American West
Where was the American gold rush located?
California
What year did it start?
1914
What were the dancers of the '20s called?
Flappers
Where was Hitler from?
Germany
Towns, where homeless people lived, were called what?
Hoovervilles
Who invented the term manifest destiny
John O'Sullivan
Who were apart of the triple alliance?
Germany, Austria-Hungry, Italy
what was sharecropping?
it was when a farmer who did not own land would work a plot belonging to a landowner, and the farmer would receive a part of the crop as the payment
How long did the war last?
6 years (1939-1945)
How did the great depression end?
With the start of WW2
who came up with the idea of barbed wire?
Joseph Glidden
Who was the triple entente?
Great Britain, France, and Russia (later the US)
What brought the "end" of the roaring '20s?
The Wall Street Crash
The bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima?
Enola Gay
More than $1 _______ in bank deposits were lost due to bank closings.
billion
What was the longest canal that was built in the 1800s called
Erie Canal
what was the spark?
the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Who made the first solo transatlantic airplane flight?
Charles Lindbergh
Which country lost the most lives?
Soviet Union
Who was also known as "The Bambino"?
Babe Ruth
How did the Compromise of 1850 propose to answer the question of slavery in the new states
Popular Sovereignty in Kansas
What was the longest battle fought on the western front?
The Battle of Verdun
What was the 19th amendment?
gave women the right to vote
What was the code name for the Battle of Normandy?
Operation Overlord
Poor farmers, who moved from the Dust Bowl to California were called what?
Okies