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Assassination of Franz Ferdinand (Spark)
Australian archduke, Franz Ferdinand's assassination on August 1914 led to the outbreak of WWI. The Austria-Hungary government saw it as a direct attack from the Bosnian's terrorist with help the Serbians, then declared war on Seberia -
Conditions of Trench Warfare
It was particularly along the Western Front, it was many interlinking lines of trenches. The trenches were long narrow ditches dug into the ground where soldiers lived. It was muddy and the toilets overflowed and they got diseases such as trench foot -
The Central and Allied Powers
Central Powers-Austria-Hungary, Germany, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire
Allied Powers- Serbia, Russia, France, Italy, Belgium, the United Kingdom and the United States -
Western Front
Front between Germany and France, Allied victory -
Eastern Front
Russia, Austria and Germany was fighting -
Causes of WWI
M- Militarism
A- Alliances
I- Imperialism
N- Nationalism -
New Technology/Weapons
They had poison gas, tanks, Air warfare and machine guns -
Lusitania
May 7, 1915, German U-boats attacked sank British ship from New York to England -
Zimmerman Note
In 1917 the German foreign secretary, Arthur Zimmerman sent a message to Mexico proposing Mexican-German alliance in the case of war between America and Germany, telling them to invade the U.S to get U.S territory -
Treaty of Versailles
The treaty that ended the war, between the Allied Powers and Germany. The goal was to meet the goals of the allied powers and punish Germany -
Roaring 20's
Most people lived in the city, not the country. wealth doubled. -
Wets and Drys
Wets opposed the production and transportation of alcohol
Drys supported the ban of alcohol -
Rural to Urban
Rural areas had a negative view of African Americans and immigrants in society -
KKK
Was a white supremacist hate group. -
Red Scare
It was the fear of communism, people feared recent immigrants and dissidents -
Teapot Dome Scandal
A bribery scandal that involved big oil companies and high ranking officials, Warren Harding was president, died and then Calvin Coolidge became president -
Jazz Age
New styles of music and dance emerged, largely credited to African Americans.
Louis Armstrong famous trumpet player -
Great Migration
The relocation of 6 million African Americans from the south (rural) to North, midwest and West -
Palmer Raids
Conducted by the U.S Department of Justice in an attempt to arrest foreign anarchists, communists and radical leftists, many were deported -
18th Amendment
Prohibition of alcohol so bootleggers would illegally smuggle alcohol into speakeasies -
19th Amendment
Gave women the right to vote -
21st Amendment
18th amendment repealed, can have alcohol -
Communism
An economic and political system where the state controls the means of production and a single party rules, many immigrants were accused of this -
Anarchists
People who opposed all forms of government -
Flappers
Symbol of the 1920's American women who wore short skirts, bright makeup and bobed hair -
Herbert Hoover
Was the U.S president from 1923-1933 who was blamed for the great depression -
Effects of The Great Depression
-Banks fail
-Many people lose their jobs
-Businesses and factories fall
-Many are homeless
-Unemployment rose to 25% -
Stock Market Crash
Because in the 1920s people were buying on margin and when things didn't go well, it crashed in 1929 that lead into the Great Depression -
Black Tuesday
Day the stock market crashed, beginning of the Great Depression -
The Great Depression
Economic crisis/period of low business activity in the U.S beginning in October 1929, continuing through the 1930s. Many people lost their jobs -
Dust Bowl
The geographic area, including Texas that was hit the hardest by the drought during the 1930s, the soil was dry and blew clouds of dust -
Hoovervilles
Depression shantytowns named after the president they blamed for the depression where the people who were unemployed lived -
Causes of The Great Depression
- Farms and factories produce more goods than people can buy -Banks make loans people can't pay back -After the stock market crash, people can't get anyone to invest their growth
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The New Deal
The program of President Franklin D.Roosevelt made to end the Great Depression -
Franklin D.Roosevelt
(FDR) Was president known for leading America through the Great Depression and expanded the powers of the federal government, made the New Deal -
Adolf Hitler
German leader during WWII of the Nazi party. He initiated WWII by invading Poland, September 1939 -
Allied Powers
In WWII the allied powers were Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union, the United States, and China -
Axis Powers
Germany, Italy, and Japan -
Blitzkrieg
"lightning war" military tactic to create disorganization among enemy forces -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Suprise strike by the Japenese Navy Air Service in Hawaii, which led the U.S. to go into the war the day after -
Internment Camps
Concentration camps to hold the Japenese-American citizens due to the fear of spies, they took men, women, and children -
Battle of the Bulge
Dec 16 1944-Jan 25 1945 last major German offense -
D-Day
Allies land on beaches in Normandy, France to drive Hitler's army back to Germany -
United Nations
International peace-keeping organization after World War II -
Capitalism
An economic system based on private property, including private ownership of the means of production, and the profit motive -
Atomic Bomb
The most powerful bomb was dropped on Japan two times -
V-E Day
Victory of Europe -
Cold War
After World War II, there was a rivalry between the U.S and the Soviet Union -
Truman Doctrine
President Truman's policy of giving American aid to nations threatened by communism -
38th Parallel
Divides North and South Korea
