American History B

  • The acronym of MAINE

    The acronym of MAINE
    Militarism
    Allies
    Imperialism
    Nationalism
    Extreme Leaders
  • Members of Central Powers

    Members of Central Powers
    Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Turkey
  • Members of the Allied Powers

    Members of the Allied Powers
    Great Britain, France, Italy, Russia, Serbia, Greece
  • Eastern Front

    Eastern Front
  • Western Front

    Western Front
  • How did Wilson react to the war?

    Declared the US neutral and worked for peace.
  • Germany and Autria-Hungary were opposed at the start of the war by

    Britain, France, Russia, and Serbia
  • The United States responded to the war by

    Declaring neutrality
  • The Spark of WW1

    The Spark of WW1
    The leader of Austria-Hungary Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assasinated causing Austria-Hungary to declare war on Serbia.*Not the cause of WW1
  • After the Russian Revolution in March 1917, Amerians were

    more willing to join the Allies
  • The convoy system

    Using merchant ships surrounded by armed warships.
  • Effect on women and minorities

    The war halted immigration and there was a greater need for workers giving them jobs,
  • Espionage Act of 1917

    Makes it illegal to interfere with the draft.
  • Events that turned America on Germany

    -Zimmerman note
    -Unrestricted sumbmarine warfare
    -Russian revolution
    -Lusitania
  • Us joined the war

    April 6, 1917
  • Germany surrendered

    1918 after Paris attack
  • Sedition act

    Made disloyal statements about the U.S.
  • Prohibition

    Prohibition
    It was the eighteenth amendment which banned the manufacturing, distributing, sale, and transportation of alcohol
  • League of nations rejected

    the Senate rejected league of nations in fear that it would drag us into another war/threaten American independence.
  • U.S. After the war

    American economy slows as war-time production ended.
    Returning troops face difficult adjustment to civilian society
    Many women and minority workers faced with a loss of jobs as men return to the workforce.
    Despite contribution to war effort returning African American troops continue to face discrimination and segregation.
    Death and destruction of war lead to feelings of gloom among many Americans.
  • Rural

    Rural
    countries areas
  • Bootlegger

    Bootlegger
    A person who smuggles alcohol during prohibition
  • Red Scare

    Red Scare
    The fear of communism in the 1920
  • Urban or Rural

    Urban or Rural
    Rural areas suffered in the 1920s because of the loss of foreign affairs and a large supply or crops causing prices to drop.
  • Communism

    Communism
    "The Red Scare" was a movement that showed how much our nation feared the
    possibility of peasants overthrowing our government and establishing
  • The Palmer raids

    The Palmer raids
    By A. Mitchelle Palmer, targeted Radicals, Immigrants, and Anarchists
  • Fear or immigrants

    Fear or immigrants
    Sacco and Vanzetti were two men whose execution showed that the US was scared of immigrants
  • the suffering of African Americans during slavery

    the suffering of African Americans during slavery
    inspired the creation of blues music
  • World War 1 vocab

    Neutrality-Not helping either side of the war.
    Lusitania-A ship sunk by a German U-boat containing Americans.
    Zimmerman Note-A telegram from Germany to Mexico proposing an alliance.
  • 1920's

    19th Amendment-Gave women the right to vote
    Prohibition-A time period when drinking, making, and selling alcohol was illegal.
    18th Amendment-Outlawed alcohol
    Red scare-A time period when Americans greatly feared communism
    21st Amendment-Repealed Prohibition
  • Woodrow Wilson

    Woodrow Wilson
    Suffered a stroke during his second term, Warren G. Harding was elected after him in 1922
  • Two American Tariffs with Europe

    Two American Tariffs with Europe
    Fordney-McCumber tariff of 1922
    Hawley Smoot tariff of 1930
  • Calvin Coolidge

    Calvin Coolidge
    President Coolidge "cleaned up" after the Teapot Dome Scandal, he was president after Warren Harding died.
  • Act of 1924

    Act of 1924
    Limited number of immigrants coming into the United States
  • Herbert Hoover

    Herbert Hoover
    Nicknames "boy wonder".
    He came into office popular, however, the stock market crashed less than a year after and eventually became hated and blamed for it.
  • Business Cycle

    Business Cycle
    -Demand for durable goods falls
    -Demand for investment goods falls
    -Workers who make those goods are laid off
    -Because these workers now have less income, they spend less--and demand falls further.
  • Buying on margin

    Buying on margin
    When people bought stocks only paying part of the cost of them, then having to load the rest out.
  • 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 Crash
  • Stock Market Crash

    Stock Market Crash
    This event ENDED the roar of the "Roaring Twenties".
  • Black Tuesday

    Black Tuesday
    The day that the stock market crashed on October 24 1929.
  • Period: to

    Great Depression

    Stock Market crashed, beginning of the depression.
  • Dust bowl

    Dust bowl
    Desert storms combined with, Drought during 1930s, Millions of pounds of topsoil blown away from Texas to Dakotas, this making farming basically impossible. Hundreds of thousands of farmers moved to the west coast.
  • shantytowns

    shantytowns
    little towns consisting mostly of shacks also called Hoovervilles.
  • Smoot-Hawley Tariff

    Smoot-Hawley Tariff
    1930 legislation under Pres. Hoover that raised import duties by as much as 50%, worsening the worldwide depression.
  • Bonus Army

    Bonus Army
    WWI veterans who marched on Washington demanding their $1,000 bonus pay before the 1945 due date.
  • Franklin Roosevelt

    Franklin Roosevelt
    Before Presidency-
    He was born into a wealthy family and went to Harvard.
    He was the senator of New York-Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Navy and was a candidate to be a vice president but lost to Harding/Coolidge.
    Ideas-
    He was very liberal and believed that the government had responsibility to help the people directly.
    He also repealed prohibition in 1933
  • End of Prohibition

    End of Prohibition
    1933
  • Appeasement

    Appeasement
    This is when one accepts the demands of another to avoid conflict.
    Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain.
  • Leaders

    Joseph Stalin-Dictator of Soviet Union during WWII
    Benito Mussolini-He founded the Italy's Fascists Party
    Adolf Hitler-Dictator of Germany
    FDR-President of the US when wwII started.
  • Nazism

    Nazism
    This form of government was used by Adolf Hitler based off of totalitarianism and used by the Nazi party to unite Germany.
  • Axis Powers

    Axis Powers
    Germany, Italy, Japan
  • Allied Powers

    Allied Powers
    Alliance of Great Britain, Soviet Union, United States, and France during World War II.
  • Blitzkrieg

    Blitzkrieg
    A type of fast advancing warfare used by Germans
  • General Eisenhower

    General Eisenhower
    Known for his planning of operation Overlord.
  • Order of events ww11

    Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany
    Germany invades Poland
    Pearl Harbor was bombed
    Germany surrenders
    The US dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima
  • Totalitarianism

    Totalitarianism
    A form of government in which the government has complete control over the citizens lives.
  • Fascism

    Fascism
    Fascism
    A political movement that promotes an extreme form of nationalism, a denial of individual rights, and a dictatorial one-party rule.
  • The start of the war

    The start of the war
    Germans invaded Poland and Britain and France declared war
  • Fidel Castro

    Fidel Castro
    Communist dictator of Cuba.
  • Truman Doctrine

    Truman Doctrine
    Aid aimed at saving Greece and Turkey.
  • Marshall Plan

    Marshall Plan
    Aid will rebuild Western Europe.
  • Cold War presidents

    Cold War presidents
    John F. Kennedy-Bay of Pigs invasion
    Dwight D. Eisenhower-Korean conflict ends in a stalemate at the 38th Parallel.
    George Bush Sr.-Soviet Union collapses.
    Harry Truman-2nd Red Scare
    Richard Nixon-NASA achieve moon landing.
  • Capitalism

    Capitalism-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.
    United Nations-International peace-keeping organization after World War II.
  • Joseph Stalin

    Joseph Stalin
    He was the head of the Soviet Communists after 1924, and dictator of the Soviet Union from 1928 to 1953.
    He wanted to crush opposition.
  • Nikita Kroushchev

    Nikita Kroushchev
    New Soviet Premir.
  • Vocab Words 1

    Demilitarized Zone-A region between countries in which no military activity is permitted.
    Stalemate-A military situation in which neither side can gain an advantage.
    Militarization-A society organized around preparing for military conflict.
    Containment-America's policy of stopping communism from spreading.
  • Strategic Defense Initiative

    Strategic Defense Initiative
    Ronald Regan