Immigration
Why did the U.S. experience a mass influx of immigrants at the end of the 19th century?
Industrialization
(Plus problems in other countries: oppression, pogroms, etc..)
What are two examples of issues in cities during the early 20th century?
Water quality, housing, crime, sanitation, corruption etc...
Name one of three reasons that led to imperialism from the United States
Racial Superiority
What international event sparked WWI?
The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
What was trench foot?
Name two problems that immigrants in America faced at the time
Discrimination, Making money, Loneliness, Language barriers
Name two examples of work/ job-related issues in the late 19th/early 20th century
Pay, child labor, Job safety, benefits, sanitation, Wage gap
Name one of three reasons that led to imperialism from the United States
Economic
Name one reason why the United States got involved in the war.
Americans were killed in British vessels that were sunk by Germans, economic ties with the allies.
Name one reason why the United States got involved in the war.
Name two countries that people immigrated from in the late 19th-early 20th century.
Japan, Ireland, Poland, India, Mexico, etc...
What was a way women could contribute to the war effort at home?
Taking on jobs, Canning food
Name one of three reasons that led to imperialism from the United States
Desire for military strength
What are two examples of new technology that was used in WWI?
Airplanes, Tanks, chemical warfare, trench warfare, machine guns, submarines
How did the Spanish Flu spread?
Through the air, world war I soldiers
True or False: More people immigrate to the United States NOW than in the early 20th century
What was the Red Scare?
Cuba, Philippines, Puerto Rico
What was trench warfare?
(Answers may vary)
How did the united States get soldiers?
Draft (selective Service act)
What was the name of the New York Island that was the busiest immigrant inspection and processing station in the United States?
Ellis Island
What were two of the three factors that led to industrialization?
New natural resources
Government support for business and innovation
Growing urban population
How did the United States annex Hawaii?
The United States used the threat of military action to annex Hawaii due to economic opportunities and for a strategic naval based
Name two ideas from Wilson's 14 points
Demilitarization, no secret treating, league of nations, freedom of the seas, self-determination
What mistake did Philadelphia make during the Spanish flu?
They held a postwar parade with no masks