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(WW1)
(WW1) Chapter 8/Chapter 9
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Nationalism | First, the growth of nationalism let to World War 1. |
| Ethnic Groups | People of different ethnic groups want to fight to have their own nations. |
| Militarism | Militarism was a third cause of the war |
| Alliances | Another cause was the growth of alliances |
| Assassin | The assassin was a serbian who was angry that Austria-Hungary |
| Trench Warfare | Soldiers in World War 1 used trench Warfare |
| Poison Gas | They fired machine guns and poison gas at the enemy from the trenches |
| Dogfights | Airplanes in battles called dogfights. |
| Submarines | New weapons such as tanks,poison gas, and submarines were also used. |
| Merchant Ships | Americans were furious when German submarines sank there merchant ships. |
| Communists | Communists won control of the government. |
| Torpedoes | The Lusitania, a British passenger ship, sank after being hit by two torpedoes fired from a German submarine. |
| Propaganda | To build support for the war, the Committee on Public Information created and spread propaganda |
| Chapter 9 | America in 1920s |
| Prohibition | The period when alcoholic beverages were illegal was called prohibition. |
| Scandals | Many scandals occurred during Harding's years as presedent. |
| Prosperity | Hoover promised that Americans would continue to enjoy prosperity. |
| Red Scare | The fear of communism in 1919 caused a time of panic called the Red Scare. |
| Anarchists | Americans were also afraid of anarchists, people who did not want any government. |
| Nativism | Another threat to democracy was nativism, or the fear of foreigners. |
| Racism | Racism threatened democracy because the constitution was suppose to protect the freedom of all Americans. |
| Executed | Instead the two men were executed in 1927. |
| Assembly Line | He invented a moving assembly line to produce cars faster and cheaper than every before. |
| Urban | The largest urban African American community was in a New York City neighborhood called Harlem |