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New Weapons WW1
Poison gas (Chlorine and Mustard), machine guns and tanks -
Allied Powers WW1
Britain, France, Russia, Italy and the United States. -
Central Powers WW1
Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria -
Reason for the start of WW1 the spark
The immediate cause for World War 1 was the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his pregnant wife Sophie. Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was the nephew of Emperor Franz Josef and heir to the throne of Austria and Hungary. -
The Central Powers
The Central Powers: Austria-Hungary, Germany, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire. -
The neutral powers
Argentina, Chile(Initially), Denmark, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Venezuela, Sweden and Switzerland. -
The MAINE Causes Of War WW1
M - millitarism
A - alliance
I - imperialism
N - nationalism
E - extreme leaders -
Trench Warfares
Trench 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. -
Sinking of Lusitania WW1
Germany sank the British ship Lusitania -
The big four
US, UK, France and Italy -
stalemate
A stalemate was a period, when the soldiers from both sides had established really good defenses and no one could break each other's defenses. There were many stalemates in WW1. ... A “stalemate” is a military situation in which neither side can win a clear victory. Was developed a trench warfare. -
The Zimmerman note
In January 1917, British cryptographers deciphered a telegram from German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann to the German Minister to Mexico, von Eckhardt, offering United States territory to Mexico in return for joining the German cause. -
The 18 amendment
Banning of the manufacture, sale, or transportation of alcohol -
Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was the most important of the peace treaties that brought World War I to an end. The Treaty ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. -
Flappers
Young women in the 1920's that didn't want to follow "the norm" -
Prohibition
Ban for production and sale of alcohol -
The red scare
A "Red Scare" is promotion of widespread fear by a society or state about a potential rise of communism, anarchism, or radical leftism. -
Jazz age
A periode where jazz became a large got populare in the US -
Sacco and Vanzetti
Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were Italian-born American anarchists who were convicted of murdering a guard -
The roaring 20's
It was a period of economic prosperity with a distinctive cultural edge in the United States -
Speakeasy
A place that sold alcohol during the prohibition -
Bootlegger
Illegal business where people sold alcohol -
Ku Klux Klan
KKK was against people that were African and activists -
"Return to normalcy"
President Hardings slogan "Return to normalcy -
President Warren G. Harding
Warren Gamaliel Harding was the 29th president of the United States from 1921 until his death in 1923 and a member of the Republican Party. -
Immigration quota
Immigration act that limited the number of immigrants coming to the US -
Calvin Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge was president of the United States from 1923 to 1929 -
President Harding death
President Warren G. Harding died of a stroke -
Harlem Renaissance
Social, and artistic explosion centered in Harlem, New York.
African americans -
Herbert Hoover
Hoover was president of USA from 1929 to 1933 -
Black Tuesday
Black Tuesday was when the stock market crashed in 1929 -
The crash of 1929
When the stock market crashed in october 1929 -
The Great Depression
It was a worldwide economic depression that started in the U.S. -
The Dust Bowl
It was the region of the country that got hit by dust storms -
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Brain trust - R
Cut income tax - B
Created Public WOrks Program - B
Bonus army - H
Deficit spending - R
Adopted John Maynard Keynes theory - R
Balanced Budget - H
Ordered Bank holiday - R
Federal farm board - H
21st amendment - R
Tennesse valley authority - Reform -
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt was president of the USA from 1933 to 1945 -
Brain trust
It was the gruop of people that helped FDR -
Frances Perkins
She was an American sociologist and she served in the U.S. secretary 1933 - 1945 -
Fireside chat
It was President FDR's radio conversations -
The 3 R's
Relief, Recovery, and Reform
Relief: Money, food, shelter, temporary charity. CCC, FERA, WPA
Recovery: Programs aimed at industrial and agricultural recovery, jobs. AAA, NRIA, PWA.
Reform: Lasting changes built in safeguards. FDIC, SEC, Social security -
Civilian Conversation Corps
CCC was from 1933 to 1942 -
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of the Bulge started december 16 1944 -
January 1, 1945
The Luftwaffe executed Operation Bodenplatte, an attempt to cripple Allied air forces in the Low Countries. -
Anthony McAuliffe
General Anthony Clement "Nuts" McAuliffe was a senior United States Army officer -
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill was a British politician, army officer, and writer. He was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 -
Battle of the Bulge end
The battle of the Bulge ended in january 25 1945 -
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight David Eisenhower was an American army general and statesman. He was the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961.
