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| US government response to sinking of the Lusitania | Sharp protest; opinion turned against Germany; agreed to Sussex Pledge |
| Why did trench warfare become part of war? | Armies hit a stalemate where armies fought for mere yards of ground over a three-year period |
| Explain why the timing of the US arrival was necessary in Europe | Fresh American troops helped demoralized and exhausted Allied Forces |
| How was the League of Nations supposed to maintain peace? | It would provide a forum for nations to discuss and settle their grievances without having to resort to war |
| What was unrestricted sub warfare and how did it impact war? | Any Allied ship found in the waters around Britain would be sunk and it would not always be possible to warn crews and passengers of attack |
| What was the Zimmerman Note and its impact on the war? | Intercepted telegram that suggested Germany would help Mexico get part of US if they assisted Germany; caused more anger among Americans |
| Describe the Great Migration | The large scale movement of hundreds of thousands of Southern blacks to cities in the North, accelerated by American entry into World War I |
| Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points | No secret treaties among nations; freedom of the seas for all; tariffs and other barriers lessened or stopped to support free trade; arms should be reduced; colonial policies should consider interest of colonial peoples; other eight dealt with boundary changes; fourteenth called for the creation of a League of Nations |
| What did Gertrude Ederlede have in common with Babe Ruth and Jim Thorpe? | They are all athletes that showed how humans can improve their physical prowess |
| What contributed to the development of consumer culture in the 1920s? | The advent of electrical conveniences; the start of modern advertising; increase in production of goods; buying goods on credit |
| Self-determination | Wilson called for this in his fourteen points for eastern Europe to chose their own government |
| What was the largest impact of Charles Lindbergh's accomplishments? | His solo flight across the Atlantic showed a bravery and honesty that America had seemed to lose to sensationalism, access, and crime |
| Who was for and against prohibition? | For: Reformers; rural south and west; protestants; temperance leagues. Against: bootleggers, criminals, German brewers |
| What issue is central to the Scopes Trial? | Whether evolution could be taught in public schools |
| Gilded Age | Name given by Mark Twain's book of the same title, it was age of corruption in business and government in the late 1800s |
| Progressivism | Early 20th century reform movement seeking to return control of the goverbment to the people, to restore economic opportunities, and to correct injustices in American life |
| Prohibition | 18th amendment prohibits making, selling, or transportation of alcohol; enforced by Volstead Act |
| Palmer Raids | Attempts by the United States Department of Justice to arrest and deport radical leftists, especially anarchists, from the United States. The raids and arrests occurred in November 1919 and January 1920 under the leadership of Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer. |
| Red Scare | Two distinct periods of strong Anti-Communism in the United States; The First Red Scare was about worker (socialist) revolution and political radicalism |
| Kellogg-Briand Pact | "Toothless international agreement of 1928 that pledged nations to outlaw war." Agreement also known as the Pact of Paris |
| Social Security Act | Guaranteed retirement payments for enrolled workers beginning at age 65; set up federal-state system of unemployment insurance and care for dependent mothers and children, the handicapped, and public health |
| Causes of Dust Bowl | A series of dust storms (sometimes referred to as black blizzards) causing major ecological and agricultural damage to American and Canadian prairie lands from 1930 to 1936 (in some areas until 1940), caused by severe drought conditions coupled with decades of extensive farming without crop rotation or other techniques that prevented erosion. |
| Okies | This ws the nickname given to farmers and their families who came from the panhandle regions of Oklahoma or Texas to California in search of the "Promised Land" |
| Holly-Smoot Tariff Act | 1930-highest tariff in U.S. history. It raised duties on agricultural and manufactured imports. It may have contributed to the spread of international economic depression |
| Agricultural Adjustment Act | Protected farmers from price drops by providing crop subsidies to reduce production, educational programs to teach methods of preventing soil erosion. |
| FDR's Courtpacking Plan | FDR tried to appoint lots of new supreme court justices urgently, all based on the fact they were his allies and liked new deal, didnt do it fairly. People were angry he tried to disrupt the checks and balances system |
| Huey Long | A politician from LA, he was Roosevelt's biggest threat. Increased the share of state taxes paid by corporations, and also embarked on public works projects including new schools, highways, bridges, and hospitals; seized almost dictatorial control of the state government; believed that the New Deal was not radical enough. |
| Hoovervilles | many families lost their homes because they could not pay their mortgages. These people had no choice but to seek alternative forms of shelter. Hoovervilles, named after President Hoover, who was blamed for the problems that led to the depression, sprung up throughout the United States. |
| Black Tuesday | October 29, 1929, It was the day that the New York Stock Exchange crashed. This was a result because of inflated stock prices, they were too costly and much higher than thier worth. Therefure their worth plummeted, resulting in people loosing their money. |
| Causes of the Great Depression | ♦Uneven distribution of wealth ♦Stock market speculation "buying on the margin" ♦Excessive use of credit ♦Overproduction on consumer goods ♦Weak farm economy ♦Government policies ♦Global economic policies |
| What caused high unemployment rates during Great Depression? | Industries in trouble, farmers not making enough money, consumers have less money to spend, many living on credit, and an ueven distribution of income |
