Age of Revolution
Who was the king of France during the France revolution?
King Louis XVI
Where did this revolution begin?
In Britain
This war was also referred as
The Great War
What was the main cause of the Great Depression?
The stock market crash
What 2 Japanese cities did the U.S. bomb?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Which 2 countries aided the early Americans to fight Britain during the American revolution?
France and Spain
Who was the inventor who created the Cotton gin
Eli Whitney
Who had started the conflict and why?
Austria Hungry had declared war on Serbia because of the assassination of the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
When had the Great Depression started?
In the end of the 1920s (1929)
How did the U.S. get into the war?
Japan bombed pearl harbor
What were some reasons that the France Revolution started?
They were inspired by the American revolution.
The commons people were getting taxed too much by the monarchy.
The Estates system
What were 2 things that this revolution changed in society.
People started moving into cities
The middle class is created
Name three new things that were introduced in warfare.
Trenches
Machine guns
Tanks
Chemical Weapons
Who was the president during this time and had told the people that since they had dig their own hole, they could get out of it themselves?
Herbert Hoover
What were the three main causes of WWII
The Treaty of Versailles
Rise of dictatorships
The Great Depression
What Book was published by Thomas Paine, and that had inspired early Americans to fight for the U.S.'s independence?
Common Sense
what were some cons that this revolution had?
Poor working conditions in factories
Child labor was common, many would get injured
People living in cities were getting sick due to poor living conditions and pollution.
What was the treaty that officially ended the war called?
The Treaty of Versailles
What three things happen in the economy during the depression (what happened to the Americans during this time?)
Many Americans were left unemployed
Many Americans lost their homes
Many families broke apart
what is something Hitler of Germany and Mussolini of Italy have in common with their government?
They're views were inspired by Fascism.
After defeating Napoleon, chief European rulers met at the what to redraw the boundaries of Europe?
The Congress of Vienna
How did the industrial revolution help the southern economy?
The cotton gin and the tractor were invented during this time and since slavery was abolished, that is what helped the southern economy recover.
Name three countries that were in the Allied powers and three that were in the Central powers.
Allied powers: Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Romania, Canada, Japan and the United States.
Central powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire.
How could have the U.S. avoided something like this?
Americans could have saved more and not rely on the stock market so much.
How did WWII end?
It had ended when Japan had surrendered when the U.S. had dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki.