Part 1 Flashcards

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Triple Alliance before WW1

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Germany, Austria, Hungary and Italy

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Triple Entente

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France, GB and Russia

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Serbia allied to… before WW1

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Russia

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June 28, 1914. Started WW1

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The Assassination of Archiduke Franz Ferdinand

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Who declared WW1 first?

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Austria Hungary

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Woodrow Wilson position towards WW1

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Neutral

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The American public……. Woodrow

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Supported

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Central Powers WW1

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Austria Hungary, Germany, Bulgary and the Ottoman empire

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Allies in WW1

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Serbia, Russia, France, the UK, Italy, Belgium and the US

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Why did the US enter WW1?

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Zimmerman note
Loans
Attacks on submarines by Germans
Belgium attacks

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President of Mexico with Zimmerman note

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Carranza

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12
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Who won WW1

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Allies

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13
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Time of prosperity after WW1

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Roaring 20s

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Great invention by Henry Ford; could resist different terrains

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Affordable automobile
($490 then $10 now)
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New industries in the roaring 20s

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Gas stations, road building, mechanics, rubber

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New hobby for families, which led to hotels, restaurants and highways

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Road tripping

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Women became independent with jobs as phone operators and in department stores; danced and drank

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Flappers

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Variety shows with juggling, animal shows, comedy, dancing, singing, blackface (eugh); died because of movies with sound and Broadway

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Vaudeville shows

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When African American migrated to the North due to racism and bas economic panorama

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Great Migration

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20
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White people complained about ________________ and wages, blamed AA

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Unemployment

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21
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AA were segregated to _________ and other black neighborhoods

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Harlem

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22
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In ______ _____________ was prohibited thanks to religious groups (18th amendment)

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1919, Alcohol

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People trafficked _______ ________ with alcohol, mafias were created. ________ _________ famous Mafia boss in chicago, captured for tax evasion

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Near Beer in Speakeasies

Al Capone

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What marked the end of the R20s?

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The Great Depression

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Who said that poverty was almost over in 1928?
President Hoover
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Great Depression | ___________ _________ and ___________ slowdown. _______ __________ crashed because bankers had no regulations
Construction boom Agriculture Stock Market
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______ _________ predicted the SM collapse, everyone panicked and took their money out.
Roger Babson
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The _________ crisis, people stopped paying banks and savings were lost
Banking
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Unemployment, no consumption of goods, companies disappeared, unpaid debts
Great depression
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What did people start doing through the depression?
Odd jobs like selling apples, bubble gum, taxi drivers, start fires and then stop them
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Who suffered the most during The Great Depression?
``` African Americans (2x the unemployment) Mexican Americans were deported ```
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Who did people blame for the Great Depression?
President Herbert Hoover
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Hoover’s most important project to fight the Depression
Hoover dam
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The US entered WWII
Dec 7 1941 (Pearl Harbor)
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Who was president during WWII?
Franklin Roosevelt | Harry S Truman
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When did Japan invade China
1937
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Who was the leader of Japan WWII
Emperor Hirochito
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When did Japan Surrender?
Sep 2, 1945
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When did France enter WWII? And why?
Sep 1939, because Germany invaded Poland
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When did France surrender WWII?
1940
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When did the USSR enter WWII and why?
1941, Hitler tried to invade them
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When did China join WWII? Why?
1937 | Wanted a place in the bargaining table
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When did GB join WWII and why
1939, Poland invasion
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French leader WWII
Albert François Lebrun
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Soviet Union leader
Stalin
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Leader of China WW11
Chiong Kay-Shek | Mao Zedong
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Leaders of GB wwII
Neville Chamberlain and Winston Churchill
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People called things _________ villes, blankets etc
Hoover | Newspaper blankets
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Pockets inside out without money
Hoover flag
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What did Hoover do immediately?
Raise taxes
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What did Hoover do right?
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
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Besides the Hoover dam, he built _____________ to give employement
The Golden Gate Bridge
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___________ was elected with a New Deal for Americans
Roosevelt
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Roosevelt three Rs
Relief, Recover and Reform
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The US wanted to remain neutral towards European conflict (1930)
Isolationsim
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The US tried to have a good relationship with ________ and LA to avoid their ally ship with Germany
Mexico “The Good Neighbor”
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Japan attacked ________ in 1931, the US did nit intervene as they were in the Depression
China
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No selling weapons (cash and carry) | No loans to warring countries
Neutrality Acts
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What was the Stimson Doctrine?
US does nit recognize Japan’s invasion
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What happened on Dec 7 1941
Pearl Harbor attack (military base in Japan)
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Allies WW11
US, USSR, GB
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Fascists WWII
Germany, Japan and Italy
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What was the role of women during WWII
Replace male workers as they went to war | Build weapons, pilots
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Harlem Hellfighters and Black Panthers
Battalions of AA
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Japan conquered the _________ and other islands in the Pacific. They had Korea, China and South East Asia
Philippines
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American _________ decoding machine that helped decipher the Japanese code messages
Magic | “Japan will attack the midway islands”
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The Us ambushes Japan and defeats them, turning point
Battle of the Midway (1942 June)
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What was Project Manhattan
Atomic bomb
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1942, Hitler conquered most if Europe. Only _____ and _____
USSR and England
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Dwight Eisehnhower plan to land on the coast if Normandy France to push Hitler off France
D Day
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On June 6 1944 the Allies recovered ________and the Soviets captured ______
Paris | Berlin
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April 25 1945,
Hitler suicide
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August 6 and August 9,
Hiroshima and Nagasaki