What is German submarines sank American ships?

200

The New Deal was created for this purpose.

What was to help people get by after the terrible Great Depression?
200

This was the reason the U.S. became involved in World War II.

Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7, 1941

200

This was invented at the Bell Labs in NJ in the late 1940's.

What are transistors?

300

belief that one's country is better than others

What is nationalism?

300

This country was punished harshly by the Treaty of Versailles.

What is Germany?

300

He was President of the United States during the time of the New Deal and the longest serving president in history.

Who is Franklin Delano Roosevelt?

300

These countries made up the Axis alliance.

Who were Germany, Italy, and Japan?

300

This man organized the March on Washington and was a leader in the Civil Rights movement.

Who was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?

400

basic rights that belong to all people

What are civil rights?

400

He was President of the U.S. during World War I.

Who was Woodrow Wilson?

400

These are two other causes of the Great Depression, besides the Stock Market Crash.

What were the drought that affected farmers and many businesses closing?

400

These countries made up the Allied alliance.

Who were Great Britian, France, and the United States?

400

This woman helped young Latinos get a college education.

Who was Maria DeCastro Blake?

500
a formal agreement of friendship between two countries

What is an alliance?

500

This is the date World War I ended.

When is November 11, 1918?

500

Name two New Deal Programs that Roosevelt created.

What were the CCC(Civilian Conservation Corps) and the WPA (Works Progress Administration)?

500

This is the year that World War II ended.

When is 1945?

500

The goal of the Civil Rights movement.

What is equal rights for all people in a peaceful way?

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