Empire Building
War in Europe
Back in the USA
1920s
People
100
These are two reasons why countries build empires.
What are:
Money (resources, trade, land, markets)
Superiority (spread religion, democracy, way of life)
Strategic/reputation (military bases, shorten travel time, be like the strong European Empires)
100
This cause of WWI means the buildup of weapons.
What is militarism?
100
When many more people were trying to sell stock, than those who were buying in 1929, this is what happened.
What is the Stock Market Crash?
100
This is how Hollywood influenced American culture in the 1920s.
What are movies?
100
This man's death triggered much greater violence.
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
200
This included journalists exaggerations about the U.S.S. Maine being bombed by Spaniards.
What is yellow journalism?
200
After the Russian Revolution, Russia dropped out of WWI, renamed itself the Soviet Union, and adopted this form of government.
What is communism?
200
This is the reason many African Americans moved north during the Great Migration.
What is jobs/employment?
200
This was the first car that most Americans could afford.
What is the Model T?
200
This woman mysteriously disappeared.
Who is Amelia Earhart?
300
The U.S. Marines were sent into this independent country in 1898. The U.S. conquered and kept the country.
What is Hawaii?
300
These countries were reinstated or created after World War I. (name at least two)
What are Austria, Yugoslavia, Lithuania, Latvia, Czechoslovakia, Estonia, Poland, Hungary, and Finland?
NOTE: Ottoman Empire renamed itself Turkey.
300
This country was erroneously blamed for the Flu Pandemic of 1918.
Who is Spain?
300
These are two negative impacts of Prohibition.
What are gangs (organized crime), violence, illegal drinking, bootleggers? (Name at least two)
300
This boundary-pusher became world famous.
Who is Charles Lindbergh?
400
This was a nickname for William Seward's purchase of Alaska.
What is Seward's Folly, Seward's Icebox, or Polar Bear Garden?
400
After WWI, Germany was forced to take the blame for starting the war AND do these things.
What are reparations ($33 billion payments), give up colonies, and give up most of military?
400
In 1919, this racial conflict was triggered in part by the murder of a Eugene Williams on a Chicago beach.
What is the Red Summer?
400
This public display of strength showed that the KKK had spread beyond the south and counted millions as members in the 1920s.
What is the March on Washington?
400
This musician was famous for his skills on the trumpet.
Who is Louis Armstrong?
500
This policy suggested President Teddy Roosevelt wanted to build up the military to make sure other countries took the U.S. seriously.
What is the Big Stick Policy?
500
Archduke Franz Ferdinand was killed by an assassin from this European country.
What is Serbia?
500
As women took jobs as nurses, relief workers, and ambulance drivers during WWI, it strengthened their argument for full democracy at home. This Amendment (give #) was the result.
What was the 19th Amendment?
500
This crime demonstrated that Warren Harding’s government was pro-business.
What is the Teapot Dome Scandal?
500
This President had 14 Points to make the world more peaceful after WWI.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?