Unit 1: Historical Skills
A source that is created by a first hand witness account.
A primary source
Fill in the blank:
M_______
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism
Militarism
What happens when prices of goods rise and income stays the same
Hyperinflation
Truman decided to use the atomic bomb for this reason...
To avoid an invasion that would cost thousands of American lives
The domino theory directly refers to...
one country that falls to communism, the surrounding countries will also fall to communism
A news article is an example of this...
The stalemate in WWI was largely due to...
...the increase in new technology made to wear down the opppsoing army
This was Herbert Hoover's initial method to combat the Great Depression
Minimal intervention from the government
When a strong nation dominates a weaker nation
Imperialism
This is what a war is called when two major super powers are supporting two opposing sides but not directly fighting
Proxy War
Americans moved westward in pursuit of ________ and _______
Wealth and opprotunity
This event played a large role in the U.S entry into WWI
Germany's unrestricted submarine/u-boat warfare
This event got its name when investors raced to sell their stock holdings
Black Tuesday
This term means to satisfy an opposing threat in hopes the threat stops
Appeasement
The CIA trained Cuban exiles to invade Cuba, what was this invasion called?
Bay of Pigs Invasion
America Pre-WWI was primarily...
The acronym used to label the goals of the Treaty of Versailles
BRAT (Blame, Reparations, Alliances, Territory lost)
The Treaty of Versailles would eventually lay the foundation for WWII, how?
Nations left the meeting feeling disrespected by the terms of the treaty
Japan resented their dependence on the U.S for resources
- Stop the spread of communism
- We wanted France as an ally
True or false...it is a primary source if I see an event happen, tell my dad, then he tells you exactly what I saw...
False
Woodrow Wilson's quote about the prospect of entering WWI
"Remain neutral in thought as well as action”
These were put in place to help the United States get out of an economic depression
The new deals
This plan gave economic aid to Western Europe post WWII
Marshall Plan
Why did the USSR put missiles in Cuba?
In response to the US putting missiles in Turkey