History Midterm

France, Russia, and Great Britain

Glorification of the military

British passenger ship that was sunk by German U-Boat.
128 Americans died.
Turned American opinion against the Germans.

US troops in WW1 (Draftees, Volunteers, National Guard)

Agreement to work together

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy

FIghting from trenches

General of AEF in WWI

Control of political, economic, or cultural life (PEC) of a country or region

Heir of Austria-Hungary
Assassinated by a Serbian.
Death caused WW1.

Sent by Germany to Mexico to convince Mexico to attack US.

Agreement to stop fighting.

Pride in one's country.

Area between trenches

All men 21-30 needed to register for the military draft.

Gave women the right to vote

WW post WW1 Plan

Organization formed to promote cooperation and peace among nations.

Treaty that ended WW1
Blamed Germany and other allies

Payment for war damages

Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism (MAIN)

Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand

Traded with them
Germany was the aggressor

Raised the possibility of war spreading to the Americas.

Selective Service Act
Educated recruits and fed them three meals a day daily.

Introduced new weapons, tanks, planes
Mechanized warfare

Removed German forces from Allied territory

They filled jobs in the workplace they would typically not fill.

Failed to grasp the anger felt by allies leaders.

Germany forced to give up land
Forced to reduce all military
Not allowed to manufacture war equipment

A return to normal life after war

Science dealing with improving hereditary qualities

Government should play small role in economic affairs

Large number of people buying a large quantity of goods

buying an item with monthly credit plan to pay off the good

Isolated from international economic and political affairs

Breaks down complex job into a series of smaller tasks

Favoring native-born individuals over foreign-born ones

Secret bars where alcohol was purchased illegally

Involvement in risky transactions to make a quick profit

Form of socialism that removes private ownership

Media message designs to interest consumers in making a purchase

Smugglers of illegal alcohol during Prohibition era

Conserve the best in society and oppose radical changes

Forbade the sale of alcoholic beverages

Young women in 1920s that behaved and dressed in a radical fashion

Period of 1920s when African-American achievements in art and music and literature flourished

Movement of 300k African Americans from rural south to northern cities

Ku Klux Klan
Hated Blacks, Jews, Catholics. Used terror to control them.

Arrangement to receive something now and pay later

Wanted to stop making sacrifices on the homefront and go back to life prior to WW1.

Economic prosperity and growth of middle class
Shift from rural to urban areas
Boom in consumer spending and suburban development
Rise in civil rights movements
Shift towards a more liberal culture
Cold War influences on foreign policy and domestic politics.

Raised taxes on goods entering the US

Outlawed war

Limits how many immigrants a nation will admit each year.

Fears of subversion by communists after the Russian Revolution.

Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti

Perception that immigrants were taking over and changing the country
Nativism can be linked to racism.

Corruption by a cabinet member.
Took bribes to allow oil drilling on public lands.

Expansion of banking, credit, and bull market

Trial for John Scopes of Dayton, Tennessee for teaching evolution.
Religion vs Science.

People ignored the law.

American pilot who made the first non-stop flight across the Atlantic.

Warren Harding
Herbert Hoover
Calvin Coolidge

Biggest stock market crash in american history
Start of Great Depression

31st President

Towns named after president

Empty pockets turned inside out

Newspapers used as blankets

WW1 veterans who demanded bonus for serving in WWI

Remembered for New Deal

"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."
Attempt to restore confidence and inspire action to rebuild the economy.

Policy advisers who worked with FDR to end Great Depression

Gave president power over banking system
Set up a system where banks were reorganized and reopened

Federal Relief programs during Great Depression

Relief, Recovery, Reform

helped elderly, handicapped, and unemployed

gave public work jobs to young men

sought to end overproduction and raise crop prices

Government agency that insures customer's deposits if a bank fails

Planned development of the Tennessee Valley region

radio broadcasts made by FDR to explain his initiatives

Drought that turned the Great Planes very dry

Huey Long

FDR's failed plan to pack the court with hand picked judges

Tariffs on foreign goods
Availability of easy credit
Farm crisis

Overextended their ability to loan money and went bankrupt

Bank Holiday
Emergency Banking Relief Act
End Prohibition

Expanded role of government in economics
Usually only given in wartime

Violated personal and property rights
Steering nation towards socialism
Plans didnt tax the wealthy enought

Hoover did nothing
FDR made the New Deal

Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, MacArthur

Churchill

Stalin

Hitler

Mussolini

Hirohito, Tojo

Racial purity of Germany
Expansion of Aryan Race

Giving into an aggressor to keep peace

US aid Britain but keep neutrality

Us supplied Allies with war material

Place all Japanese-Americans in Internment Camps

Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, Tarawa, Midway, Okinawa
Stalingrad, Africa, Normandy, Battle of the Bulge

Turning point of the war
If lost, US wouldnt be able to supply troops with resources

Destroy invader's landing vessels before they hit the beaches

Leapfrogging / Island Hopping

Secret U.S. project to make atomic bomb

Scrap drives to collect metal.
Gardens to supplement food.
Citizens bought war bonds.

Joined work forces (Rosie the Riveter)

Dec. 7, 1941
America declare war on Japan