WWI
The assassination of this leader and his wife led to the beginning of WWI
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary
The year WWII began
1939
One cause of the Great Depression
Buying on credit, stock market crash, slowing economy
34th president of the United States who commanded the Allied Forces in WWII
Dwight D. Eisenhower
The peace treaty that ended WWI
Treaty of Versailles
The names assigned to the countries involved in WWI
Allied powers (Belgium, Great Britain, Canada, France, Italy, Russia, eventually U.S.)
Central powers (Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Germany, Ottoman Empire)
The date Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japan
December 7, 1941
The young cartoonist whose animated films still drew people to the theater during the Great Depression
Walt Disney
Government organization founded in 1958 to bring the United States into the Space Age
NASA
The department of the government tasked with investigating Communist activities in the United States after WWI
General Intelligence Division, later known as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Name two new weapons introduced in WWI
poison gas, tanks, improved machine guns, flame throwers, hand grenades, and airplanes
The name given to the massacre of at least six million Jews by the Nazis
Holocaust
American president not in favor of expanding the federal government to help people during the Great Depression
Herbert Hoover
Young Black-American minister and civil rights leader who advocated for boycotts and peaceful protests instead of violence to promote desegregation
Martin Luther King, Jr.
One of the most famous photos of WWII shows Marines raising a flag on this Japanese island
Iwo Jima
The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk led to the withdrawal of this country from WWI
Russia (this was a peace treaty between Germany and Russia)
Name the two Japanese cities where atomic bombs were dropped
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Author of the New Deal (expanded government spending and jobs programs) and 32nd president of the United States
FDR (Franklin D. Roosevelt)
JFK (John F. Kennedy)
This war occurred after WWI and WWII and was known as the war of ideas
The consequences for Germany at the end of WWI
Loss of territory, demilitarization, and admission of guilt by paying reparations
The United States possessed the atomic bomb as a result of what scientific research project
Manhattan Project
Phrase used to describe when a president only appoints Supreme Court justices who align with his ideas and policies to have an advantage
"packing the court"
The first American to fly into space
Alan B. Shepard, Jr.
What name was given to the Native Americans who risked their lives during WWII to relay vital information to American armed forces?
Navajo Code Talkers