WWI
What years did WWI take place?
1914-1918
What does "suffrage" mean?
The right to vote
True or False, the Spanish Flu started in Spain.
False
What does "Prohibition" mean?
The outlaw of the sale, transportation, and distribution of alcohol in the US.
Name a new technology from WWI.
Submarines (U-boats), Zeppelins, Airplanes, Tanks, Mustard gas.
Name 3 Allied Powers
Britain, France, Russia, USA
What year did women gain suffrage?
1920
Name 2 ways people tried to stop the Spanish Flu from spreading
Masks, closing businesses, school outdoors, "Don't kiss babies" signs, etc.
What year did Prohibition start?
1919
Which disease killed more Americans? Spanish Flu or Covid-19?
Covid-19
Name 3 Central Powers
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire
What was the first state that allowed women the right to vote?
Wyoming
Why was Spain the first country to report on the Spanish flu?
Spain was neutral in WWI
Before Prohibition began what was the movement that tried to limit the amount of alcohol consumed by Americans?
The Temperance Movement.
Before women's suffrage what group of people gained suffrage in the 1800's?
African American men
What was the space between two trench lines called?
No man's land
How did WWI help women gain suffrage?
More opportunities for factory jobs, gave women greater independence, women could contribute to the war effort
Roughly how many people died from the Spanish Flu?
50-100 Million
List 3 ways alcohol was still served during Prohibition.
Bootleggers/smugglers, communion, moonshining, doctors, etc.
What were bars that served alcohol during Prohibition called and what were alcohol smuggler called?
Speakeasies, Bootleggers
Describe 3 conditions of trench warfare.
Which constitutional amendment gave women suffrage?
19th
What group was most susceptible to the Spanish Flu?
Middle aged people
List 3 reasons why Prohibition failed.
Law could not be enforced, underground drinking (speakeasies), increase in crime, Al Capone, etc.
What caused the stock market crash?