Roaring Twenties & Cultural Change
Illegal drinking, short skirts, and smoking defined these bold women.
Who were flappers?
FDR's series of programs to fix the Great Depression were known as this.
What was the New Deal?
The U.S. joined WWII after this attack.
What was the attack on Pearl Harbor?
The U.S. initially followed this foreign policy, which emphasized avoiding alliances and involvement in European conflicts.
What is isolationism?
This type of journalism used sensational headlines with questionable facts.
What is Yellow Journalism?
This African-American cultural movement gave rise to jazz, literature, and new Black voices in the 1920s.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
This agency, created during the New Deal, employed young men to work on conservation and natural resource projects.
What is the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)?
The Holocaust led to this international document affirming human rights.
What was the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
This intercepted note helped push the U.S. into WWI.
What was the Zimmerman Telegram?
This 1940s image campaign encouraged women to join the workforce.
Who was Rosie the Riveter?
This trial highlighted the clash between science and religion in the 1920s.
What is the Scopes Monkey Trial?
This event, which began in 1929, led to the widespread economic downturn that became known as the Great Depression.
What is the Stock Market Crash of 1929?
What were Americans encouraged to buy to help fund the war?
What are war bonds?
This sinking pushed public opinion against Germany in 1915.
What was the Lusitania?
FDR used this method to restore confidence in the economy.
What were fireside chats?
The illegal production and sale of alcohol during Prohibition was known as this.
What was bootlegging?
This president created the New Deal.
FDR (Franklin D. Roosevelt)
This executive order forced Japanese Americans into internment camps.
What is Executive Order 9066?
This WWII-era policy involved giving weapons to allies without direct involvement.
What was the Lend-Lease Act?
D-Day took place on the beaches of this country.
What is France (Normandy)?
This decade saw a rapid rise in consumer culture, as Americans flocked to buy new products like radios, refrigerators, and cars, spurred by this new type of economy.
What is consumerism?
During the Great Depression, many Americans were forced to live in these makeshift towns, which were often derogatorily named after the president at the time.
What are Hoovervilles?
In World War I propaganda, this symbol portrayed Germans as ape-like monsters to stir fear and hatred.
What is the “German brute” or “Hunnish brute”?
In 1898, the U.S. fought this war, leading to its acquisition of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines.
What is the Spanish-American War?
The U.S. dropped the first atomic bomb on this city.
What is Hiroshima?