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1920 BCE
Ku Klux Klan
secret society whose purpose was to ensure white supremacy over blacks, Jews, Catholics, and foreigners -
New weapons
Gases (poison)- Mustard Gas and Chlorine Gas
Tanks
Guns (Machine guns)
Zeppelin - carried weapons to places -
Federal Reserve
The central bank of the united states -
The Spark of WW 1
When Franz Ferdinand was assassinated
June 28th, 1914
Austria Hungary -
Long term causes of warfare
Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism
E- leaders -
Central and Allied powers
World War One is a conflict between the Central Powers and the Allies. The Central Powers (red) consist of Austria-Hungary, Germany, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire. Important allied powers (yellow) are Serbia, Russia, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Belgium and the United States -
Trench Warfare
DescriptionTrench warfare is a type of land warfare using occupied fighting lines consisting largely of military trenches, in which troops are well-protected from the enemy's small arms fire and are substantially sheltered from artillery.
Rats, Lice, and Exhaustion. Trench life involved long periods of boredom mixed with brief periods of terror., while poor living conditions and a lack of sleep wore away at their health and stamina -
Shell shock
psychological disturbance caused by prolonged exposure to active warfare, especially being under bombardment -
Allied powers
Britain, France, Russia, Serbia, Romania, Portugal, Italy, greece -
The Lusitania
The sinking of the Lusitania Image result for sinking of the lusitania
The sinking of the Cunard ocean liner RMS Lusitania occurred on Friday, 7 May 1915 during the First World War, as Germany waged submarine warfare against the United Kingdom which had implemented a naval blockade of Germany. The ship was identified and torpedoed by the German U-boat U-20 and sank in 18 minutes -
Eastward and Westward Fronts
Eastern Fronts - Russia and Austria Hungary
Westward fronts- France -
Zimmerman note
The Zimmermann Telegram (or Zimmermann Note or Zimmerman Cable) was a secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico -
Russian Revolution
The Russian Revolution was a pair of revolutions in Russia in 1917 which dismantled the Tsarist autocracy and led to the rise of the Soviet Union. -
14 points
The Fourteen Points was a statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I. The principles were outlined in a January 8, 1918 speech on war aims and peace terms to the United States Congress by President Woodrow Wilson -
Conservatives
Those less willing to bring about or accept change; prefer tradition -
Return To Normalcy
President Harding's slogan to Americans that America needed to return the "normal" way of life before The Great War (World War I). -
Dry, Wet
Wets were against prohibition
Drys were with prohibtion -
Speakeasy, bootlegger
illegal bar that served liquor during Prohibition
a person who made and smuggled alcohol in the 1920s -
Prohibition
Time period where America was "dry" of alcohol due to the 18th Amendment -
Stock
shares (owndership) in a larger company; hopes to "share" in company profits -
18th amendment
banned the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol -
19th Amendment
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. -
International disarmament
something president Warren G Harding called
Disarmament is the act of reducing, limiting, or abolishing weapons -
Isolationism
a policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries -
Jacob Lawrence
famous painter that showed the story of the Great Migration -
Harlem Renaissance
African American culture showcased through literature, poetry, art and music
rebirth of African American culture -
Installment buying
Buying on credit and paying it back over time with interest -
Louis Armstrong
Famous jazz trumpet player during the Harlem Renaissance -
Duke Ellington
famous jazz musician and band director during the Harlem Renaissance -
Langston Hughes
poet during the Harlem Renaissance -
Bessie Smith
famous blues singer of the Harlem Renaissance -
Organized Crime
unintended consequence of Prohibition -
The Wright Brothers
first in fight -
21st amendment, 1933
Repealed the 18th amendment
repealed prohibition -
Temperance Movement
the movement to ban alcohol -
the Great Migration
the movement of African Americans from the Southeast to the Northeast and Midwest -
Georgia O'Keeffe
artist known for painting of urban scenes, flowers, and the southwest -
F. Scott Fitzgerald
novelist who wrote about the jazz age of the 1920s -
Aaron Copland
composer is known for uniquely American music -
George Gershwin
composer know for uniquely american music -
Babe Ruth
baseball hero of the 1920s -
suburbs
neighborhoods that grew up around the cities because of the automobile -
The Jazz Singer
In 1927, the first "talkie" movie -
Flappers
the symbol of the 1920s American woman who wore short skirts, bright make-up, and bobbed hair -
anarchists
people who oppose all forms of organized government -
Tea Pot Dome Scandal
when the oil field on public land was loaned to private oil companies for a kickback, this scandal erupted. -
Causes of the Great Depression
Dependence of Credit
Unwise Foreign Policy
Failing American farms/Agriculture
Troubled American Industry
Uneven Distribution of income
Stock market speculation -
Money Multiplier
The amount of money the banking system generates with each dollar of reserves -
Relief
(temporary, $, food, shelter)
CWA- Civil works administration
CCC- Civilian Conservation Crops
FCRA- Federal Emergency Relief Act -
Hoover
-Republican
-Constructed the Boulder Dam
-Rugged Individualism
-Hawley-smoot tariff
-Reconstruction Finance Corporation
-Trickle down theory
-Federal farm board
-No deficit spending
-Conservative approach
-Indirect relief
-Bonus army
-Depression is a local problem
-Balanced budget -
Joseph Stalin
He was a Dictator of the soviet union during WW2 -
Benito Mussolini
He founded Italy's fascist party -
Adolf Hitler
Dictator of Germany -
Reform
FDIC- Federal deposit insurance act
SEC- security and exchange commission
SSA- Social security administration
SCA- Soil conservation act -
Similarity's between Roosevelt and Hoover
They both cut income taxes
They both created public work programs -
Roosevelt
- Democrat
- Brain trust -3rs, Reform, relief, recovery
- 21st amendment -fireside chats
- New deal -Elected president 4 times -Adopts John Maynard keyness theory -Court-packing affair -Liberal approach -Ordered Bank holiday -Created FDIC -Appointed the 1st lady to cabinet -Direct Relief -Deficit Spending President when WW 11 started
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Red Scare
A time period when Americans greatly feared communism -
Recovery
TVA- Tennesee valley authority
AAA- Agriculture adjustment act
WPA- Work progress administration
NRIA- National industrial recovery act -
3 People that objected the New Deal
Father Charles E. Coughlin( Radio priest, wanted banks nationalized, Blamed the jews)
Francis Townsend( Focused on programs for the elderly, wanted to give 60 and older 200 dollars a month)
Huey Long( called the kingfish, wanted to share the wealth, guaranteed every family 5 thousand yearly of money, gov't would tax the rich and seize estates over 50 million, Assassinated before he could run for president) -
Sacco and Vanzetti
2 Italian immigrants who were accused of murdering 2 men during a 1920 armed robbery in Massachusetts. After a controversial trial and a series of appeals, the men were executed on August 23, 1927 -
Herbert Hoover
Was called boy wonder.
pledged hard work
popular with both parties -
Black Tuesday
A name was given to October 29th, 1929 when stock prices fell sharply. -
Business Cycle
Fluctuations in economic activity such as employment and production -
Direct Relief
The giving of money or food by the government directly to needy people -
Period: to
Great Depression
The U.S economy was in a severe decline and millions of Americans were unemployed -
Hoovervilles
a shantytown built by unemployed and destitute people during the Depression of the early 1930s -
Dust Bowl
The region including Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, and New Mexico that was worthless for farming by drought and dust storms. -
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
- Granted $2B in loans to save big businesses, banks, and railroads
- The attempt at "trickle down" theory or indirect relief
- Summary: too little too late
- Fact: Unemployment in 1929 = 2 million 1932= 12 million
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European Theater
A huge area of heavy fighting across Europe because of Germanys invasion -
Belgium
The country that Bastogne is in. -
99th and 2nd Divisions
The American army that held off the German 6th Panzar at Elsenborn Ridge -
Hitler
Created the battle plan that became the battle of the bulge. -
General Patton
He commanded the 4th Armored Division that finally broke the siege on Bastogne -
Axis and Allied powers
The Axis Powers. World War II was fought between two major groups of nations. They became known as the Axis Powers and the Allied Powers. The major Axis Powers were Germany, Italy, and Japan.
The main Allied powers were Great Britain, The United States, China, and the Soviet Union. The leaders of the Allies were Franklin Roosevelt (the United States), Winston Churchill (Great Britain), and Joseph Stalin (the Soviet Union) -
Pacific theater
Major war theater between allies of Europe and Japan -
Dictatorship
A government in which one individual has absolute authority -
Internment camps
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The internment of Japanese Americans in the United States during World War II was the forced relocation and incarceration in concentration camps in the western interior of the country of between 110,000 and 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry, most of whom lived on the Pacific coast -
Nisei
Children of Japenese immigrants born and educated in the U.S -
Truman Doctrorine
Aid aimed at saving Greece and Turkey
A policy that America would provide economic and military aid to any nation fighting communism -
Marshall Plan
Aid that will rebuild western Europe -
Harry Truman
Starts 2nd red scare -
Demilitarized Zone
A region between countries in which no military activity is permitted -
Militarization
A society organized around preparing for military conflict -
Stalemate
A military situation in which neither said can gain an advantage -
Containment
America's policy of stopping communism from spreading -
Communist
System of government in which a single party controls a state-owned economy -
Capitalism
An economic system based on private property, including private ownership of the means of production, and the profit motive. -
38th parallel
Divided North and South Korea -
United Nations
International peace-keeping organization after WW2 -
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Korean conflict ends in a stalemate at the 38th parallel -
Nikita Khrushchev
New Soviet Premier -
Fidel Castro
Communist Dictator of Cuba -
John F. Kennedy
Bay of Pigs invasion -
Richard Nixon
NASA achieves moon landing -
Ronald Reagan
Strategic Defense Initiative ( star wars) -
George Bush Sr.
The Soviet Union collapses
