Unit 4 - Imperialism & WW1
Unit 5:
Roaring 20's & Jazz Age
Roaring 20's & Jazz Age
Unit 6:
The Great Depression
The Great Depression
Unit 7: World War II 1
Unit 7:World War II 2
Unit 8: The Cold War
Unit 1-8
100
During the Spanish American War and colonial expansion, where did U.S. spend most of its money?
The Navy or military
100
________ were formed all throughout major cities due to the prohibition of the sale of alcoholic beverages.
Speakeasies or Speakeasy
100
Prolonged drought and poor farming practices contributed to the _______________
Dust Bowl
100
What was the policy called of liberating one island at a time?
Island Hopping
100
What were the African American Airforce men called that fought in WWII?
Tuskegee Airmen
100
A political boundary dividing and cutting off trade and contact between Eastern and Western Europe is known as the ___________.
Iron Curtain
100
The assembly line created by ___a___ led to ___b___. This allowed for products to sold at a more ___c___ price.
a. Henry Ford
b. mass production
c. affordable
200
What were the three reason the U.S. entered WWI
1. Sinking of the Lusitania
2. The Zimmerman telegram
3. Sinking of ships by Germany (breaking of the Sussex Pledge)
200
In search for jobs and to escape the deep racism faced in the south many African Americans moved from the south and went north. This is known as the ______.
The Great Migration
200
List three main causes that led to the Great Depression.
1. Overproduction
2. Speculation in the Stock Market
3. Bank Failures
200
What was the Final Solution?
It was the plan to fix the problems in Germany with Jews, foreigners, gypsies, the mentally ill, and homosexuals.
200
What was Eugenics and how is it related to the Holocaust?
Eugenics was a pseudo-scientific belief that the human race could be improved by breeding.
Hitler belief that he could create a master race.
200
After WWII, what was the primary goal of containment?
to stop the spread of communism influence.
200
List three goals of the NAACP.
a.) Political, educational, social, & economic equality
b.) To eliminate prejudice
c.) To remove discrimination
300
Name at least three territories that were ceded to the United States at the time of the Spanish-American War.
Puerto Rico, Guam, Philippines, Hawaii
300
1. What political scandal is being represented in the above political cartoon.
2.What is the significance of the scandal?
1.Teapot Dome Scandal
2. Led to mistrust of the government
300
________ was the name of President Roosevelts plan to get the U.S. out of the Great Depression.
The New Deal
300
Who were the secret coders that used their native language to send secret messages during WWII?
Navajo Code Talkers
300
Who was the military dictator of Japan during WW2?
Who was Tojo
300
Where did the nick name "Red China" derive from?
When China turned Communist
300
1. How did the government change its role in the economy after Roosevelt's New Deal?
2. What value was being challenged through the actions of the New Deal?
1. Government began to get more involved in the economy.
2. Laissez ~ Faire values
400
What was Zimmerman Telegram about?
Letter from Germany with a proposed military alliance.
400
Immigration quotas and the rise of the Ku Klux Klan were caused primarily by the attitudes of _______
Nativists
400
Why was the ruling of Schechter V. US (1937) significant?
Schechter Poultry Company was convicted of failing to obey the NIRA
Even during a national crisis, Congress could not give the President more power than those granted in the Constitution.
400
This was the location of the Japanese attack against the United States.
What was Pearl Harbor
400
This order forced Japanese Americans from their homes, give up their businesses, and most of their possessions and move into Internment Camps within the United States.
Executive Order 9066
400
What is the difference between a proxy war and a cold war?
proxy war: is a war in which opposite sides use third parties as substitutes for fighting each other directly.
cold war: is a competition between two countries that contains everything except direct open warfare.
400
Provide one example of a civic responsibility
- Paying Taxes
- Obeying the law
- Voting
- Jury Duty
- Registering for the Draft
-Petitioning
-Volunteering
500
What was the League of Nations?
Organizations that promoted world peace and prevent future wars by resolving disputes through negotiation.
500
The below statements are effects of what event?
* Increased geographic concentration of African Americans
* Increased popularity of venues featuring African American artists
The Harlem Renaissance
500
1.) Explain President Roosevelts' "Court Packing Scheme".
2.) How did it make him appear to the public
a plan that would allow the President to add new Justices to the Supreme Court in order to stop overruling.
- Viewed as an attempt to change separation of powers.
500
What was it called when citizens received coupons in order to reduce the amount of items consumed during a time of war?
Rationing
500
Who was the dictator who ruled the Soviet Union during World War II
What is Joseph Stalin
500
The countries that border the Eastern side of the Iron curtain were known as "__________"
- "eyes and ears" / Satellite Countries
500
Which two(2) Acts were immediately enforced as a result of the disturbing practices discovered and exposed through Upton Sinclair's book, "The Jungle"?
1. Meat Inspection Act
2. Pure Food & Drug Act
600
List four causes of the Spanish-American War
1. Yellow Journalism
2. Destruction of the USS Maine
3. De Lome Letter
4. Imperialism
600
Which historical era is characterized by political, economic, and social reform through legislation
Progressive Era
600
Speeches given through the radio by Franklin Roosevelt were known as __________.
Fireside Chats
600
Mussolini was an example of a new type of political ideology. What was it called?
Facism
600
Name four countries that made up the allies?
Name the countries that were the axis powers?
Allies- England, France, USSR, U.S.
Axis - Germany, Japan & Italy
600
What was the purpose of the Marshall plan?
How does it work?
- To stop the spread of communism
- providing aid (financial, political, or military) to European countries who were against communism
600
What is the significance of the below date:
Oct. 4 1957
The launching of Sputnik.
The Space Race begins.