1920's
Women who challenged traditional fashion expectations and wore more modern and revealing outfits were called what?
Flappers
What style of warfare was mostly used in WW1?
Trench warfare
What year did the U.S. join the war?
1917
What year did the stock market crash?
1929
Which president passed the New Deal?
FDR or Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Gave women the right to vote. (specifically white women)
What first event triggered the outbreak of WW1?
Assassination of Duke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary
Germany angered the U.S. by pushing Mexico to attack them in what document?
Zimmerman Telegram
How did consumers buying trends lead to the Great Depression?
Buying and investing on credit
The Republican response (President Hoover's response) to the Great Depression could be described as what?
Trickle down economics, pro-business
How would you describe the economic policy of the presidents during the 1920's?
Pro-business/Laissez-faire
What were two ways the Treaty of Versailles punished Germany?
Large reparations, stripped of military, admit guilt
Which president ran their election campaign on the promise of keeping the U.S. our of the war?
Woodrow Wilson
What are three states that were majorly impacted by the dust bowl?
Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, New Mexico, Colorado
Name 3 safety net programs created during the Great Depression as a part of the New Deal?
Social Security, Disability Insurance, Unemployment Insurance
The Harlem Renaissance ultimately helped lead to what?
The Civil Rights Movement
Name three of the Allied Power nations.
U.S., Great Britain, France, Russia, Serbia, Italy
What was the name of the ship that Germany sunk that led to the death of American passengers and contributed to the U.S. joining WW1?
Lusitania
Explain how stocks lost their value during the Great Depression.
Stock values collapsed due to stocks being bought on credit/over inflation of stock value and investors withdrawing their stocks leading to decreased values of stocks.
What was the major criticism some had of the New Deal?
High spending, government too powerful
The Red Scare, scare and raids of communists, during the 1920's was largely led by who?
Mitchell Palmer (the Palmer raids)
The Western Front was located between which two countries?
France and Germany
The government forced U.S. factories to be used to produce products for the war effort through which program?
War Industries Board
What are the different impacts of the stock market crashing on investors, businesses, banks, and consumers?
Investors-lost money invested
Businesses-couldn't get loans, less demand, had to lay off workers
Banks-couldnt pay everyone back their funds, closed doors
Consumers-lost jobs, couldn't pay back loans, less demand for goods
What New Deal act established the FDIC that insured the banks?
The Glass-Steagall Act