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Chapter 20 "We Build Our Nation"

5th grade history

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ProgressivesPeople who wanted to reform business and government
MuckrakersSearched for and exposed corruption
President RooseveltA Progressive
19th AmendmentGave women the right to vote
NAACPNational Association for the Advancement of Colored People
W E B Du BoisFounded the NAACP in 1909
AlliesFrance, Britain, Belgium, Russia
Germany and Austria-HungaryCentral Powers
Trigger for World War I in 1914Assasination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria
US President during World War IWoodrow Wilson
Number of years US stayyed away from warNearly 3
Trench warfareSoldiers hide in underground ditches to fight
ArmisticeHalt fighting
Year when Germany agreed to armistice1918
World War I1914 - 1918
League of NationsInternational organization created to prevent future wars
Earliest moviesSilent movies
Only source of entertainment after World War IRadio
Harlem RenaissanceBurst of African-American creativity after World War I, in the 1920s
This music became popular during the 20sJazz
First person to make a solo flight across the AtlanticCharles Lindbergh
Assembly lineProducts are made by a line of people
Black TuesdayOctober 29, 1929
Great DepressionSevere business slowdown after the stock market crash of 1929
Franklin D Roosevelt"Only thing we have to fear is fear itself"
Social SecurityProvides benefits to unemployed and senior citizens
Dorothea LangePhotographer during the Depression
Meat Inspection ActFDR passed this act to improve conditions in meat packaging factories
FDRUS President during Depression
Henry FordStarted Ford Motor Company
Nazi PartyGerman party headed by Adolf Hitler
Germany, Italy, JapanAxix Powers;started WWII
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, 1941Drew the US into WWII
1939 - 1945WWII
HolocaustMass murder(Jews and other minorities killed by Germany)
June 6, 1944D-Day(D is a code word)
General Dwight EisenhowerCommander of Allied Forces(including US)
Invasion of Normandy by Allied ForcesBegan the end of WWII
US President who used atomic bombHarry Truman
Hiroshima and Nagasaki, JapanJapanese cities where atomic bomb was dropped
120,000Number of people who died because of atomic bombs
17 millionNumber of people who died in WWII



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