Period 7

Question 1

Great Migration (1910s-1970s)

Answer 1

African Americans escaping segregation, racial violence, and limited economic opportunity in the South moved to the North and West, where they found new opportunities but still encountered discrimination.
-By 1919, 1 million African Amercians moved to Northern cities.
There was racial tension in the north after the war because African AMericans had begun to work in factories. When white soldiers came back from the war, they expected to find jobs but they were taken by black people and immigrants. This caused many race riots.

Question 2

Spanish-American War

Question 3

New Deal

Answer 3

Relief
to provide jobs for the unemployed and to protect farmers from foreclosure
Recovery
to get the economy back into high gear
Reform
To regulate banks, to abolish child labor, and to conserve farm lands

It had some pros and some cons. It increased National Debt but it also created jobs. The role of the government increased

Examples:
FDIC-Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
-insures bank deposits up to 250,000 per account
Social Security
-aid for the retired and disabled
-pay into it your whole life and get it back when you retire

Question 4

Causes of the Great Depression (1929-1941)

Answer 4

-Drop in farm prices
-uneven distribution of income
-get rich quick schemes (being on credit)
-abundance of goods
hawley smoot tariff: tried to force consumers to buy American goods, stopped trade
-immediate cause: Stock Market Crash in 1929

Question 5

Invasion of Poland

Question 6

Nanjing Massacre

Question 7

Treaty of Versailles

Question 8

League of Nations

Question 9

Trench Warfare

Answer 9

trench warfare lead to stalemate and immense casualties
-more powerful artillery and airplanes

Question 10

Blitzkrieg

Question 11

Radio

Question 12

Flappers

Question 13

Jazz

Question 14

US Imperialism

Answer 14

Dollar DIplomacy: the practice of promising American financial support, either through federal loans or private business participation

Question 15

Red Scare

Answer 15

The fear of Communism and other radical ideas permeated US society
-The Russian revolution during the war led to widespread fear of Communism disrupting their governments.
-There was a communist party in the US at the time
People assumed that labor strikers were communist after the war

Question 16

Sacco and Vanzetti

Answer 16

Two immigrants charged and convicted of murder
Weak evidence at trial
Sentenced to death in 1927
Global outcry because of the executions

Question 17

Reduction in immigration

Question 18

Zimmerman Telegram

Question 19

Schlieffen Plan

Answer 19

Prior to World War I, The Schlieffen Plan established that, in case of the outbreak of war, Germany would attack France first and then Russia. Instead of a ‘head-on’ engagement, which would lead to position warfare of inestimable length, the opponent should be enveloped and its armies attacked on the flanks and rear.

Question 20

The Progressives

Answer 20

in response to the gilded age,
During the Progressive Era, social and political progress will surge forward in direct response to the surge of economics in the Gilded Age
Improve society
Monopolies
Corruption
Inefficiency
Social Injustice
“Strengthen the State”
Use government as an agency of human welfare
Laissez-Faire no longer fits

Question 21

Non-Aggression Pact

Question 22

“Return to Normalcy”

Question 23

Stock Market Crash

Question 24

Mass Produced Automobiles

Question 25

“The world must be made safe for democracy”

Question 26

Self-Determination

Question 27

A. Mitchell Palmer

Answer 27

He was the US Attorney General. He wanted to detain all communists. It was similar to the Salem witch trials because people were guilty by association. This was called Palmer Raids.

Question 28

Harlem Renaissance

Question 29

Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany

Question 30

Stock Market

Answer 30

-form of investment to help the company grow
-people bought stocks on margin (with credit)
-it inflated the value of stocks

Banks invest in the stock market. They invest your money you deposit to the stock market in order to gain profits for loans. The banks were losing money.

Question 31

Bank Runs

Answer 31

people went to withdraw all their money because the banks were losing money. If people did not go to withdraw their money fast enough, all their savings were lost

Question 32

The Dust Bowl (1930-1936)

Answer 32

The Dust Bowl (1930-1936)
A severe drought and dust storm
-killed cattles, birds, and fish
-occured in oklahoma, texas, colorado, new mexico, kansas

Question 33

President Hoover (1929-1933)

Answer 33

-Rugged individualism (pull yourself up by your bootstraps)
-trickle down economics
-the government sent loans to banks -> banks lent money to businesses -> businesses increase employment and wages
-not very liked or effective

Question 34

Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1945)

Question 35

Foreign Policy

Answer 35

Before WW1-> isolationism
WW1-____
After WW1-> isolationism
WW2->interventionist

Question 36

Immigration

Answer 36

Before WW1-> increase w/ work force
After WW1-> major restrictions
WW2-> __

Question 37

the 1920s cultural changes

Answer 37

Dances
Changing Values: traditional, more rural values conflict with more modern, urban lifstyles
Mass Consumption: Cars, advertising, sports and leisure, alcohol, credit, radio & film.
Women: changing roles of women spurred by WWI, 19th amendment, Flappers
Harlem Renaissance: Massive expansion of black culture through jazz, literature, and art

Question 38

the 1920s value changes

Answer 38

Prohibition was favored in the rural south and west but strongly opposed in the eastern cities
Scopes Trial: Religious fundamentalism vs. scientific education
Biology teacher violates states law by teaching evolution
Mass consumption people were able to buy things with credit

Question 39

Social Gospel

Answer 39

Progressivism based on Christian teaching
Use religion to demand changes (housing/living conditions, working conditions, etc)
Community-based (church) regardless of wealth status

Question 40

Effects of the Progressive Party

Answer 40

Voters proposed the legislation
referendum : laws are on the ballot to be approved by people
Voters can remove officials from office in special elections
Australian Ballot : secret ballot : others won’t see your vote
Direct election of senators
Women’s suffrage