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US History 19/20 Tes
WWI and Roaring 20's
Question | Answer |
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What event sparked the Great War? | The murder of Archduke Ferdinand |
After the assassination what event happen next in the chain reaction | Austria declared war on Serbia |
Germany's Schlieffen Plan? | To defeat France first before Russia could mobilize her military to prevent a two front war |
Germany's invasion of what nation brought Great Britain into the war | Belgium |
The Greatest factor in America's entrance into the war? | Submarine warfare in the Atlantic |
The main provision of the Selective Service Act | The Draft |
The league of nations was part of the | 14 points |
Who was America's "Ace of Aces"? | Eddie Rickenbacker |
In what year id the United States enter the Great War | 1917 |
What was the main theme of America's foreign policy during the 1920's | Isolationism |
Which Country's economy was in the best Shape following WWI | The United States |
What two groups faced the most severe prejudice during the 1920's | African Americans and immigrants |
The rise of suburbs was because of what invention | The automobile |
King of Chicago's underworld, and made his name during prohibition | Al Capone |
Famous Physicist, who came up with the theory of relativity | Albert Einstein |
First person to fly solo from NYC to Paris | Charles Lindbergh |
Bootlegger | Person who smuggled liquor |
Contributed to the growth of organized crime in every major city | Prohibition |
In the 1920's women were becoming more | Independent |
In 1929, Americans spent $4.5 Billion on | Entertainment |
This writer coined the phrase "Jazz Age" | F. Scott Fitzgerald |
Wounded in WWI this author's novels criticized the glorification of war | Ernest Hemingway |
Great Migration | Hundreds of thousands of African Americans move north to the big Cities in 1910-1920 |
The decade of the 1920's known as | The Roaring 20's |