Test V: Spanish-American War & WWI Flashcards
German dictator who took power after WWI
Adolf Hitler
inventor of the telephone
Alexander Graham Bell
Italian dictator who took power after WWI
Benito Mussolini
men from the North who took office in the South
carpetbaggers
representative of Britain during peace conference
David Lloyd George
Japanese dictator who took power after WWI
Emperor Hirohito
archduke of Austria-Hungary killed by Serbian revolutionary
Franze Ferdinand
general who fought the Sioux at Big Horn
George A. Custer
representative of France during peace conference
Georges Clemenceau
original name give to WWI
The Great War
actor who assassinated President Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
Soviet dictator who took power after WWI
Joseph Stalin
President Wilson’s idea for sustained world peace
League of Nations
FDR’s federal aid programs
New Deal
men willing to vote for anyone who would pay them
scalawags
gift France presented to the United States
Statue of Liberty
inventor of the electric lightbulb
Thomas Edison
harsh document drafted at peace conference after WWI
Treaty of Versailles
representative of U.S. during peace conference
Woodrow Wilson
president during WWI
Woodrow Wilson
Year America enteres WWI
1917
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Year(s) of WWI (The Great War)
1914-1918
“Speak softly and carry a big stick.”
Theodore Roosevelt
Year(s) of the Spanish-American War
1898
Year(s) of the Great Depression
1929-1941
War that forced Spain to give up all control of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines
Spanish-American War
“Sic semper tyrannis!”
John Wilkes Booth
What event led to America declaring war with Spain?
the explosion of the Maine
What event led to the beginning of WWI?
the assasination of the Archduke of Austria-Hungary by a Serbian revolutionary
What is the event that bankrupted the American economy?
the Stock Market Crash of 1929
What was the name given to the era of hardship that resulted from that economy-breaking event?
the Great Depression
What is the name that members of the National Socialist German Worker’s Party went by?
Nazis
What is the term for women’s right to vote?
women’s suffrage
What country received the harshest punishment from the Treaty of Versailles?
Germany
List the Allies during WWI
Belgium, China, France, Great Britain, Greece, Italy (from 1915), Japan, Russia, United States (from 1917)
List the Central Powers during WWI
Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Germany, the Ottoman Empire