WWI
What happened in 1914?
Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
French physicists who pioneered work in radioactive matter
Pierre and Marie Curie
Did despite the government's actions, the unemployment rate ever drop below 14%?
No
Name the Allies at the beginning of WWI
Russia, Serbia, France, Great Britain, Italy
Name the Central Powers
Hungary-Austria, Germany, Ottoman Empire
Who Was President?
Woodrow Wilson
Father of modern physics
Albert Einstein
Name one cost of the depression
Massive unemployment
Name of British passenger liner that was sunk by German submarines
Lusitania
Why did the US get involved in WWI?
Sinking of Lusitania and of US merchant ships
How many men did the US military draft to send to Europe?
4,000
Literature after WWI often reflected _____ and ____ of modern life
despair and emptiness
What is the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act?
established the highest tariff (duty or tax on foreign products) in US history
How did the US contribute to the Allies?
send US merchant ships with food and supplies to devasted European countries
In what ways did Georgia help in the war effort?
Established forts for training men, sent food and supplies and also had prison camps
When did WWI end?
November 11, 1918
What architect developed skyscrapers
Louis Sullivan
Define term Federal Reserve
American Agency that controls the US money supply land works to protect the American banking system
What was the year and month that the German U-boat sank the Lusitania?
May 1915
How many people died when the Lusitania sank?
1,198 including 128 Americans
Who was the ruler of Russia and signed a treaty with the Germans, taking Russia out of WWI?
Vladimir Lenin
Who developed functional architecture in Europe
Walter Gropius
Who was the President?
Franklin Roosevelt
What was the month and year that the United states entered the war as an ally of Great Britain, and France and declared war on Germany?
April 6, 1917
Name the treaty between the Allies and Germany that contained harsh demands and blamed Germany for WWI
Treaty of Versailles