WWI
Why did the US decide not to join WWI when it first started? (also name the policy)
The US wanted to remain neutral (not get involved in foreign conflict)
Isolationism
How did the role of women change in the 1920s? Give 2 examples.
Women got the right to vote (19th amendment)
Some women became "flappers" (more independent, wore short skirts, engaged in more social activities)
What was one of the major reasons the stock market crashed in 1929?
Possible answers:
Panic that led investors to quickly sell off their stocks
Banks lending out too much money for people to buy stock who couldn't afford it
What was the focus of the Paris Peace Conference at the end of WWI (where the Treaty of Versailles was made)
Punish Germany for starting the war; force them to pay for the damage it caused; make them reduce the size of their miltary
Bigger and more powerful
What is Prohibition and why did some people argue it was necessary? (1 reason)
Prohibition = outlawing of alcohol (18th amendment)
Necessary to fix the moral problems of society (crime, violence)
What is a Bank Run? Why did so many banks fail at the start of the Great Depression?
Bank Run = people ran to their banks to take out their savings after the stock market crashed
Banks closed because they didn't have any money to stay open
What was "Black Tuesday"?
The day the stock market crashed!
There were 3 reasons the US was ultimately dragged into the war, what is one of the reasons?
Possible answers:
Economic ties to the Allied Powers (loaning $$ and selling weapons)
The sinking of a British ship (Lusitania) by a German submarine, killing Americans on board
A secret message discovered between Germany to Mexico trying to get Mexico involved in the war (Zimmerman Telegram)
What is the main reason why membership in the KKK grew to the millions throughout the 1920s?
Due to increased feelings of nativism (fear/hatred of immigrants)
What was President Hoover's response to the Great Depression?
Not the job of the Federal Gov to help people directly; provided aid ($) to corporations; individual people should be responsible for pulling themselves out of the Depression
Which groups of people were most severely impacted by the Great Depression?
Farmers and minority groups (women, African Americans, immigrants)
How did the Espionage and Sedition Act impact American society in WWI?
It limited what people could say about the war (outlawed public criticism of the war)
What cultural conflict did the Scopes Monkey trial represent?
Religion vs. science (evolution)
How did FDR change the role of the Federal Gov during the Great Depression?
FDR created new laws and departments of the gov to help people; size of gov grew dramatically; people started to depend on the gov to help people when they needed it
What caused the Dust Bowl?
Over-farming of soil and long periods of drought
What was the League of Nations and what was one reason why it didn't work?
An international peacekeeping organization made after WWI to prevent future wars
US didn't join, didn't have any military power to enforce decisions
What was the Harlem Renaissance? How was it an act of resistance for Black Americans?
Act of resistance because it challenged racial stereotypes
What was the purpose of FDR's New Deal Programs?
Provide relief to people (jobs, $), help the economy recover, put in place reform measures on banks and the stock market to prevent another Depression from happening
Give an example of a New Deal Program (name of the program and what it did)
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