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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
The assassination of Franz Ferdinand the Archduke of Austria-Hungary, This sparked the war. -
Causes of war - M A I N E
M- MIlitarism
A- Alliances
I- Imperialism
N- Nationalism
E- Extreme Leaders -
Trench Warfare
A type of combat in which opposing troops fight from trenches facing each other. -
World War 1 begins
World War 1 begins in 1914 -
Great Migration
Large numbers of African Americans leaving the South for the hopes/dreams/jobs of the North -
America Enters World War 1
America enters World War 1 because of Germans attacks on ships with their U-boats, and the Zimmerman Telegram. -
Treaty of Versailles
A peace treaty that brought World War I to an end. The Treaty ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. -
Wet
Against prohibition -
Stock
shares (owndership) in a larger company; hopes to "share" in company profits -
Red
A radical, anarchist, or communist -
Liberal
Challenge Tradtions -
Red Scare
The fear of communism in the 1920s -
Installment buying
Buying on credit and paying it back over time with interest -
Ku Klux Klan
Secret society whose purpose was to ensure white supremacy over blacks, Jews, Catholics, and foreigners -
Dependence on Credit
People who were relying to much on the buy now pay later system -
Unwise Foreign Policy
The U.S passed the Hawley-Smoot Tariff in the 1930s stopping the flow of foreign goods into the U.S. through high taxes. It was designed to protect U.S. products from foreign competition, but it just stopped foreign countries from purchasing American goods. This meant fewer jobs. -
Falling American Goods/Agriculture
Farmers, who had seen a boost in sales during WW1, saw a sharp drop in the demand for crops after. They took out loans to buy more land & equipment in order to produce and sell more crops. Production increased, but this only depressed prices. As supplies go up, prices go down!!! -
Huey Long
Nicknamed "Big Fish", he was a Louisiana senator & governor, he said he would pay each family 5,000 each year and would tax the rich to give back to the poor in return for full power. -
Dry
For prohibition -
Buying on Margin
The purchasing of stocks by paying only a small percentage (10%) of the price and borrowing the rest -
Charles Coughlin
He supported FDR at first and then grew impatient with the new deal. Offered an annual living wage; wanted banks nationalized. He blamed the Jews. -
Rugged Individualism
The belief that all individuals, or nearly all individuals, can succeed on their own and that government help for people should be minimal -
Brain Trust
A group of experts created to advise president Franklin Roosevelt beyond his cabinet, and he appointed a WOMAN NAMED FRANCES PERKINS. -
Mein Kampf
Mein Kampf is a 1925 autobiographical book by Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler. The work describes the process by which Hitler became antisemitic and outlines his political ideology and future plans for Germany. -
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang Kai-shek, also known as Generalissimo Chiang or Chiang Chungcheng and romanized as Chiang Chieh-Shih or Jiang Jieshi, was a Chinese politician and military leader who served as the leader of the Republic of China between 1928 and 1975, first in mainland China until 1949 and then in Taiwan until his death. -
Hoovervilles
A shantytown during the Great Depression named this because of Hoover's incapability of being a good president during this time. -
The Great Depression
The Great Depression was the worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world, lasting from 1929 to 1939. It began after the stock market crash of October 1929, which sent Wall Street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors. -
Hawley-Smoot Tariff
Raised protective tariff to the highest level ever, they wanted to protect farmers and manufacturers -
New Deal
The New Deal was a series of programs and projects instituted during the Great Depression by President Franklin D. Roosevelt that aimed to restore prosperity to Americans. When Roosevelt took office in 1933, he acted swiftly to stabilize the economy and provide jobs and relief to those who were suffering. -
The European Theater
The air war in the European theatre commenced in 1939. The pre-war doctrine had held that waves of bombers hitting enemy cities would cause mass panic and the rapid collapse of the enemy. ... This proved the first major turning point of the War. -
WW2
A war fought from 1939 to 1945, in which Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union, the United States, China, and other allies defeated Germany, Italy, and Japan. -
Germany Invades Poland
The German invasion began on 1 September 1939, one week after the signing of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact between Germany and the Soviet Union. The Soviets invaded Poland on 17 September following the Molotov -
Kristallnacht (Night of the Broken Glass)
German Nazis attacked Jewish persons and property. -
Anti-Seminism
Hatred of Jews -
Allied Powers
The United States, Soviet Union, Great Britain, and France. -
U.S. Joining WW2
Although the war began with Nazi Germany's attack on Poland in September 1939, the United States did not enter the war until after the Japanese bombed the American fleet in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941. -
Pearl Harbor
The Attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii on Sunday morning -
D-Day
The day in World War II on which Allied forces invaded northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy. -
Potsdam Confrence
The Potsdam Conference was held at Cecilienhof, the home of Crown Prince Wilhelm in Potsdam, occupied Germany, from 17 July to 2 August 1945. -
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong, also known as Chairman Mao, was a Chinese communist revolutionary who became the founding father of the People's Republic of China, which he ruled as the Chairman of the Communist Party of China from its establishment in 1949 until his death in 1976 -
NIkita Khrushchev
Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev was a Soviet statesman who led the Soviet Union during part of the Cold War as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964, and as Chairman of the Council of Ministers, or Premier, from 1958 to 1964. -
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg
American citizens who spied on behalf of the Soviet Union and were tried, convicted, and executed by the federal government of the United States.
