American History 2019

  • Triple Entente

    Triple Entente
    France, Britain, Russia
  • Causes Of World War One

    Causes Of World War One
    Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism, and Extreme Leaders
  • Western Front

    Western Front
    Was the main theater of the first world war. The western front invaded Luxembourg and Belgium. Germany VS. France
  • Eastern Front

    Eastern Front
    Eastern Front is where troops from Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Russia, and the Balkans fought. It was larger than the Western Front.
  • Trench Warfare

    Trench Warfare
    Conditions were bad; Dead bodies, rats, lice, exhaustion, Miserable, riddled with disease, and trench foot.
  • Central Powers

    Central Powers
    Austria-Hungary, Germany, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire.
    Fought against Allied Powers.
  • Allied Powers

    Allied Powers
    Britain, France, Russia, Italy, and the United States.
    Fought against central powers.
  • What Sparked the War

    What Sparked the War
    The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Ferdinand was from Austria-Hungary and was assassinated by Serb on June 28,1914
  • Declaring war

    Declaring war
    Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia (1914)
    Germany declares war on Russia(1914)
    Germany declares war on France (1914)
    Great Britain declares war on Germany(1914)
    Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary(1915)
    United States declare war on Germany(1917)
  • New Technology used

    New Technology used
    Guns, Zeppelin( airship), Gas (1915), Tank, Planes, and torpedoes.
  • Convoy System

    Convoy System
    Group of ships sailing together for protection
  • Treaty Of Versailles

    Treaty Of Versailles
    Signed on June 28th, 1919
  • Speakeasy

    Speakeasy
    illegal bar that served liquor during Prohibition
  • Wet

    Wet
    against prohibition
  • Installment Buying

    Installment Buying
    Buying on credit and paying it back over time with interest
  • Return to Normalcy

    Return to Normalcy
    President Harding's slogan to Americans that America needed to return the normal way of life before The Great War (World War I).
  • 18th amendment

    18th amendment
    banned the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol
  • Flapper

    Flapper
    young woman in the 1920's who declared her independence from traditional rules and fashion styles
  • Prohibition

    Prohibition
    Time period where America was dry of alcohol due to the 18th Amendment
  • Bootlegger

    Bootlegger
    a person who made and smuggled alcohol
  • 19th amendment

    19th amendment
    Women earned the right to vote after suffrage leaders held conventions, parades, silent protest, and hunger strikes
  • Red scare

    Red scare
    Fear of communism
  • Red

    A radical, anarchist, or communist
  • xenophobia

    xenophobia
    fear of immagrants
  • Fundamentalism

    Fundamentalism
    Movement in the 20th century emphasizing the literally interpretation of the Bible as a fundamental to Christian life and teaching
  • The Charleston

    a new dance fad of the 1920s
  • Suburbs

    neighborhoods that grew up around the cities because of the automobile
  • F. Scott Fitzgerald

    F. Scott Fitzgerald
    a novelist who wrote about the jazz age of the 1920s
  • Harlem Renaissance

    Harlem Renaissance
    a cultural movement: the rebirth of African American culture
  • Aaron Copland

    Aaron Copland
    composer known for uniquely American music
  • George Gershwin

    composer know for uniquely American music
  • Communism

    an economic and political system in which the state controls the means of production and a single party rules
  • Jacob Lawrence

    Jacob Lawrence
    a famous painter that showed the story of the Great Migration
  • labor-saving devices of the 1920s

    electric stove, vacuum, refrigerator
  • 19th amendment

    Gave women the right to vote
  • Babe Ruth

    Babe Ruth
    baseball hero of the 1920s
  • Anarchists

    Anarchists
    people who oppose all forms of organized government
  • Coca-Cola, Jell-O, Campbell's soup

    advertising and improved transportation led to the creation of national brands
  • Race Riots In 1919

    occurred because of competition between blacks and whites for jobs
  • The Jazz Singer

    In 1927, the first "talkie" movie
  • Louis Armstrong

    Louis Armstrong
    Famous jazz trumpet player during the Harlem Renaissance
  • Duke Ellington

    Duke Ellington
    famous jazz musician and band director during the Harlem Renaissance
  • Langston Hughes

    Langston Hughes
    poet during the Harlem Renaissance
  • Bessie Smith

    Bessie Smith
    famous blues singer of the Harlem Renaissance
  • Organized Crime

    an unintended consequence of Prohibition
  • Henry Ford

    Henry Ford
    made the automobile affordable by using the assembly line
  • The Wright Brothers

    The Wright Brothers
    First in flight
  • 21st Amendment(1933)

    repealed the 18th amendment
  • Temperance Movement

    the movement to ban alcohol
  • Georgia O'Keeffe

    Georgia O'Keeffe
    an artist known for the painting of urban scenes, flowers, and the southwest
  • president Harding

    Isolationism
  • African Americans

    Moved to the North
  • Selling Stocks

    rising prices on the stock market encouraged people to take risks by
  • Major democratic change

    movement from rural to urban areas
  • Rise of The Mass Media

    development of national culture
  • Demographic

    statistics describing populations
  • Quota

    numerical order
  • Buying on Margin

    Buying on Margin
    the purchasing of stocks by paying only a small percentage (10%) of the price and borrowing the rest
  • Great Migration

    Great Migration
    A Large numbers of African Americans leaving the South for the hopes/dreams/jobs of the North
  • Herbert Hoover

    Herbert Hoover
    He did more than any other president before him had done during a depression.
  • Business Cycle

    Business Cycle
    Fluctuations in economic activity such as employment and production.
    Prosperity- (peak) extended the growth
    Recession- (contraction) slowed down
    Depression-(trough) lowest point
    Recovery-(expansion) growth
  • Federal Reserve

    Federal Reserve
    The central bank of the U.S.
  • Hitler

    Hitler
    German politician and leader of the Nazi Party. He rose to power as Chancellor of Germany in 1933 and later Führer in 1934. born in 1889
  • Hoover and FDR-What they have in common

    Hoover and FDR-What they have in common
    cutting income tax and created public work programs
  • Objections of the New Deal

    Objections of the New Deal
    Huey Long, Charles Coughlin, and Dr. Francis Townsend
  • Herbert Hoover

    Herbert Hoover
    Won big in the election of 1928. He promised to continue prosperity and pledged har work. He was popular with BOTH parties.
  • Causes Of The Great Depression

    Causes Of The Great Depression
    Dependence on credit, unwise foreign policy, failing American farms/Agriculture, troubled American industry, uneven distribution of income, stock market speculation.
  • John Steinbeck

    John Steinbeck
    author of the book The Grapes of Wrath
  • President Herbert Hoovers Approach To Great Depression

    President Herbert Hoovers Approach To Great Depression
    Trickle down theory, reconstruction finance corporation, rugged individualism, indirect relief, bonus army, no deficit spending, Hawley-Smoot tariff, conservative approach, depression is a local problem, constructed the boulder dam, republican, federal farm board, balanced budget.
  • President Roosevelt's approach to great depression

    President Roosevelt's approach to great depression
    Brain Trust, New Deal, Deficit spending, direct relief, liberal approach, appointed the first lady to the cabinet, elected president 4 times, fireside chats, adopted John Maynard Keynes Theory, 21st amendment, 3 R's - Relief(CCC, FERA, WPA), Recovery(AAA, NIRA, PWA), Reform(FDIC, NLRB, SEC, social security), Created FDIC, ordered bank holiday, Democrat, court packing affair.
  • Bonus Army

    Bonus Army
    A group of WWI veterans that demanded early payment of their military bonus.
  • FDR

    FDR
    American statesman and political leader who served as the 32nd president of the United States (born in 1882)
  • Great depression facts

    Great depression facts
    The stock market lost almost 90% of its value, Around 11,000 banks failed, More than $1 billion in bank deposits were lost due to bank closings, Around 300,000 companies went out of business, Millions of people migrated away from the Dust Bowl region in the Midwest
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    The Great Depression

    the worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world.
  • Period: to

    Dust Bowl

    A period of severe dust storms and drought.
  • Invasion

    Invasion
    Italy invaded Ethiopia and took control
  • Control

    Control
    Italy wanted to control the Mediterranean Sea
  • Munich Conference

    Munich Conference
    Germany, Italy, Britain, and France
  • Goal of Munich Conference

    Goal of Munich Conference
    stop further German aggression in Europe
  • Treaty of Versailles

    Hitler violated this treaty when he rearmed and sent troops to Rhineland
  • Invasion

    Germany invaded Poland with blitzkrieg attack (WW II begins)
    Japan gained control of Manchuria
  • Neutrality Act

    no arms from the United States
  • Cash-n-Carry Policy

    Purpose to aid the Allies
  • Allies

    Great Britain, France, Soviet Union, and the United States
  • Axis Powers

    Germany, Italy, and Japan
  • European Theater

    Name given to the fighting that took place in Europe
  • Rhineland

    Hitler put the military in this demilitarized zone
  • Austria

    Hitler took over
  • Appeasement

    Giving in to the demands of an aggressor in order to keep the peace.
  • Munich Pact

    Signed in 1938 between Great Britain, Germany, and France that gave part of Czechoslovakia to Germany
  • Nazism

    An extreme form of fascism shaped by Hitler's fanatical ideas about German nationalism and racial superiority
  • Spanish Civil War

    A war between the fascists and socialists that led to Spain becoming a Fascist country.
  • Facism

    A political system headed by a dictator that calls for extreme nationalism and no tolerance of opposition.
  • Benito Mussolini

    Leader of Fascist Italy
  • Non-aggression Pact

    Signed between Hitler and Stalin agreeing not to attack one another
  • Causes of WW2

    Nationalism, Imperialism, the Great Depression, and the Treaty of Versailles
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    WW2

    Global War
  • "Phony War"

    Period of no fighting September 1939 - April 1940
  • Battle of The Bulge

    Hitler's last major offensive
  • Uniform Coupon Rationing

    used for sugar and shoes
  • Differential Coupon Rationing

    used for gasoline and fuel oil
  • Certificates

    used for special, single item purchases such as tires, typewriters, and stoves.
  • Imperialism

    Taking of land/property
  • Nationalism

    extreme pride in one's nationality or country
  • Militarism

    Building weapons or a strong military
  • Totalitarian Dictatorships

    leaders who control all aspects of society
  • Fascism

    a political philosophy, movement, or regime that exalts nation and often race above the individual and that stands for a centralized autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, severe economic and social regimentation, and forcible suppression of opposition
  • Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor

    December 7, 1941
  • Pearl Harbor

    December 7, 1941.
  • Amount killed

    Amount killed
    Allied: 8,607
    German: 11,171
  • Troops

    Troops
    Allied: 83,000
    German: 200,000
  • Tanks and Guns

    Tanks and Guns
    Allied: 1,452
    German: 1,361
  • Start of German Thrust

    Start of German Thrust
    Dec. 16th, 1944
  • German offensive Ended

    German offensive Ended
    Dec. 22nd, 1944
  • Bastogne

    Bastogne
    Located in Belgium
  • Battle Plan and The 6 Elements

    Battle Plan and The 6 Elements
    Hitler made the battle plan
    The 6 elements are; Surprise, the strength of the blow, Speed of the advance, slow American response, poor performance by the GI's, and bad weather
  • Significant Cause of WW2

    Significant Cause of WW2
    Nazi Aggression
  • League of Nations

    League of Nations
    Collective security
  • What Triggered the start of WW2 in Europe

    What Triggered the start of WW2 in Europe
    Hitler Invaded Poland
  • ENIGMA

    ENIGMA
    a device used by the German military command to encode strategic messages before and during World War II
  • D-Day

    Allied forces invaded northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy June 6, 1944
  • Allies during WW2/Cold War

    The U.S. and Soviet Union were allies during WW2
    Both countries spied on each other
    Both wanted to share as little as possible in the victory over the Axis powers
    Communism was spreading
  • Who Took Over Eastern Europe/ Cold War

    Stalin took over eastern Europe ----> The Iron Curtain
  • Joseph Stalin

    Dictator of the Societ Union during WWII
  • Manchuria

    a resource-rich region in Northern China
  • Rationing

    Limiting the purchase of a variety of products
  • Convoy system

    a system where cargo ships traveled in groups escorted by navy wasships
  • atomic weapons

    The U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and Harry Truman made the choice
  • Consequence of Hawley-Smoot Tariff

    It contributed to a drastic decline in international trade
  • Iron Curtain

    symbol of the cold war
  • Peoples Republic of China / Cold War

    Peoples Republic of China / Cold War
    Mao Zedong created the Peoples Republic Of China
    ~North Korea
    ~Vietnam
  • What Was It? and Who Fought It?/ Cold War

    What Was It? and Who Fought It?/ Cold War
    Hostility between post-WW2 superpowers: The U.S (Free World) versus USSR(Communist World)
    ~ would last about 45 years
    ~ Neither country directly fought one another
  • Where was it Fought? / Cold War

    Where was it Fought? / Cold War
    wherever communism threatened globally
  • Space Race

    (1957-1969)
    1. launching satellites( Sputnik 1957; Soviet victory)
    2. Race to the moon( U.S. victory)
  • Sports and movies

    1. Olympic games served as a cold war battlefield
    2. Stereotypes: A. we portrayed the Soviets as cold and ruthless B. They Portrayed Americans as spoiled and undisciplined.
  • How was it Fought?/Cold War

    How was it Fought?/Cold War
    Arms Race, Space Race, Sports, and Movies.
  • Arms Race

    (Each side built up huge nuclear arsenals), 1949- USSR achieved an atomic explosion, Technology on both sides led to advanced: 1. destructive power 2. numbers of weapons( mutually assured destruction) 3. methods of delivery
  • Why did the U.S. win the Cold War?

    Why did the U.S. win the Cold War?
    USSR's weaker communist system could not keep up the race; economic collapse.
    ~Mikhail Gorbachev was elected in USSR in 1985(introduced democratic reforms)
    ~ Soviet Union collapsed in 1991
  • Why did China give aid to North Korea

    they were both communists countries
  • Demilitarized Zone

    A region between countries in which no military activity is permitted
  • Point Rationing

    used for meat and processed foods
  • Militarization

    A society organized around preparing for the military conflict
  • Stalemate

    A military situation in which neither side can gain an advantage
  • Containment

    America's policy of stopping communism from spreading
  • Capitalism

    An economic system based on private property, including private ownership of the means of production, and the profit motive
  • Communist

    system of government in which a single party controls a state-owned economy
  • 38th parallel

    divides north and south Korea
  • United Nations

    International peace-keeping organization after World War II
  • Truman Doctrine

    A policy that America would provide economic and military aid to any nation fighting communism
  • Vocab

    Fidel-communist dictator of Cuba, Marshall Plan- aid will rebuild western Europe, Truman Doctrine-aid aimed at saving Greece and Turkey, Nikita Khrushchev- New Soviet Premier, Ronald Regan- Strategic defense initiative(star wars), John F. Kennedy- Bay of Pigs invasion, Dwight d. Eisenhower- Korean conflict ends in a stalemate at the 38th parallel, Geroge Bush Sr.-soviet union collapses, Harry Truman-2nd red scare, Richard Nixon- NASSA achieves moon landing