Idea that was used to justify controlling other countries which is known as imperialism [p 358 question 1]
What is Social Darwinism?
100
Organization established at the end of WW I with the goal of preventing war by giving a voice to countries so they could work out peaceful solutions.
What was the League of Nations?
100
Literature and art depict postwar disillusionment [loss of hope for the future] p 428-429
What is Modernism?
100
Banks and businesses failed,
unemployment soared,
countries enact high tariffs,
American loans to Europe dried up
What caused the effects above? p 440
The Great Depression
100
Agency that guaranteed bank deposits up to $5,000 in event of banking crisis p 508
FDIC Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
200
Altered the Cuban constitution to bring its government under American control
What is the Platt Amendment?
200
War the Americans entered because Germany began to infringe on Americans' rights and safety
What was WW I? Remember we are in Chapter 12]
200
Look at the chart on p 440. Where did most people live in 1930?
Urban areas [cities]
200
Overproduction of crops and uneven distribution of income contributed to what event? See chart on p 449
The Great Depression- farmers lost money, the rich got richer and the poor got poorer
200
Immediate effect of New Deal See chart on p 508
Banking system stabilized
300
Puerto Rico, Guam, the Philippines and Cuba came under American control as a result of this war
What is the Spanish American War?
300
Look at the poster on p 398. is it an accurate representation of the Germans?
No
300
Presidents with policies of cutting government spending- see chart on p 440
Harding and Coolidge
300
Look at the cartoon with the man and the squirrel on page 455. What happened to the man's savings?
Bank failures
300
In regards to the New Deal, some people said the government was too powerful and spent too much money. What type of statement is that?
Criticism of the New Deal
400
This line of thought says that some countries are not capable of running their own affairs
What is Imperialism backed up with Social Darwinism?
400
Payment for war damages a country caused
What are reparations?
400
The mechanical equipment was associated with greater freedom- see the web on p 440
Automobile
400
Look at the pie chart on p 449. What percentage of people lived on less than $2,000 per year? What percent on 10,000 or above?
65% and 1%
400
Zora Neal Hurston worked for the government as part of this large depression recovery project: Turpentine camps were isolated and known for their terrible and abusive working conditions. It was unusual for a writer to be allowed in to gather information. Hurston's essay is one of the few written, first-hand accounts of the lives of turpentine workers. Although Hurston was aware of and made notes concerning some of the abuses that occurred in the camp, her essay focuses on the workday.