Industrialization
He used the assembly line to mass-produce cars.
Who is Henry Ford?
Main reason immigrants came to the U.S.
What is Jobs and opportunity?
1929 event that caused banks to close.
What is Stock Market Crash?
Fighting style used in WWI.
What is Trench warfare?
Movement that celebrated African American art.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
Industry led by Andrew Carnegie.
What is Steel?
Two common immigrant challenges.
What is Low pay, discrimination, overcrowded cities?
Neighborhoods made of scrap materials during the Depression.
what are hoovervilles?
Agreement that stopped the fighting in 1918.
What is Armistice?
Popular consumer product Americans bought on credit.
What are Automobiles or Appliances?
These workers protested for better wages and safer conditions.
What is Labor unions?
Place where immigrants from Asia were processed.
What is Angel Island?
Program that built roads in the Great Smoky Mountains.
What is the CCC?
Countries Germany fought with.
Who are the Central Powers?
Term for the trendy haircut worn by women in the 1920s.
What is a bob?
John D. Rockefeller created this business.
What is Standard Oil?
Place where all other immigrants were processed.
What is Ellis Island?
Project that built dams across the Tennessee River.
What is TVA?
What are the allied powers?
Term for buying something now and paying later.
What is Credit?
This transportation innovation connected cities across the U.S. and made shipping goods faster and cheaper, helping industries like steel and oil grow even more.
What is the expansion of the railroad system?
During the early 1900s, immigrants arriving at Angel Island often faced long questioning, harsh inspections, and long detentions. Name one major challenge these experiences created for families trying to start a new life in America.
What is discrimination?
After the stock market crash, thousands of banks failed. Explain one reason why people lost their life savings when a bank collapsed.
What is the banks ran out of funds?
This reason helped push the U.S. into the war because Germany promised Mexico land in exchange for an attack on the United States.
What is the Zimmermann Telegram?
This new form of mass communication helped spread news, sports, advertising, and music to millions of homes for the first time, shaping American culture.
What is the radio?