Great Depression
People
Roaring 20's (extra pts)
World War 1
Dates
100
This way to purchase items/stocks was the main cause of the Great Depression
Buying on margin/credit
100
Group of people (ethnicity) that prefer alliance with Russia
Serbs/Slavs
100
This event caused an increase in organized crime and alcohol consumption
What is Prohibition?
100
The U.S. followed this policy at the start of World War 1:
isolationism / neutrality
100
Roaring twenties started from ___ and ended by _____
1919; 1929
200
This took place in 1929 and is considered the start of the Great Depression since many people lost all their money in it.
The Stock Market Crash
200
This president was blamed for all problems during the depression.
Herbert Hoover
200
The decade of the 20's are called " Roaring" because
It led to positive widespread social and economic changes
200
Two reasons that the U.S. eventually joined World War 1 after first 3 years.
sinking of the Lusitania and the Zimmerman Telegram
200
World War 1 began in this year:
1914
300
Stock Market crashed on this date:
October 29th 1929
300
Assembly line inventor/pioneer
Henry Ford
300
The movement of African Americans from the South to the Northern cities in order to escape racism and poverty is known as
What is the Great Migration?
300
The League of Nations was rejected because
it would entangle the U.S. in foreign affairs and divide U.S. attention therefore weakening the country
300
The U.S. entered World War 1 in this year.
1917
400
the characteristics of an economic depression
High Unemployment and overproduction
400
This man was assassinated by a Serbian terrorist, leading to the official start of World War 1
Who is the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary?
400
One effect of this event is that African American pride and culture began to flourish (grow) in the cities
What is the Harlem Renaiisance?
400
This Treaty was signed at the end of World War 1 and it said that Germany had to accept full blame for starting the war, pay $33 billion in damages, reduce the size of their army and give up any land they conquered during the war
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
400
World War 1 ended this year
1918
500
When a bank runs out of money
bank failure/bank run
500
The ones that introduced the gas weapons during WW1
Germans
500
The intense fear of communism spreading to the U.S. during the 20's is known as
What is the Red Scare?
500
What countries were part of the allied powers?
Who are
500
The date the Stock market officially crashed
October 29, 1929 (Black Tuesday)