"The Great War"
Important People
Americans Get Involved!
Great Depression and New Deal
Vocabulary
100
This leader and his wife were assassinated by a Serbian Nationalist while driving in a motorcade.
Who is Archduke Francis Ferdinand?
100
Famous singer and musician (trumpet player) that pushed the popularity of the Jazz age.
Who is Louis Armstrong?
100
British ship carrying many Americans that was sunk by German U-boats/submarines.
What is the Lusitania?
100
The former President of the USA that believed the federal government should be the main force to fight the Depression, and enacted laws under the slogan "New Deal".
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
100
The organized spread of Information used to shape people's thinking.
What is Propaganda?
200
The term used to describe European countries that bonded together in pacts to defend each other.
What are Alliances?
200
Famous poet who played a huge part in the Harlem Renaissance in New York.
Who is Langston Hughes?
200
Ford Motor Company designed this to make cars more efficiently (produce better and more). It helped America produce weapons and food at a faster rate when they entered the war.
What is the assembly line?
200
This President's view was that the economy should recover on its own, and didn't do much to help at the beginning of the Great Depression.
Who is President Herbert Hoover?
200
Government programs developed during Franklin Roosevelt's Presidency to help people in need.
What is The New Deal?
300
When citizens of countries in Europe believed that their country was the best and deserved more success than others they showed what trait.
What is nationalism?
300
Baseball player that played most of his career for the Yankees, and still regarded as one of the greatest baseball players of all time.
Who is Babe Ruth?
300
After many protests and struggles, this 19th Amendment to the Constitution, brought much change to America toward the end and after WWI.
What is Women's' Suffrage (the right to vote)?
300
The goal of this agency was to create jobs; protect the natural environment; and save farms.
What is the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)?
300
Infamous name of the great dust storms that blasted numerous southern and western states.
What is the Dust Bowl?
400
The building of a strong military to discourage or defeat other countries.
What is militarism?
400
The author of "Gone With the Wind" that born in Georgia.
Who is Margaret Mitchell?
400
America (especially President Woodrow Wilson) was instrumental in writing the treaty of Versailles, but congress did not allow us to join this special alliance.
What is the League of Nations?
400
This agency built dams on the Tennessee River and created hydroelectricity for many rural areas and farms.
What is the Tennessee Valley Authority?
400
Limits on the amount of certain goods civilians could have in order to support large armies or to defend against food shortages.
What are rations?
500
The agreement to end the war where Germany got the blunt of the blame, and the League of Nations was formed and so on.
What is The Treaty of Versailles?
500
The name of the "dare-devil" pilot that flew across the Atlantic to this famous European city.
Who is Charles Lindberg that flew to Paris?
500
After the involvement in WWI, many Americans experienced great innovation and economic growth throughout most of the 1920's. This event in 1929 made people feel less confident in the economy.
What is The Stock Market Crash?
500
This Federal agency hired people to build highways, parks, schools, and libraries; sponsored artists to beautify public spaces; and encouraged authors to write about special places in the USA.
What is The Works Progress Administration (WPA)?
500
Fighting in a network of narrow ditches where soldiers stayed for long periods.
What is trench warfare?
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