The Roaring 20s
What was a new type of MUSIC during the 1920s?
Jazz
What caused the Great Depression?
After people lost money in the crash, they emptied their bank accounts which caused bank failures.
What caused the United States to join WWII?
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor
Who is the famous Jewish child known for her diary she wrote while in hiding?
Anne Frank
What are civil rights?
Rights that belong to every citizen
What were women called who cut their hair short and wore shorter dresses?
What happened during the Great Depression?
Many people lost their jobs and homes
What caused Great Britain and France to declare war on Germany?
Germany invaded Poland
Who led the Nazis and wanted to eliminate all Jewish people?
Adolf Hitler
What was the longest war in our country's history?
The Vietnam War
What was prohibition?
When liquor could NOT be sold anywhere.
What was President Roosevelt's plan to end the Great Depression?
The New Deal
Who were the two sides in WWII? Name two countries on each side.
Axis= Germany, Japan, Italy
Allies= U.S., France, Great Britain, Russia
What did Jewish people need to wear so that others knew they were Jewish?
The Star of David (yellow star)
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
When African Americans peacefully protested to get equal rights
What was women's suffrage?
When women joined together to earn the right to vote.
What is the New Deal?
Starting projects to create jobs
How did the people of Wisconsin help the country during WWII?
they served in the armed forces
farmers made cheese and grew crops for soldiers
factories made guns, trucks, ships, clothes
What was the Holocaust?
A terrible time when many Jewish people were sent to concentration camps to die.
What is communism?
A form of government where people CAN'T vote for their leaders, choose their religion, or own their own property.
What is the Great Migration and why did it happen?
When many African Americans moved to the north from the south because they were being segregated and didn't have the right to vote in the south.
Explain the Depression Cycle
People get laid off - they don't buy things - stores go out of business - factories go out of business - repeat
What was the turning point in WWII?
D-Day (The Battle of Normady)
What are concentration camps?
Prison camps where Jews were sent to work til they died or were killed in gas chambers.
The Women's Movement is a time when women fought for equal rights. What equal rights did they fight for?
-women's wages to be equal to men's
-companies could not give some jobs only to men
-elect more women to government offices