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Causes of the Great Depression
The Dust Bowl
Causes of WWI
Trench Warfare
Life of the Homefront
100
A cause of the Great Depression that occurred October 29, 1929.
What is Black Friday - the stock market crash?
100
A period of severe dust storms causing major ecological and agricultural damage.
What is the Dust Bowl?
100
Policy of building up strong military forces to prepare for war
What is Militarism?
100
Type of fighting during World War I in which both sides dug trenches protected by mines and barbed wire
What is trench warfare?
100
Required all men from the age of 21 to 30 to register for the military draft
What is the Selective Service Act (1917)?
200
A cause of the Great Depression defined by the result of uninsured bank deposits and people losing their money.
What are bank failures?
200
3 causes of the Dust Bowl
What are poor farming practices, severe wind storms, drought lasting several years?
200
Agreements between nations to aid and protect one another
What is Alliances?
200
Could grow to the size of a cat was the most feared because it feasted on human remains
What is the brown rat?
200
Grown by people throughout the nation in order to support the troops
What are victory gardens?
300
A cause of the Great Depression defined by a decline in retail
What is a reduction of purchasing across the board?
300
2 effects of the Dust Bowl
What are abandoned farms and fleeing refugees?
300
Pride in or devotion to one’s country
What is Nationalism?
300
Caused by lice, would take up to 12 weeks recovery time
What is trench fever?
300
The government raised over $21 billion through the sale of these.
What are Liberty Bonds?
400
A cause of the Great Depression defined by a severe drought.
What is the Dust Bowl?
400
3 ways government responded
What are relief checks, Farm Security Administration, and planting trees?
400
When one country takes over another country economically and politically
What is Imperialism?
400
Infection caused by soldiers feet being cold and wet for so long
What is trench foot?
400
Women working in larger munitions factories who dealt with TNT
What are Canaries?
500
A cause of the Great Depression defined as the American economic policy with Europe.
What is the Hawley-Smoot tariff?
500
Dust storm that turned day into night on April 14, 1935
What is Black Sunday?
500
Murder of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand
What is Assassination?
500
The number of United States casualties during WWI
What is 116,516?
500
Individuals across the United States that give speeches informing the public about WWI and encouraging patriotism
What is Four Minute Men?