WWI Causes & Events
Who was the person whose assassination is considered the immediate trigger of World War I?
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
What term describes the decade of economic growth and cultural change in the 1920s?
Roaring Twenties
What major event in the 1920s helped trigger a worldwide economic crisis?
Stock Market Crash of 1929
Who was the dictator of Germany during World War II?
Adolf Hitler
What fast-attack military strategy used by Germany during WWII involved rapid movement and surprise?
Blitzkrieg
What type of fighting used long, narrow ditches for protection during World War I?
Trench warfare
What were illegal secret bars during Prohibition called?
Speakeasies
Who was the U.S. president who led the country through most of the Great Depression?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Who was the fascist leader of Italy?
Benito Mussolini
What is the term for a country extending its power over other territories?
Imperialism
What term describes strong pride and loyalty to one’s nation that increased tensions before WWI?
Nationalism
What cultural movement celebrated Black art, music, and literature in the 1920s?
Harlem Renaissance
What government programs created by FDR to fight the Great Depression were known as?
The New Deal
Who was the Soviet Union’s leader known for strict control and purges?
Josef Stalin
What law allowed the U.S. to send weapons and supplies to Allied countries before entering WWII?
Lend-Lease Act
What is the name of the treaty that officially ended World War I and punished Germany?
Treaty of Versailles
What constitutional amendment made alcohol illegal in the United States?
18th Amendment (Prohibition)
What nickname was given to the severe drought and dust storms that damaged farms in the 1930s?
Dust Bowl
What political system focuses on extreme nationalism and total loyalty to the state?
Fascism
What U.S. policy tried to keep America out of foreign conflicts before WWII?
Isolationism
What policy or decision forced Germany to pay money for war damages after WWI?
German reparations
What risky economic practice involved investing in hopes of quick profits?
Speculation
What economic idea said that helping the wealthy would eventually help everyone else?
Trickle-down economics
Who was the Japanese military leader who pushed for expansion during WWII?
Hideo Tojo
What false racial idea claimed Germans were part of a “master race”?
Aryan Race or Eugenics