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M- Millitarism
A- Alliances
I- Impreialism
N- Nationlism
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Schlieffen Plan
When Germany tried to flank France through Belgium but was stopped. -
Zimmerman Telegram
A secret tellepraph intercepted by the U.S. asking Mexico to attack the U.S. -
Eastern Front
Conflict between the Europe Axie power. -
Huey Long
(King Fish)
"Share the wealth"
Lousiana senator and Governor" -
Central Powers
Austria-Hungary, Germany, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire. -
lusitania
A ship sunk by Germany killing over 100 U.S. citizens -
Trench Warfares
When soldiers were in trenches dug in the ground shooting out at enemy soldiers. When people would get shot other soldiers would just stand on the body and use them to get more hight in the tranches. There were bad illnesses and there was a bad case of trench foot. -
Battle of Somme
British offense on Germans, July 1916
Introduction of tanks
Saw more casualties than in any other war. -
Sussex Pledge
Germany had instituted a policy for unrestricted submarine warfare. -
U-Boats
The boat sent to attack all other ships (warships or passenger ships). -
Installment Buying
Purchasing things over time. (Play now, pay later) -
Buying on Margin
Purchasing stock by paying only 10% of the price borrowed. -
Bootlegger
A person who made and smuggled alcohol illegally during the 1902's . -
Speakeasy
An illegal bar that tried to stay under the radar so they could make money and sell alcoholic beverages. -
Harlem Renaissance
When African Americans were showcased threw literature, poems, are and music. -
Teapot Dome Scandal
This was an oil scandal that was when Albert B. Fall, U.S.Secretary of the Interior leased the Teapot Dome oil fields to Harry F. Sinclair and Edward L. Doheny. -
Communism
Society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs. -
Warren G. Harding
He was the president with his V.P running mate being Calvin Coolidge. -
Calvin Coolidge
He became president after Warren G. Harding died. -
Prohibition
Banning alcoholic beverages. -
Isolationism
Avoiding political allies with foreign countries. -
The Scopes 'Monkey' Trial
When a high school teacher was sent to court after teaching the theory of evolution. -
Red Scare
When American people were afraid of immigrants and thought they were terrorists. -
Ku Klux Klan
When a group of people dressed up in white costumes and took immigrants and tortured and killed them. -
F. Scott Fitzgerald
A fiction writer whose writing helped express the jazz age. -
Herbert Hoover
He was an engineer and political man who served as the 31st president. -
Dust Bowl
An area of land where all vegetation was lost and the land was covered in sand. -
Franklin Roosevelt
Born into a wealthy family.
An only child, "Doted on"
Harvard Education > History and law.
Married Eleanor Roosevelt (Influential 1st lady) Had 6 kids.
1921 at age 39 he got polio. -
First Appointed Woman
Frances Perkins was the first appointed woman to Roosevelts cabinet. -
Civilian Conservation Corps
Civilian Conservation Corps or the CCC.
A worker relief program. -
Munich Pact
Settlement reached by Germany, Great Britain, France, and Italy that permitted German annexation of the Sudetenland, in western Czechoslovakia. -
Manhattan Project
The Manhatten Project was a research and development undertaking during World War II that produced the first nuclear weapons. -
Allied Powers
Great Britan, The United States, China, and the Soviet Union. -
Lend-Lease Act
Provided military equipment for the Allied Powers. -
Executive Order
A directive issued by the President of the United States that manages operations of the federal government and has the force of law. Executive order 8389 Protecting Funds of Victims of Aggression was issued by U.S. -
Blitzkrieg
An intense military campaign intended to bring victory. -
War Bonds
This bounded to countries or more together to stand for each other. -
Axis Powers
Germany, Italy, Japan. -
Allied Powers
Great Britan and France and China joined later. -
Victory Garden
A vegetable garden, especially a home garden, planted to increase food production during a war. -
Japans Attack On Pearl Harbor
It was supposed to be a plan to take out the U.S. military by surprise. -
Rationing
When people are only allowed to purchase a set amount of goods. -
Rosie The Riveter
Representing the women who worked in factories and shipyards during World War II. -
How Many Allied Troops Were Killed
There were approximately 75,000 allied troops killed during the battle of the bulge. -
Adolf Hitler
He was a German leader that took over German as a dictator. He was determined to take back Germany's land and then wanted more. -
Bulge by The Numbers
1,452 Allied Tanks + Assault guns Vs. 1,361 German Tank + Assault Guns. 8,607 Allied KIA* Vs. 11,171 German KIA* -
The Destroyers
The Destroyers were several huge ships that shot mortars at the shores where German troops were posted. -
The "Lucky shot"
This was a mortar shell shot by a destroyer that went through the window of a German building. -
Enigma Machine
This was a machine stolen from Germany after the allies took over a German sub.
This was how the Germans sent and decrypted secret messages. -
Island Hopping
The commanders played "leapfrog" were they moved from island to island. -
Battle of Midway
Japanese hoped to use Midway as a base to neutralize Perl Harbor. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
20,800 Japanese killed and 6,000 U.S. lives lost.
This put the U.S. within striking distance of the Japanese home island. -
Battle of Guadalupe Cord
The Japanese advance was stopped.
All momentum shifted to the U.S. -
D-Day Invasion
Also, know as Normandy Landing. Lare sea born invasion. -
Germany
Hitler wanted Nazism. -
Soviet Union
Stalin and he was trying to install communism. -
Italy
Mussolini wanted to install fascism. -
Charles Coughlin
"Radio Priest"
Supported FDR at first but got impatient.
Offered an annual living wage. -
Dr. Francis Townsend
The plan would give people 60 and older 200 dolors but they could not save the money they had to spend it. -
John Maynard Reynes
Ignored Traditional COnsreversy by maintaining a balanced budget and cutting taxes and waiting for recovery. -
Price Controls
A government regulation establishing a maximum price to be charged for specified goods and services, especially during periods of war or inflation.
