WWI
To build up its army for WWI, the U.S. passed this act to draft men into military service
What is the Selective Service Act?
Britain and France signed this agreement with Hitler granting him part of Czechoslovakia in return for peace.
What is the Munich Pact?
At this conference, Allied leaders agreed to divide Germany and Berlin into four occupation zones.
What is the Yalta conference?
style of music that reflected the mood of the decade
What is Jazz
the main cause of the great depression
What is the stock market crash?
This all-Black regiment served under French command in World War I and received France's highest military honors.
What is the 369th Regiment?
These acts prevented the United States from being drawn to European conflicts, including the Spanish Civil War.
What are the Neutrality Acts?
The Iron curtain speech accused this country of dividing Europe in East and West.
What is the Soviet Union?
This helped European Nations pay their war debts to American lenders
What is the Dawes plan?
FDR's 3 Rs
What is Relief, Recovery, and Reform?
What is the Zimmermann note?
As German bombers ravaged British cities, the U.S. passed this act to send weapons to Britain
What is the Land-Lease Act?
The Truman Doctrine wanted to support this form of government worldwide
What is democracy?
These were the two sides that culturally divided America during the roaring twenties
What is traditionalism and modernism
region of the Great plains that was devastated by drought and wind.
What is the Dust Bowl?
These laws made it illegal to express opposition to the war
What are the Espionage and Sedition acts?
This attack by Japan on December 7, 1941, brought the U.S. into WWII
What is the attack on Pearl Harbor?
This program provided aid to European nations to help them recover from WWII and limit the appeal of communism
What is the Marshall Plan?
In the 1920s, the younger generation shocked the older generation with their style of dress
What are flappers?
This natural disaster led Congress to create a national flood-control program
What is the Great Flood of 1936?
Nearly 1 million U.S. soldiers fought in this 1918 offensive that led to the end of WWI
What is the Meuse-Argonne Offensive?
Freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and this freedom were part of Roosevelt's four freedoms.
This military alliance was formed in 1949 by Western powers to counter soviet aggression
What is NATO?
This Amendment repealed prohibition in 1933
What is the Twenty-First Amendment?
What is the Social Security Act?