WWI
This telegram from Germany to Mexico, proposing an alliance against the U.S., was a key factor in the U.S. entering World War I
a) Treaty of Versailles
b) Zimmerman Telegram
c) Fourteen Points
B. Zimmerman Telegram
This constitutional amendment, ratified in 1920, granted women the right to vote
a) Eighteenth Amendment
b) Twenty-First Amendment
c) Nineteenth Amendment
c) Nineteenth Amendment
This method of businesses communication with customers creates a desire for new products
a) Interchangeable parts
b) Advertising
c) Division of labor
b) Advertising
This event in October 1929 is often seen as the start of the Great Depression
a) The Dust Bowl
b) The Stock Market Crash of 1929
c) The bank holiday
b) The Stock Market Crash of 1929
This element of the New Deal sought to provide immediate economic aid for individuals.
a) relief
b) recovery
c) reform
a) relief
Germany's use of this naval warfare tactic, which included the sinking of the Lusitania, angered Americans and pushed the U.S. closer to war
a) Naval blockade
b) Trench warfare
c) Unrestricted submarine warfare
c) Unrestricted submarine warfare
Illegal bars, often run by leaders of organized crime, that became popular during Prohibition were known by this name
a) Shantytowns
b) Speakeasies
c) Tenements
b) Speakeasies
The widespread availability of this form of media in the 1920s helped create a common culture through news, music, and advertising
a) Newspapers
b) Radio
c) Telegraph
b) Radio
Makeshift communities of unemployed people who lost their homes were often called by this name, blaming President.
a) Flapper camps
b) Hoovervilles
c) New Deal towns
b) Hoovervilles
This New Deal program, established in 1935, provided financial assistance to the elderly, unemployed, and disabled.
a) Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
b) Works Progress Administration (WPA)
c) Social Security (or the Social Security Act)
c) Social Security (or the Social Security Act)
This fear of communism led to a climate of suspicion and hostility toward people perceived to be radicals
a) Red Scare
b) The Treaty of Louisiana
c) Coalition of Fear
a) Red Scare
This cultural movement, centered in Harlem, New York, celebrated African American identity and creativity through art, music, and literature
a) The Great Migration
b) The Red Scare
c) The Harlem Renaissance
c) The Harlem Renaissance
The introduction of this type of entertainment helped to foster national idea through visuals
a) Film
b) Radio
c) Printing Press
a) Film
This term refers to risky investment strategies that many people practiced prior to the Great Depress
a) Speculation
b) The Red Scare
c) The Dust Bowl
c) Speculation
This element of the New Deal sought to address problems in the economy and provide long-term stability
a) relief
b) recovery
c) reform
b) recovery
This post-WWI treaty punished Germany and established an organization for world peace, which the U.S. ultimately did not join.
Treaty of Versailles
This method of manufacturing, perfected by Henry Ford, made products like the Model T more affordable and widely available.
Assembly Line/Mass Production
The affordability of this invention led to the growth of suburbs and the need for related industries like gas stations and motels
Car/Model T
What is the name of the practice of businesses making more products that people were willing to buy
Overproduction
This element of the New Deal sought to fix structural issue and underlying causes of the Great Depression
Reform
President Wilson outlined his plan for world peace after World War I in this address to Congress
14 Points
Young women who challenged traditional gender roles in the 1920s by wearing shorter dresses and cutting their hair were known by this term.
Flappers
This music genre is a blending of African rhythms and European Harmonies and was a popular form of cultural expression during the Harlem Renaissance
Jazz
Overplowing in the Great Plains combined with drought led to this environmental disaster in the 1930s
Dust Bowl
President Roosevelt's controversial plan to add more justices to this branch of government was criticized as "court packing"
The Supreme Court