World War I
What did the Selective Service Act (1917) create?
The Draft
What is the nickname of the women who challenged gender roles in the 1920s?
Flappers
Name the term for shantytowns created during the Great Depression.
Hoovervilles
What New Deal organization set unemployed young men to work on projects like forest preservation, flood control, and the improvement of national parks and wildlife preserves?
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Why did the USA join WWII?
Attack on Pearl Harbor
What is the name of the message between Germany and Mexico that forced the United States to get involved in World War I?
The Zimmerman Telegram
In which two ways did the African American population move during the Great Migration?
Rural to Urban
South to North
What happened on Black Tuesday, October 29, 1929?
The Stock Market Crash
What is the nickname for Franklin D. Roosevelt's first 3 months in office?
First Hundred Days
What was the purpose of the Lend Lease Act?
To provide military supplies to the Allied powers
What international policy did the United States have at the BEGINNING of World War I?
Isolationism or Neutrality
Name this movement that was an outpouring of African American artistry and literary creativity
The Harlem Renaissance
The Dust Bowl
TRIPLE POINT QUESTION!!!
Name the following Presidents:
1. POTUS 1913-1921
2. POTUS 1929-1933
3. POTUS 1933-1945
1. WILSON
2. HOOVER
3. FDR
What international organization did Woodrow Wilson want to create?
Extra points: Did the U.S. join this organization?
The League of Nations
Extra points: NO, the U.S. did not join the League of Nations
Did the United States get more or less restrictive of immigration during the 1920s?
MORE restrictive
What was the name of Franklin D. Roosevelt's frequent radio addresses during the Great Depression?
Fireside Chats
What New Deal legislation authorized the federal government to set production quotas for major crops?
Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
Which U.S. President made the decision to drop the Atomic Bomb on Japan?
Harry S Truman
What did the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine give the U.S. the right to do?
What major issue was the focus of the Scopes Trial?
Name Herbert Hoover's tariff that made the Great Depression worse.
The Smoot-Hawley Tariff
What New Deal law provided benefits to retired workers, their families, and people with disabilities?
The Social Security Act (1935)
Name this program that invited Mexican workers to the United States as temporary laborers.
The Bracero Program