WWI
THE ROARING TWENTIES
THE GREAT DEPRESSION
THE NEW DEAL
WWII
100

NAME ONE REASON THE U.S ENTERED INTO WWI?

UNRESTRICTED GERMAN SUBMARINE WARFARE

100

THE RISE OF ORGANIZED CRIME IN AMERICA CAN BE DIRECTLY LINKED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS LAW:

PROHIBITION

100

ONE OF THE WEAKNESSES IN THE U.S STOCK MARKET THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE CRASH WAS ONLY PAYING PART OF THE COST OF A STOCK AND THEN BORROWING THE REST USING THE STOCK AS COLLATERAL. THIS IS KNOWN AS:

BUYING ON MARGIN

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THE GOALS OF THE NEW DEAL WERE TO REFORM INDUSTRY AND THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM AND TO REVIVE THE ECONOMY TO END THE DEPRESSION AND TO:

PROVIDE RELIEF FOR THE NEEDY

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WHAT COUNTRY IN EUROPE WAS RULED BY THE FASCIST DICTATOR MUSSOLINI?

ITALY

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NAME ONE REASON WHY THE U.S. ENTERED INTO WWI?

ZIMMERMAN NOTE

200

THE LIBERATED WOMAN OF THE 1920s

THE FLAPPER

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ONE CAUSE OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION WAS THE STOCK MARKET CRASH, BUT AN EVEN BIGGER ONE WAS WHEN MANY OF THESE INSTITUTIONS FAILED:

BANKS

200

THE PURPOSE OF THIS ACT WAS TO LIMIT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION TO RAISE FARM PRICES

THE AAA

200

WWII IN EUROPE STARTED IN 1939 WHEN GERMANY ATTACKED WHAT COUNTRY?

POLAND

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THIS TYPE OF WARFARE WAS CHARACTERIZED BY POOR LEADERSHIP,  SLOW MOVING  BATTLES WITH HUGE CASUALTIES, AND SMALL GAINS IN CAPTURED TERRAIN.

TRENCH WARFARE

300

THE MUSIC OF THE 1920s

JAZZ

300

NAME THE TWO "Ds" IN FASTTODD:

DEBT AND DEFLATION

300

THIS NEW DEAL PROGRAM PUT THOUSANDS OF YOUNG SINGLE MEN TO WORK  BUILDING ROADS, PLANTING TREES AND HELPING IN SOIL EROSION AND FLOOD CONTROL PROJECTS:

THE CCC

300

THE U.S. ENTERED WWII WHEN THE JAPANESE ATTACKED WHAT U.S. NAVAL BASE?

PEARL HARBOR

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WWI WAS FOUGHT WITH NEW TYPES OF WEAPONS. NAME TWO:

MACHINE GUNS              FLAMETHROWERS

TANKS                           SUPER HEAVY ARTILLERY

POISON GAS                  LONG RANGE ARTILLERY

ZEPPLINS                       AIRPLANES


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THIS AFRICAN-AMERICAN LITERARY, ART, AND MUSIC MOVEMENT IN THE 1920s WAS CALLED:

THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE

400

OUT OF WORK MEN SPENT MUCH OF THEIR DAYS WALKING THE STREETS LOOKIN FOR WORK DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION . MANY OF THEM FOUND THEMSELVES WAITING- WHERE?

IN BREAD OR SOUP LINES

400

WHEN THE SUPREME COURT STRUCK DOWN PORTIONS OF THE NEW DEAL PROGRAMS AS UNCONSTITUTIONAL WHAT ACTIONS DID FDR TAKE?

HE TRIED TO REORGANIZE THE SUPREME COURT

HE TRIED TO "PACK THE COURT" BY ADDING NEW MEMBERS.

400

NAME A GROUP OF AMERICANS WHO WERE PREVIOUSLY RESTRICTED IN JOB OPPORTUNITIES  THAT BENEFITTED FROM THE NEW JOBS IN WAR INDUSTRIES:

MINORITIES 

WOMEN

RETIREES

TEENAGERS

500

AFTER WWI THE U.S. DID NOT JOIN THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS BECAUSE:

FEAR THE LEAGUE WOULD DRAG THE U.S. INTO NEW WARS -OR-

THERE WAS A STRONG ISOLATINIST MOVEMENT -OR-

THE U.S. PUBLIC BELIEVED THE LEAGUE THREATENED U.S SOVEREIGNTY

500

THE PROSPERITY OF THE 1920s HAD MULTIPLE CAUSES. NAME ONE:

BUSINESS FRIENDLY ADMINISTRATIONS

NEW PRODUCTS

ADVERTISING

AVAILABLE CAPITAL FOR INVESTMENT

500

WHEN PANICKY DEPOSITORS WITHDRAW ALL THEIR MONEY FROM A BANK THIS IS KNOWN AS A:

BANK RUN

500

WHAT WAS THE NAME FOR THE ECOLOGICAL DISASTER ON THE GREAT PLAINS CAUSED BY DROUGHT, OVER FARMING, AND OVER GRAZING THAT OCCURED WHILE FDR WAS PRESIDENT?

THE DUST BOWL

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WHEN IT IS SAID THAT IN WWII THE U.S FOUGHT A TWO OCEAN WAR IT MEANS:

THE U.S. FOUGHT IN THE ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC AT THE SAME TIME.