Great depression
What was the cause of the Great Depression?
the stock market crash of 1929
What was the main cause of World War I?
The assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand
What was the cause of World War II?
Hitler's invasion of Poland
When did the American Revolution begin?
1775
Which Superpower was Capitalist and which one was Communist?
The Soviet Union
How long did the Great Depression last?
1929-1941
What countries fought in World War I?
Serbia, Russia, France, Britain, Italy and the United States
What countries fought in World War II?
Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Slovakia, and Croatia
When did the American Revolution end?
1783
Where did the two peace conferences take place at the end of WWII?
Yalta and Crimea
How did the Great Depression affect different groups of people?
rapid rise in the crime rate
How was trench warfare used in World War I?
allowing soldiers some protection from enemy fire but also hindering troops from readily advancing and thus prolonging the war
What were the turning points of World War II?
The Battle of Stalingrad is often considered the turning point of WW2
What were the causes of the Revolution?
The Taxation Acts, the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, and the Intolerable Acts
What was the Truman Doctrine?
established that the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces.
How did the stock market crash contribute to the Great Depression?
the crash was preceded by a period of phenomenal growth and speculative expansion
Why was the Lusitania important?
A German U-boat torpedoed the British-owned steamship Lusitania, killing 1,195 people including 128 Americans, on May 7, 1915.
Why did Adolf Hitler start World War II?
Obsessed with the idea of the superiority of the “pure” German race, which he called “Aryan,” Hitler believed that war was the only way to gain the necessary “Lebensraum,” or living space, for the German race to expand.
What were British soldiers called?
red coats
What was Marshall Aid?
provide economic assistance to restore the economic infrastructure of postwar Europe.
How did people find work during the Great Depression?
(Works Progress Administration)
What were the main provisions of the Treaty of Versailles?
The treaty forced Germany to surrender colonies in Africa, Asia and the Pacific cede territory to other nations like France and Poland
What two countries were already involved in a military conflict before the beginning of World War II
Japan and China
What were the populations of the two sides?
Great Britain had 8 million residents in 1775, and the 13 colonies about 2.5 million (of which half a million were slaves
What was the Warsaw Pact?
a collective defence treaty established by the Soviet Union and seven other Soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe