World War I
By 1914, many European countries had followed this policy to strengthen their militaries by increasing the size of their armies and navies.
What is militarism?
This was the fear that Communist ideas would spread from eastern Europe to negatively affect American society.
What was the Red Scare?
Stock market speculators would borrow money to buy more stock than they could afford.
What is buying on margin?
He ran for president in 1932 promising a "New Deal" for millions of Americans affected by the Great Depression.
Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)?
This president (1933-1945) was elected by promising Americans a New Deal to end the economic problems of the Great Depression.
Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)?
The heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire; His assassination in 1914 was the spark that began WWI.
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
Women of the 1920s who challenged traditional expectations. They wore their hair and dresses short and behaved independently in public like men, often smoking, drinking, and enjoying nightlife.
Who are flappers?
This environmental disaster destroyed thousands of farms across the Great Plains during the early 1930s.
What is the Dust Bowl?
Called the "Three R's", these are the different ways FDR's New Deal would help improve the economy.
What are relief, recovery, and reform?
This president (1913-1921) supported government regulation of the economy and led the U.S. into WWI to "make the world safe for democracy".
Who was Woodrow Wilson?
In 1917, this message from a German diplomat to the Mexican government proposed that Mexico attack the U.S. The telegram was intercepted by the British and shared with the U.S.
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
This is how many Americans purchased automobiles, electric appliances, and other new products during the 1920s. Consumers could buy now, and pay later.
What is credit, or an installment plan?
These caused millions of Americans to lose their savings in the early 1930s.
What are bank failures?
This New Deal program insured Americans' bank deposits against loss from a bank failure.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
This president (1901-1909) ran for a third term in the election of 1912 as a third-party candidate with the Progressive "Bull Moose" Party.
Who was Theodore Roosevelt?
This announcement by Germany forced the U.S. to end its policy of neutrality in 1917.
What is unrestricted submarine warfare?
These were laws passed in the 1920s by Congress limiting immigration from eastern and southern Europe and Asia.
What are the Emergency Quota Act and the Immigration Act?
Americans made homeless by the Great Depression often called their camps this, referring to the president they blamed for the worsening economy.
What are Hoovervilles?
The unprecedented series of actions taken by FDR and the Congress during the first three months of his presidency to increase the government's role in providing economic relief to businesses and individuals.
What was the First Hundred Days?
This president (1929-1933) was blamed by Americans for allowing the economic problems of the Great Depression to worsen.
Who was Herbert Hoover?
Signed in 1919, this agreement officially ended World War I. The agreement forced Germany to reduce its military size, give up territory, pay reparations to France and Britain, and admit sole guilt for starting the war.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
In this trial, a public school teacher in Tennessee was charged with teaching the theory of evolution in his class. The trial showed the public conflict between traditional religion and modern science.
What was the Scopes Trial?
Congress passed this law to protect domestic industries from foreign competition, but it actually hurt American trade overseas.
What is the Smoot-Hawley Tariff?
Congress passed the Securities Act, creating this agency to regulate trading on the stock market.
What is the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)?
This president (1921-1923) promised Americans a "Return to Normalcy", a policy of international neutrality and supporting business expansion in the U.S.
Who was Warren G. Harding?