S.S. Final Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
What were the 4 main causes of World War 1? | Militarism, Nationalism, Alliance System, Imperialism |
2 things that forced the U.S. to enter war in 1917 | Germany kept bombing U.S. cargo ships transporting goods to Europe with U-Boats Zimmerman Note, asking Mexico to form an alliance with Germany against the U.S. |
Which group of people suffered the greatest amount of discrimination in TX? | Germany Americans |
The over-production of what agricultural product led TX into bust economy in the 1920's? | Cotton |
Why were women and African Americans displaces from their jobs in the factories? | Because soldiers coming back from war needed jobs. |
What started the Great Depression? | Stock market crash of 1929 |
What decadde did the majority of the Great Depression take place in? | 1930-1939 |
What state did people move to during the Great Depression to look for work? | California |
What put an end to the great depression? | WW2 |
What was NOT an effect that the Great Depression had on TX? | Cotton Prices rose |
Which BEST describes the cause of the Dust Bowl? | Drought & over-cultivation (plowing) of the land caused loose topsoil that was blown away. |
The Dust Bowl caused what illness in people? | Pneumonia |
President Franklin D. Roosevelt passed which act to aid farmers in planting crops in a way that would avoid future dust storms? | Soil Conservation Act |
Drought and dust ruined crops in the TX . . . what? | Panhandle |
What state was NOT heavily effected by the Dust Bowl? | Illinios |
What were the 4 Allied Powers? | U.S., Soviet Union, Britian, France |
What were the 3 Axis Powers? | Germany, Italy, Japan |
What TXan was the nations most decorated soldie with 33 medals and awards? | Audie Murphy |
What jobs did women perform in the factories? | Assembly Lines, Operating Punch Press, Riveting Metal Parts |
Urbanization | An increase in people living ot working in cities |
Houston Ship Channel | Channel that connects Houston with the Gulf Of Mexico |
Suburbs | Residential neighborhoods built outside of a central city |
Francisco "Pancho" Villa | Led rebel forces in the North against Mexico for political freedom. He also attacked & killed Americans on a train headed to El Paso and in a raid at Columbus, New Mexico, for the recognition of his rival, President Carranza. |
Neutral | Not alligned with either side during a conflict |
Allied Powers | Great Britian, France, & Russia. Battled the Central Powers in WW1 |
Central Powers | Germany, Austia-Hungary, Turkey. Battled Allied Powers in WW1 |
Demobilization | Moving from a war time to a peace time economy |
Stocks | Shares of ownership in a company |
Great Depression | Severe global economic slowdown in the 1930's |
Dust Bowl | Parts of the Southern Great Plains in which dust & drought ruined crops & killed thousands of cattle during the 1930's |
New Deal | Program initiated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to fight the Great Depression |
Women's Auxiliary Army Corps | Group of women who served in non combat positions during WW2 |
Holocaust | Nazi Germany's attempt to kill the Jews of Europe during WW2 |
Cold War | Term describing the tensions between the United States & the Soviet Union after WW2 |
Nonviolent Resistance | Peaceful public demonstrations |
American GI Forum | Organization formed by Hector P. Garcia to protect the rights of Hispanics |
Civil Rights Act of 1964 | Law passed under President Lyndon B. Johnson that banned segregation in public places & prohibited employers, unions, or universities with federal government contracts from discriminating based on race, sex, religion, & national origin |
National Aeronautics And Space Administrations ( NASA ) | Program created in 1948 to take charge of the U.S. space program & work toward U.S. space goals |
Two party system | Political system in which two major parties compete to gain political office |
50's | 1954 - Brown vs. Board of Education ruled segregation illegal in public schools 1958 - NASA Founded |
60's | 1963 - President John F. Kennedy assassinated 1968 - Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated 1965 - U.S. enters Vietnam War 1969 - Neil Armstrong (American) becomes first man to walk on the moon |
70's | 1973 - U.S. pulls out of the Vietnam War 1974 - U.S. president Richard Nixon resigns after the Watergate Scandal |
80's | 1981 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan and the Pope are nearly assassinated 1986 - U.S. Space shuttle Challenger explodes on Live TV |
90's | 1991 - Operation Desert Storm (U.S. war against Iraq dictator Saddam Hussein) Three major bombings shock the nation 1993 - Twin Towers 1995 - Oklahoma City 1996 - Atlanta Olympic Games |
Where are the Appalachian Mountains? | East U.S. |
Where are the Rocky Mountains? | Western & Central U.S |
Where are the Sierra Nevada Mountains? | In Eastern California |
Where is the Mississippi River? | From Minnisota to Louisiana to the Gulf Of Mexico |
What land area did the U.S. get in . . . . 1846? | Oregon Compromise |
What land area did the U.S. get in . . . . 1848? | Mexican Cession |
What land area did the U.S. get in . . . . 1853? | Gadsden Purchase |
What land area did the U.S. get in . . . . 1803? | Louisiana Purchase |
What land area did the U.S. get in . . . . 1818? | Red River Basin |
What land area did the U.S. get in . . . . 1845? | Texas Annexation |
What land area did the u.s. get in . . . . 1812? | Claimed Area of Louisiana |
Land area U.s. get . . . . 1819 | Florida Cession |
Land area u.s get . . . . 1800 | States and Territories |
land area u.s get . . . . . 1842 | claimed area of Maine |
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