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The New Deal
WWI
Vocab
The roaring 20's
The Great Depression
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He planned on using the government's power to create jobs for the unemployed. He promised this by setting up the alphabet agencies.
What did President Roosevelt promise to do when he was elected in the 1920's?
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The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria.
What was the one thing that rattled the chain of events leading to WWI?
100
Large volume of producing.
What does mass-production mean?
100
Americans wanted to renew their spirits and enjoy themselves. They felt a great sense of joy and relief after WWI ended.
What did Americans want to do in the roaring 20's?
100
invested into the stock market hoping to get rich, but the stock market crashed as many Americans lost millions of dollars.
Complete the sentence: On October 29, 1929, many people
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To provide jobs for the unemployed, and to boost the American economy.
What were the alphabet agencies purpose?
200
Austria-Hungary, Germany, Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria
What were the Central Powers?
200
The Allied Powers formed an alliance to defend against Germany(Central).
What is an example of alliance?
200
They came to Harlem during the Great Migration, and spread their music and culture across the US as people listened to their music and were entertained by the artists of the Harlem Renaissance.
How did African Americans have a big role in the Roaring 20's?
200
He didn't do anything to end the Great Depression, and blamed it on the Americans. Americans were living in shacks called "Hoovervilles".
Hoover won the 1928 election by a landslide, and instead of ending poverty, he did what?
300
Relief: To provide jobs for the unemployed, and to protect farmers from foreclosure. Recovery: To keep the economy in it's best shape. Reform: To keep banks moving(regulate), to end child labor, and to conserve farm land.
What did the three R's stand for, and what did they do?
300
The competition of the buildup of weapons and armed forces.
What is militarism?
300
Expatriate
Someone who leaves their native country to go somewhere else is what word?
300
The 19th amendment
Which amendment gave woman the ability to have the right to vote?
300
The farming industry suffered the most because the prices lowered, making it hard to make money. Also, dryness, heat, and insects destroyed their crops.
What industry suffered the most? Why?
400
The TVA built dams to prevent floods, conserve forests, and provided electricity for those who lived in the rural parts of the Tennessee River.
What did the TVA do?
400
Germany sent a telegram to Mexico in January, 1917, asking to join their side (Central). In return, Germany would help Mexico reclaim land in the US. This outraged the US as they sent ships to Europe, and Germany sank them. Finally the US entered the war.
What caused the US to enter the war?
400
Projects like highways, parks, and libraries that are built with public funds for public use.
What is the definition of public works?
400
Bessie Smith
Who was the highest paid African American woman of her day that was known for blues singing, and danced, acted, and performed comedy?
400
In 1929, nearly 33 percent of the nation's wealthy people decreased to 1%, and up to 75% of American families were living in poverty.
What was the growing gap between the rich and the poor?
500
In 1933 the unemployment rate was 25%, in 1935 it was 20%, and in 1937, the unemployment rate was 14%.
From 1933 to 1937, how did the unemployment rate change?
500
The soldiers would dig a ditch right into the ground, which was called entrenching. They would also dig in another trench(sapping). The safest way was to dig tunnels.
How was a trench made?
500
are bought and sold through an organized system.
Complete the definition: Stock Exchange: A place where shares in company
500
Henry Ford created the assembly line in 1913 that allowed the product to move forward, making things faster, and easier.
Who created a new type of production?
500
Congress raised tariffs on imports, which raised the prices of those goods, as many European countries raised tariffs on those goods. This caused the international trade to decrease as many factories shut down, worldwide.
What did Congress do in the 1930's that had an effect on imports?