WW1
Who were the Central Powers in WW1?
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire
Who were the axis powers in WW2?
Germany, Italy, Japan
Who was the President during the Great Depression
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Who was President during the New Deal?
Which 2 sides were involved in the Spanish-American War?
Spain and USA
What provoked the US in joining the war?
The sinking of passenger ships and the Lusitania
What were the 2 fronts of the war?
Pacific and European fronts
What were the conditions like for the working classes during the Great Depression?
Factories were shut down, farms and homes were lost to foreclosure, mills and mines were abandoned, and people went hungry
What does Social Security do?
Provides financial protection for our nation's people, supporting Americans throughout all of life's journeys
What country held the Philippines and Cuba before the War?
Spain
What modes of transportation were used in WW1 that was not used in previous wars?
Planes, submarines, tanks
In what city were the 2 atomic bombs dropped?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
What is Black Tuesday?
On October 29, 1929, the United States stock market crashed
What was the Fair Labor Standard Act?
A labor law that creates a minimum wage, overtime pay when people work over forty hours a week, and prohibits employment of minors
What did the Treaty of Paris do?
Forced Spain to cede Guam, The Philippines, and Puerto Rico to the United States
What was the Zimmerman Note?
German Foreign Secretary Arthur Zimmermann,sent a coded message to Mexico, proposing a military alliance against the United States
What was the Lend-Lease Act?
It allowed the United States to lend or lease war supplies to any nation deemed "vital to the defense of the United States."
To what extent was the Great Depression a time of violence?
There was a rapid rise in the crime rate
What was the Emergency Banking Act?
A federal law passed in 1933, in an attempt to stabilize the banking system.
A treaty between the U.S. and Cuba that attempted to protect Cuba's independence from foreign intervention
Who was assassinated to start WW1?
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
What was the main takeaway of the Yalta Conference?
To discuss the postwar reorganization of Germany and Europe
What got the US out of economic depression?
The start of WW2 and an economic boom
Which politician disagreed with the New Deal?
Robert A. Taft
The USS Maine