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Chapter 19-23 Flashcards

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What cause of the war was the one specific incident that led to the start of the war?

A

The assassination of archduke franz Ferdinand

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What were the four general causes of the war?

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Militarism, alliances, imperialism, nationalism

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Central powers

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Germany, Austria Hungary, Ottoman Empire

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The allies (triple entente)

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France, Britain, Russia

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Out of the causes of the war, what was the biggest cause

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The alliances

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What did Russia leave the war?

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They had to leave because another war started for them

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Men registered with the government and were randomly selected to serve. Most that served didn’t attend high school

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Selective service act

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Why was the selective service act passed?

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Passed in order to meet the need for more troops

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8
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Let’s customers pay for product over a period of time and not have to put money down while buying the product ; lay a way

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Installment plan

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9
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Rebel and courageous person who would bring alcohol in to the United States during the time it was illegal

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Bootlegger

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Movement created by Protestant religious people who believed that everything in the bible is literally true

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Fundamentalism

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11
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Set of laws that gives men more freedom than women

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Double standard

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12
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An immigrant from Jamaica who thought African Americans should have their own separate society

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Marcus Garvey

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13
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Time period in the 1920s that took place around the Harlem community of NYC in which African American artists boomed with creativity and inspiration

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Harlem Renaissance

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14
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The upkeep or support of a price to a certain level through the government

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Price support

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Negotiation that let’s customers pay later for a purchase, usually on a payment plan with interest charges

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Credit

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16
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Getting involved in a hazardous business transactions to make a quick and large profit on something

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Speculation

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17
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Give money and food by the government to those who are in need of it

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Direct relief

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18
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When the government spends more than it has

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Deficit spending

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19
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Act that started in 1935 and gives aid to families with dependent children, disabled people, people who are unable to work or are unemployed, and retirees

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Social security act

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What was the biggest mistake with the people Harding appointed to office?

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These people were his friends and weren’t qualified for the jobs.

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21
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What was the biggest scandal during his presidency?

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Teapot dome scandal

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22
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What did the teapot dome scandal involve ?

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One of the members tried to sell land that wasn’t his to oil companies and didn’t benefit.

23
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What was the issue regarding the WWI debt being paid back to the US

A

Dawes plan- loaned Germany Money to pay back Britain and furnace with annual payments on a fixed scale. Then France and Britain paid back to US with that money so really US never got money back for war

24
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Why did the KKK rise again in the 1920s?

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The feared the communists would take over the country

25
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Why did the KKK eventually lose popularity?

A

Criminal activity led to decreasing power

26
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Why were strikes unpopular following WWI? What were they linked to?

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The companies instituted a propaganda campaign linking the strikers to communist. ; harmed public safety.

27
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Increased production in the us by 20%.

Made prices of things double what they costed before the war

A

War industries board

28
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Improved working conditions.

Workers who refused to obey the board decisions could lose their draft exemptions

A

National war labor board

29
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Helped farmers increase their income.

People cut down on certain kinds of food and grew their own food in gardens at their house

A

Food administrations

30
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First American propaganda agency.

Built patriotism in america during the war

A

CPI

31
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Major weapons that were introduced during WWI?

A

Machine gun
Airplanes
Tanks
Poison gas

32
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Machine guns purpose

A

Increased firepower, casualties

33
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Airplanes purpose

A

Allowed for air strikes with bombs, mounted machine guns

34
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Purpose of tanks

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Used to run over barbed wire and people

35
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Purpose of poison gas

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Suffocated and blinded soldiers

36
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What major effect did the us entry into WWI have on the war effort, particularly seas

A

Us navy was able to assist the allies in blocking the German u-boats and preventing attacks

37
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What were the fashion changes in the 1920s for women

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Skin-toned silk stockings, close fitting felt hats, bright waist less dresses an inch above the knees

38
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What were the social behavior changes in women in the 1920s

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Smoking cigarettes, drinking in public, talking opening at sex

39
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What were reasons for prohibition?

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Too much drinking led to crime, wife/child abuse, laziness and mistakes @work, immigrants considered drinking as socializing,
Gangsters took advantage of alcohol

40
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What amendment outlawed prohibition

A

18th amendment

41
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What amendment repealed prohibition

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21 amendment

42
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How did prohibition make al Capone a rich and infamous man?

A

He was a bootlegger and was able to take control of the liquor business through bribes and violence

43
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What were the causes of the Great Depression

A

Tariffs and war debt policies that cut down the foreign market for American goods.
Crisis in the farm sector.
Availability of easy credit.
Unequal distribution of income.

44
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What was the dust bowl

A

Severe drought that took place in the Great Plains

45
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How did people respond to the dust bowl

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Farmers and families migrated to California and other pacific states to find work

46
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What does AAA stand for

A

Agricultural adjustment act

47
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Who did the AAA help?

A

Farmers

48
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How did the AAA help farmers

A

Raised crop prices by lowering products

49
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What was the point of the FDIC

A

Provide federal insurance for individual bank accounts so if it would happen again people wouldn’t loose everything ; made the, feel safe and to deposit in banks again

50
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Effects of GD

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Financial collapse, stock market crashes, economic troubles, Hoover takes nation.

51
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What two groups opposed entry into the war

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Socialists and pacifists

52
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Why did socialists not want to go into wAr

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War was capitalist and imperialist struggle between Germany and England to control markets and colonies in China, Africa, and the Mid East

53
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Why didn’t pacifists like war

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Believed war was evil and us should an example of peace to the world

54
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Effects of the Great Depression

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Shanty towns, soup kitchens and breadlines, free/cheap foods for poor, mental break downs, frugal generations

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