WW1 - Great Depression - Dust Bowl
One reason the USA started fighting in WW1
(happened in the ocean)
sinking of the Lusitania
Another reason for Mount Rushmore
(the kind of government we have)
promotes American DEMOCRACY
Where did most fighting take place?
trenches
Name the Central Powers
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire
Americans helped at home by...
CONSERVING FOOD with...
Meatless Mondays
Wheatless Wednesdays
What started WW1?
(No USA fighting yet)
assassination of Archduke Frans Ferdinand
The era OR time of more money, entertainment, cars, dancing, and purchasing retail goods for ourselves...
Roaring Twenties (1920's)
Protected soldiers from chemical weapons
gasmasks
Hey!!! What's a "FIRESIDE CHAT"?
President Roosevelt calmed the American people by talking to them on the radio
John Deere and Thomas Edison mostly worked on these types of inventions
Agriculture = farm tools
Electrical = lighbulb, phone, automatic telegraph
One reason for Mount Rushmore
(relates to vacation)
tourists visit to spend money
Another reason the USA started fighting in WW1
(something like passing notes in class)
Germany sending the Zimmerman note to Mexico
What punishment was imposed on Germany for starting the war?
Hint = $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Germany had to pay all war debt
18th Amendment called "PROHIBITION"...
making or selling all ALCOHOL was illegal
Any SUSAN B ANTHONY quote is about...
19th Amendment = women voting
What was the cause of America's worst economic downturn in history?
Stock Market Crash of 1929
Why were the shanty towns (groups of homemade shacks made from found cardboard, wood, and metal) called HOOVERVILLES?
We blamed President Hoover for the Great Depression
Name the allies without the United States
France, Russia, Great Britain
One DUST BOWL reason
Hint = Mother Nature
drought
Another reason for the DUST BOWL
Hint = farm machines
overplowing
How did soldiers communicate during WW1?
radios
Another punishment given to Germany for starting WW1
Hint = soldiers
disarm the military - take away almost all soldiers
The New Deal invented by President Roosevelt mostly made...
work programs to give our "PEEPS" jobs
Henry Ford was responsible for...
assembly line and speedy mass production