WWI
What were the MAIN causes of WWI?
Military, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism
What were “Victory Gardens”?
Gardens grown at peoples homes to produce food for themselves and conserve for the troops
European Theater
An area of heavy fighting across Europe and North Africa, during World War II.
Manhattan Project
A secret U.S. project for the construction of the atomic bomb.
Great Depression
The severe economic downturn that followed the collapse of the U.S. stock market in 1929.
List the countries that made up both the Allied and Central Powers
Allied- Great Britain, France, Russia (Eventually the US)
Central- Germany, Austria Hungary, Ottoman Empire
The Sedition Act 1918
it was a crime to speak against the purchase of war bonds or willfully utter, print, write or publish disloyal, profane, scandalous, or abusive language about this form of US Govt., the US Constitution, or the US armed forces
Pacific Theater
The part of World War II conducted with Japan in the Pacific Ocean and eastern Asia.
Internment Camps
Places were Japanese were put in WWII, because the US "said" they posted a threat to National Security.
Social Security Act
Part of the Second New Deal that provided retirement and unemployment insurance for American taxpayers.
What was the Zimmerman Telegraph?
Telegram from Germany to the Mexican government that tried to get Mexico involved in WWI.
**Caused the US to enter WWI**
What was the Great Migration?
Large scale movement of hundreds of thousands southern African Americans to northern cities.
Lend-Lease Program
Allowed the US to rent military equipment to the allied forces as as way to get around the Neutrality Acts
War Production Board
An agency of the United States government that supervised war production during World War II and converted factories from civilian to military production.
Why was Jazz significant?
First true American music
Born in the Deep South, believed to have originated from slaves from West Africa combined with Western musical instruments & techniques
What document formally ended WWI?
Treaty of Versailles
What was the Red Scare?
Fear that capitalism and democracy were in danger from communist threats
List the major countries involved in WWII and name how they were grouped.
Axis powers- Germany, Japan, Italy
Allied powers- US, Great Britain, France and the USSR
African Americans role in WWII
African Americans were at first put in non- combat positions but as the war waged on, segregated regiments were introduced.
List two causes of the Great Depression
Overproduction- Production of goods exceeds the demand for them.
Under Consumption- People are purchasing fewer goods than the economy is producing.
What punishments did Germany receive in the Treaty of Versailles?
-dismantle their army and navy
-pay war reparations of $33 billion (which they did not have)
Harlem Renaissance
First significant artistic movement coming out of Black culture.
African-American artists and intellectuals rejected imitating the styles of Europeans and white Americans and instead celebrated black dignity and creativity.
Pearl Harbor
Base in Hawaii that was bombed by Japan on December 7, 1941, which pushed America to enter the war.
New Deal
A series of programs implemented by FDR to put Americans back to work and pull the US out of the great depression
Explain the 18th and 19th Amendments
18th- Banned the sale, manufacture and transport of alcohol
19th- Granted women the right to vote