SPAM
Labor Unions
WWI
Great Depression
WWII
100

Began with what event?

Explosion of Battleship Maine in Havana Harbor

100

Labor Union for unskilled workers

American Federation of Labor

100

War begins in 1914 because of this assassination

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

100

What practice lead to inflated stock prices prior to the great depression?

Buying on margin

100

WWII begins with Hitler’s invasion of this country

Poland

200

Journalism characterized by exaggeration, made famous by Hearst and Pulitzer

Yellow Journalism

200

Union for skilled and unskilled workers

Knights of Labor

200

What does MAIN stand for?

Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism and Nationalism

200

What lead to the Dust Bowl?

Overproduction by farmers plus drought

200

US position the first two years of war

Neutral

300

Policy that leads us to have a “cause” to intervene for Cuba

Monroe Doctrine

300

How did the government generally respond to strikes?

On the side of the factory…get back to work, son!

300

Telegram from Germany to Mexico asking for their entrance into WWI?

Zimmerman Note

300

Hoover's response to Great Depression

Laissez Faire

300

How did we aid Britain before we became involved?

Lend Lease Act

400

Territories gained end of SPAM war

Philippines, Guam and Puerto Rico

400

Riot which breaks out in Chicago after workers strike for an 8 hour day. Bombing blamed on anarchists who were claimed they weren’t even present.

Haymarket

400

Wilson’s Plan for Peace

League of Nations

400

FDR’s plan to make government more active in solving problems of Great Depression

New Deal

400

America’s reason for entering the war

Pearl Harbor

500

Who becomes a hero in the SPAM war due to his involvement in the rough riders charging San Juan Hill?

“Rough and Ready” Teddy Roosevelt

500

Act which prevents any business from creating a monopoly

Sherman Anti Trust Act

500

Treaty which ends the war even though the US rejects the agreement.

Treaty of Versailles

500

Three goals of New Deal

Relief (immediate aid)

Recovery (aims to correct economy)

Reform (permanent change)

500

How did we get Japan to finally surrender?

Dropping the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki