WW1
Name 2 things you could do on the Homefront to aid the war effort:
-Rationing
-Liberty Bonds
-Farming/Raising Animals
FDR's response to the Great Depression was to (increase/decrease) the role of the federal government?
Increase
What was used to persuade people's opinions on the war?
Propaganda (posters, pamphlets, films)
What country was the Spanish American War fought in?
Cuba
Journalists who took on the role of exposing problems and corruption in American society were called what?
Muckrakers
What did President Woodrow Wilson create to resolve WW1 and promote peace?
14 Points
Where did people migrate to during the Dust Bowl?
Bonus 100 Points: What were those people called?
California
Bonus: Okies
What caused the U.S. to officially declare war in WW2?
Attack on Pearl Harbor
What country was Alaska bought from?
Russia
"The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair exposed what industry?
Meat packing and processing
What international organization was decided to be created post WW1, but then denied by the Senate?
100 Bonus Points: Why did the Senate not approve it?
The League of Nations
Bonus: They thought it would cause the U.S. to be "entangled in future foreign affairs"
What was FDR's most daunting task in regards to dealing with the Great Depression when elected president?
Relieving unemployment
How did the U.S. aid Great Britain in the war before declaring war ourselves?
The Lend Lease Act
(Sell & lend them weapons and war goods)
It's technically not direct aid, but the U.S. is increasing defense spending
Group that disagreed with immigration and favored native born Americans
Nativism
What amendment made the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcohol illegal?
18
What 2 Acts threatened the civil right of free speech during WW1? (Government said that you don't have this right during times of war)
Espionage & Sedition Acts
The root cause of the lack of purchasing power, a cause of the Great Depression, was ______ _______ Cycles
Boom Bust Cycles
Daily Double!!!
Leading up to WW2, America didn't want to get involved, so they took the stance of being an ___________.
Isolationist
What territory did the US acquire by overthrowing the Queen?
Hawaii
Theodore Roosevelts Legislation Package that promised Consumer Protection, Control of Coperations, Conservastionlism
Square Deal
What 2 out of 3 things led to U.S. involvement in WW1?
1. Sinking of the Lusitania
2. Interception of the Zimmerman Telegram to Mexico
3. Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
What did the New Deal create to financially help people past working age?
Social Security
How did the United States deal with protecting national security after the attack on Pearl Harbor?
Japanese Internment Camps
This message was sent from Germany to Mexico in promise of regaining loss territory provdied Mexico attacks the U.S.
Zimmerman Telegram
Conservationists that fought for national park creations and protecting our enivorment.
Daily Double:
John Muir