WW1 Causes
This is an agreement between two or more nations to support one another in times of peace and war.
What is an Alliance
This country was blamed for the war and was given punitive measures in the Treaty of Versailles
What is Germany?
Henry Ford changed the way industry worked and increased production with the invention of this process.
What is the assembly line?
The 18th amendment was created as a part of the Progressive Era and led to a rise of organized crime. This time period was known as…
What is Prohibition?
This refers to the makeshift towns that were created across the country as people blamed the President for the depression.
What is Hoovervilles?
The belief that a nation should have a large armed force and using in times of conflict.
What is Militarism
The organization that was created by President Wilson to promote world peace after World War I.
What is the League of Nations?
This invention became a household item that connected the country and would be used to allow presidents to update the American public.
What is the Radio?
These laws made it illegal to talk bad about the government and war effort during World War I.
What is The Espionage Act of 1917 and the Sedition Act of 1918?
This refers to the New Deal program that gave citizens peace of mind when depositing their money in the banks.
What is Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)?
The belief that a country is better than others and should prove it when necessary.
What is Nationalism
This was the collection of 14 claims President Wilson made to help decide the end of World War I and how the losing nation should be treated.
What is the 14 points?
This was the representation of the increased freedom and changes that young women made in the 1920s.
What are the flappers?
This is the reasoning that the Senate gave to stay out of the League of Nations following the Great War.
What is Monroe Doctrine?
This refers to the years long event that occurred because of soil exhaustion, overproduction of crops, and long-term droughts
What is the Dust Bowl?
British ship that was sunk with US passengers on board. This angered the US, but did NOT lead to US entering World War I
What was Lusitania
This began in Europe as the losing nation of World War I failed to pay back war debts, it would reach the US in the 1930s.
What is the Great Depression?
This is the movement that occurred in New York City that made African American art and culture part of “mainstream” culture.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
This politician and Socialist Party leader was arrested for sedition during World War I, this did not stop him from running for office though!
The plan FDR had to ensure that the New Deal programs would pass after Congress blocked several, people would criticize him for this.
What is Federal Court Packing?
Germany’s message to Mexico offering an alliance if the U.S. got involved in the war. Mexico did not receive the message, but it did get the U.S. involved in the War
What is the Zimmerman Telegram
This law started in the U.S. during World War I and would continue to be used to increase military numbers until after the Vietnam War.
What is the Selective Service Act?
This refers to the rapid increase in purchasing and economic growth of the 1920s.
What is Overconsumption?
This is the term to represent the stock market crash that occurred on October 29, 1929
What was Black Tuesday?
This phrase refers to the movement of industry focus from products and goods to military supplies.
What is Wartime Conversion?