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Unit 9 Study Guide
WW1-Great Depression
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| - WWI Start and Ending Years | July 28th, 1914- November 11, 1918 |
| Cause of WWI (M.A.I.N.) | Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism |
| The event that sparked WWI | Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand |
| Who fought (powers) | Allied and Central Powers |
| Policy of the United States during the first three years of the war | Neutrality |
| Year the United States entered WWI | 1917 |
| Two reasons why the United States entered WWI | Zimmerman Telegram sent from Germany to Mexico encouraging them to wage war against the US, Sinking of the British Lusitania |
| Two examples of Industrialism in WWI (weapons) | Airplanes, Chemical Warfare, Flamethrowers, Long range Artillery, Machine Guns, Submarines, Tanks, Trench Warfare |
| Two examples of how the Homefront supported the war effort | Victory Gardens, Rationing |
| How SC supported the War effort | 65,000 served, 2000KIA, Military Bases like Camp Sevier, Camp Jackson, Paris Island, Charleston Naval Base and shipyard |
| The only African American to earn the Medal of Honor | Freddie Stowers |
| Roles of women in the war | Managed Homes, Rationed Food and resources, Worked in War, Worked in Factories, Served as doctors and nurses, Red Cross |
| The time, day and month that WWI ended; what this was known as and what this date became | Armistice Day, Later Veterans' Day, Nov 11, 11am 1918. |
| Treaty to end WWI | Treaty of Versailles |
| Number of people killed in WWI worldwide | 20 Million Worldwide, 116,000 Americans Killed |
| Organization that led to the United Nations (UN) | Woodrow Wilson's League of Nations |
| The link between the Great Migration, Harlem Renaissance and the Civil Rights Movement | Harlem Renaissance was brought on by the Great Migration as |
| Define the Great Migration | Large scale movement of approx. 6 million African Americans from the Rural South to urban areas in the North, Midwest, and the West. |
| Define the Roaring Twenties | 1920-1929 where significant social, economic, and political change took place changing the culture of the US. ex: Jazz, Womens' Suffrage, New Technology, Prohibition, Entertainment, |
| Impact of the Harlem Renaissance on the United States | Brilliant period of African American culture and expression that opened the eyes of all American's to black culture |
| Impact of the Charleston Renaissance | Artists, architects, and historical preservationists came together to improve the city and made it a major place of tourism. Also the spread of the dance known as the Charleston. |
| Event that sparked the Great Depression | October 28th & October 29th of 1929 the Stock Market crashed |
| The United States Government’s response to the Great Depression | President Roosevelt's New Deal (Also called FDR) |