Industrial Revolution/ Progressive Era
What problems existed as a result of the 2nd Industrial Revolution
Low wages
Unsafe working conditions
Child Labor
Pollution
Long hours
Sensationalized newspapers that sold a war around the USS Maine explosion
Yellow Journalism
What events pushed the US into WW1 3 years late
Why did the US say they were fighting in WW1?
Unrestricted submarine warfare & Zimmerman Note
Fighting to make the world safe for democrary
Over production
under consumption
Unequal distribution of wealth
buying on margin/ credit
All describe
Causes of the Great Depression
How is the end of WW2 a preview of the Cold War
US didn't want the soviets in the pacific theater
Wanted to intimidate the soviets with the Atomic Bomb
Progressivism promoted who to do what?
Government to fix the social, political, economic problems in society
laissez-faire (hands off)
US policy at the end of WW1 was? How did we see that with the ratification of the Treaty of Versailles
went back to isolationism
Rejected the Treaty of Versailles due to the League of Nations
Areas of Texas and Oklahoma had it even harder during the Great Depression because they were also dealing with
The Dust Bowl
Which program provided massive economic aid to rebuild Western Europe after WWII to prevent the spread of Communism?
Marhsall Plan
What are the pros and cons to the increase in railroads (2 each)
- Connected trade/ easier travel
- Pollution/ Natives loosing their land
Movement of black Americans from the South to the North in search of job.
Movement that created as a result that celebrate black success and culture
Great Migration & The Harlem Renaissance
How did the US help Great Britain in WW2 while neutral
Cash and Carry
Lend - Lease
In a market economy, the role of supply and demand
Determine production and distribution based on prices and profits.
What is the Red Scare name the two times that has existed ?
Red Scare: Fear of communism spreading in the United States
Cold War and the 1920s
Who benefited from Big Business/ Who didn't and what was created as a result to assist those that didn't
Big Business leaders benefited on the backs of workers
Unions were created to attempt to better conditions
What was the scopes trial? How is it indicative of society of the 1920s?
Scopes Trail was about teaching evolution in schools instead of creationism
Modern views vs traditionally held ones
How did women play a role in both world wars
- Nurses
- radio operators
- took men's jobs
- in charge of rationing
How did the Great Depression lead to the rise of Fascism ?
Were open to changing governments
People were willing to ignore extremism for promise of economic success
Fell for the myth of rebirth
As an economic system, Communism is characterized by what? How is that different from Capitalism
- No private property
- Government ownership of means of production
What allowed big business leaders to get as wealthy as they did
corrupt government
Vertical intergration
Horizontal integration
poor wages/ working conditions
The 1920s can be categorized by what two movements clashing. Please provide an example
Traditionalism V Modernism
prohibition v speakeasies
What were the war strategies in the European/ Pacific Theaters in WW2 what 3 turning points are connected to each
Europe: Squeeze Germany from all sides. D-Day & Stalingrad
Pacific: Island Hopping & Midway
How did the role of the federal government change during the Great Depression
Federal government took more responsibility for the well-being of the people (EX: Social Security) and got more involved in the economy
Why was the Cold War fought through proxy wars
Give an example. Including sides/ outcome
US/ USSR couldn't fight each other directly due to mutually assured destruction so fought through other countries
Korea: US/ UN/ SOUTH vs. USSR/ CHINA/ NORTH = stays divided
Vietnam: US/ SOUTH vs. USSR/ North Vietnam / Vietcong = falls to communism