World War I
Opposing sides attacked from the ditches instead of an open battlefield
What is trench warfare?
He used the assembly line to speed up production and satisfy demand. This lowered prices and made autos affordable to the average American.
Who was Henry Ford?
The term used to describe the area of the Great Plains where heavy droughts had dried up the farmland. The phenomenon was caused by severe drought combined with farming methods that did not include crop rotation, fallow fields, cover crops, soil terracing, and windbreaking trees to prevent wind erosion.
What was the Dust Bowl?
Allied naval strategy to reach Japan by taking one island at a time
What is island hopping?
A 1944 law that gave military veterans financial and educational benefits.
What is the GI Bill?
President Wilson’s proposal for peace after WWI. Wilson called for the freedom of the seas, ending secret treaties, a League of Nations, and other peaceful measures.
What is Wilson's Fourteen Points?
a popular musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in black communities in the Southern U.S. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. Famous composers included Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington
What is Jazz?
Was the popular name for shanty towns built by homeless people during the Great Depression. They were named after Herbert Hoover, who was President of the United States during the onset of the Depression and was widely blamed for it.
What were Hoovervilles?
A powerful weapon dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Harry Truman made the decision to drop the bomb in an effort to reduce American casualties. WWII ended as a result.
What is the atomic bomb?
Authorized the building of a national highway system. The new roads encouraged the development of suburbs away from the city.
What was the Interstate Highway Act?
An international organization formed after WWI to help solve disputes between countries. The U.S. did not join and it was considered a failure
What is the League of Nations?
The mass migration of African-Americans to Northern cities from 1910 through both World Wars. They left the segregated south for industrial jobs in northern cities.
This provided insurance for people’s bank accounts.
What was the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)?
General Dwight D. Eisenhower led the Allied invasion of Axis-controlled France across the English Channel. The landings as part of Operation Overlord, would lead to the liberation of France
What is the invasion of Normandy (D-Day)?
The United States’ space agency that sent Americans into outer Space. In 1969, the U.S. landed the first man on the moon
What is the National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA)?
The treaty officially ended WWI. It blamed Germany for WWI and handed down harsh punishment. Germany was forced to pay reparations to the Allies for the cost of the war. The treatment of Germany in the treaty helped lead to the rise of Adolph Hitler and WWII.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
The prime example of corruption during Warren G. Harding’s Presidency; involved Harding’s Secretary of the Interior, Albert Fall leasing U.S. naval oil reserves in Wyoming to private interests in exchange for bribes.
What was the Teapot Dome Scandal?
This is a government agency that regulated the stock market
What is the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)?
The major turning point in the war in the Pacific. This pivotal battle dealt a severe blow to the Japanese Navy.
What is the Battle of Midway?
This Amendment gave voting rights to Americans 18 years and older, largely due to the fact that 18-year-olds were eligible for the draft during the Vietnam War.
What is the 26th Amendment?
After a series of bombings, U.S. Attorney General A. Mitchel Palmer led a series of raids – Immigrants were blamed for the violence, and their homes and businesses became targets for search.
What are the Palmer Raids?
Period of African-American cultural creativity in music, art, and literature centered in Harlem, New York. Langston Hughes was a famous poet.
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
One of the most important acts of the New Deal. This helped provide unemployment insurance, aid to the disabled, old-age pensions, and insurance for families.
What was the Social Securities Act?
Part of the island hopping campaign and major battle in which the U.S. fought for and captured the island from the Japanese Empire. The American invasion had the goal of capturing its three airfields, to provide a staging area for attacks on the Japanese main islands. This month-long battle included some of the fiercest and bloodiest fighting of the War in the Pacific of World War II.
What is the Battle of Iwo Jima?
An international organization formed after WWII to serve as a peacekeeper in world conflicts. The U.S. and Soviet Union used the organization to promote their beliefs during the Cold War.
What is the United Nations?