WWI
The assassination of this person caused WWI
Who was Archduke Franz Ferdinand
The mass movement of African Americans from the South to the North and West during the first half of the 20th century.
What was the Great Migration?
The process of buying something and paying overtime
What is installment buying?
the day that the U.S. stock market crashed, marking the beginning of the Great Depression
What was Black Tuesday?
Investment in stocks, property, or other ventures in the hope of gain but with the risk of loss
What is Speculation?
When WWI began, the United States declared itself
What is Neutral?
A vibrant African American cultural, social, and artistic explosion in the 1920s and 30s
What was The Harlem Renaissance?
A mobster who ran the bootlegging empire of Chicago
Who was Al Capone?
When the government takes a hands-off approach to economics
What is Laissez-faire?
A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
What is Imperialism?
A new type of warfare was developed during WWI
What is Trench Warfare?
Violence that broke out against black neighborhoods all over the country in 1919
What was the Red Summer?
The period from 1920 to 1933 when the United States outlawed the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages
What was prohibition?
The name of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's program to rescue the nation from the Great Depression
What was the New Deal?
Woodrow Wilson's plan for peace after WWI
What were the 14 points?
The Telegram tried to convince Mexico to align with Germany during WWI against the US
What was the Zimmerman Telegram?
Law in the South that enforced segregation
What were Jim Crow laws?
The trial that focused on a clash between Religion and Science
What was the Scopes Trial?
Which event occurred because of intensive farming, drought, and wind storms on the Great Plains in 1930's?
What was The Dust Bowl?
The fear of a communist takeover of the US during the 1920's became known as what?
What was the Red Scare?
The court case that stated that freedom of speech can be limited if it presents a clear and present danger to national security
What was Schenck v. the U.S.?
Trumpet player that was considered one of the most influential jazz musicians:
Who was Louis Armstrong?
The policy of protecting the interest of "Americans" against immigrants
What is Nativism?
This was created by FDR to insure all bank deposits so people would no longer lose their money in the banks
What is the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)?
This led many states to adopt laws outlawing the teaching of evolution
What is fundamentalism?