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WWI
Important Events
Progressive Era
The Great Depression
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What does the term "Eugenics" mean? explain why this is a controversial topic?
Eugenics was a social movement that strived to design "perfect" genetic features through sterilization and selective breeding. It is controversial because it takes the ability and right to start a family away from some people.
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President during for all of WWI, aimed for neutrality
What is Woodrow Wilson
100
What was the Red Scare? How did the government react?
The Red Scare was the promotion of fear of a potential rise of communism. The Government reacted with Palmer Raids and Schenck vs US.
100
What is Prohibition and what were the results of putting it in act?
The banning of alcoholic beverages. It resulted in bootlegging, speakeasies and members of the Anti-Saloon League tried to close saloons but the saloons filled a number of roles for the immigrant community.
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What were the major causes of the Great Depression?
Stock Market crash, bank failures, drought(the Dust Bowl), and reduced purchasing.
200
What is the "Quota System?" How did this impact immigration in the U.S?
The Quota System was a system, originally determined by legislation in 1921, of limiting by nationality the number of immigrants who may enter the U.S. each year. This resulted in making it very difficult to get into the United States.
200
What role did propaganda play in WWI?
anti-German posters, along with having military style parades and marches through large cities. Britain, Germany, and France all did the same, except they took it a little further by involving their school children in hateful speeches about the enemy.
200
What amendment was ratified, granting women the right to vote?
The Nineteenth Amendment
200
Name three health reforms established during the progressive movement.
1.) Sewage System 2.) Trash Removal 3.) Food Inspection 4.) Physical Education 5.) School Enrollement
200
What was credit and how did it have an impact on the Great Depression?
credit is borrowing money from banks intending to pay it back. However this was a major cause of the Great Depression because the banks were giving away money they did not have, leading to banks crashing
300
What is muckraking?
Exposing of corruption in business by newspaper reporters in society.
300
What year did WWI begin and what year did it end?
1914-1918
300
What year did the Great Depression start and end.
1929-1939
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Famous court case that confirmed segregation in the US, severely limiting civil rights reform.
Plessy v.s Ferguson
300
How did F.D.R help during the depression
Roosevelt closed all banks for several days until Congress could pass reform legislation. He also began holding open press conferences and giving regular national radio addresses in which he spoke directly to the American people.("fireside chats" would go a long way toward restoring public confidence and preventing harmful bank runs." After passage of the Emergency Banking Relief Act, three out of every four banks were open within a week. Also enacted the New Deal.
400
Why were the 1920's named "The Roaring Twenties"?
Because of the freewheeling popular culture of the decade. The Roaring Twenties was a time when many people defied Prohibition, indulged in new styles of dancing and dressing, and rejected many traditional moral standards.
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Causes of WWI?
Militarism Alliance System Imperialism Nationalism
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What event brought us out of the Great depression?
WWII
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Novel written by Upton Sinclair about the meat industry.
"The Jungle"
400
How did the president Hoover try to help the country get out of the Great Depression?
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC) (1932) provided railroads, banks, and other financial institutions with money for loans. The Glass-Steagall Act (1932) made getting commercial credit easier and released $750 million in gold reserves for additional business loans. The Emergency Relief and Construction Act (1932) provided funds to the RFC to make loans for relief to the states and included additional money for local, state, and federal public works projects.
500
What were some things that Prohibition lead to and why are they considered problems?
Speakeasies:disrespect for the law, officers would be bribed in order to keep them running. Bootlegging: Caused an increase in crime rate, overburdened police officers and courts.
500
What was the League of Nations
An organization of most nations formed after WWI to promote to help contrast workout their problems instead of going to war. It solved very few disputes, and lacked power leading up to WWII.
500
What was launched in 1935 as another more aggressive set of federal programs that brought about many Acts to try to help economy?(after the New Deal)
The Second New Deal
500
DAILY DOUBLE!!! Name 2 major flaws in the US banking system.
What is 1.) Lack of Stability 2.) Inflexible Currency 3.) No Central Bank
500
What was the New Deal?
The set of programs and policies designed to promote economic recovery and social reform introduced during the 1930s by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.