Focus ?s To Know For 2nd Sem Final Flashcards
Explain US involvement in WWI before they declared war in 1917
- we traded more with the allies
- loaned allies money
- propaganda swayed US
Explain four major causes of WWI and give examples of each
1) imperialism ie: russia wanting bosphorus straights
2) nationalism ie: panslavism
3) alliances ie: axis
4) militarism ie: wanting to maintain strong military.
Explain three major reasons why the United States joined the war on the side of the Allies in 1917
1) zimmerman note
2) we want to get our money back
3) unrestricted submarine warfare/ lusitania
Describe trench warfare
Terrible living conditions, disease, lice, rats, dangerous and random killing, constant death, consistent stalemate
Explain the major idea in the Fourteen Points and why it was written
It was written to show what the US wanted out of the war and had a general idea of independence and peace
Explain how prohibition was carried out and problems with it
You were fined if you didnt obide by it, but a problem was that while the idea was nice and meant to decrease the crime rate, it actually increased it and no one took it seriously
How did margin buying and speculation impact the stock market in the 1920’s ?
It made it hard for the stock market to be stable for long
Explain the underlying causes of the great depression
- lack of diversification in the economy
- poor distribution of income
- a flat market
- bad loans
- international trade
Explain three major goals of the New Deal and give specific examples of each
To provide relief ie the works progress administration provided jobs, recovery ie the national recovery admin helped businesses to work together in favor of the economy, and reform ie the wagner act protected workers rights to form unions
Explain how the US moved from neutrality to becoming a major player in the war
Germany invaded poland, britain and france declared war, 1939 Nuetrality act= cash and carry arms to britain and france with escort ships eventually, reveal subs, nazi subs shoot at us, lend-leasing of destroyers and tanks for money and destroyers on bases, then the attack on the pearl harbor
Define appeasement and give examples of it prior to WWII
Appeasement is giving into demands to keep something from happening. ie: holding the munich conference in germany, letting germany take sudetenland and relocate troops
Describe the evolution of treatment of Japanese Americans prior to and during WWII. Describe their internment experience
Shops were wrecked, arrests were made, homes were searched, discrimination. After executive order 9066, internment was instituted and was behind barbed wire, dusty, you couldn’t leave, you had to work, ate in a cafeteria, an cabined with your family
Who were “The Big Three”? Describe their relationship
Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill. Roosevelt and Churchill got along, but there was a mutual distrust with Stalin
