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Unit 7
Spanish American War-WWII
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Reporters who published stories of Spanish cruelties in their colonies | yellow journalists |
| American ship that exploded in Havana harbor in 1898 | USS Maine |
| Much of the fighting in the Spanish-American War was on this Caribbean island | Cuba |
| Result of the Spanish-American War for the United States | the United States emerged as a global power |
| Future President Theodore Roosevelt led this group in the War | the Rough Riders |
| What does the acronym MANIA refer to as it relates to the causes of WWI? | Militarism, Alliances, Nationalism, Imperialism, Assassination |
| Name for the chain of events leading to the War | domino effect |
| A policy by which a nation will not commit to supporting any particular side in a conflict or dispute | neutrality |
| The year in which the US declared war on Germany | 1917 |
| Reason the Germans gave to defend their actions of sinking non-military ships | accusing Britain and America of transporting military supplies on passenger ships |
| This type of warfare resulted in the sinking of the Lusitania | unrestricted submarine warfare |
| This policy established a military draft to increase the number of men in the armed forces | Selective Service Act |
| This message was sent to Mexico to try to convince them to join Germany in WWI | The Zimmermann Telegram |
| In April 1917, President Wilson asked for a declaration of war against Germany by stating the United States must do this | Make the world safe for democracy |
| This well-respected General was given command of the American Forces in WWI | John "Blackjack" Pershing |
| These World War I African-American soldiers gained fame for their success in battle | Harlem Hellfighters |
| What jobs did women take in the armed forces? | nurses, truck drivers, mechanics, translators, and radio operators |
| Neighborhood plots to grow food during WWI | Victory Gardens |
| Investment certificates purchased to help pay for the War | Liberty Bonds |
| Discrimination faced by German Americans in WWI | carrying ID papers; internment camps; forced to change names |
| Major turning point in WWI | battle of Chateau Theirry |
| US led campaign that led to the end of WWI | Meuse-Argonne offensive |
| American flying ace in WWI | Eddie Rickenbacker |
| The ceasefire that went into effect on November 11, 1918 | Armistice |
| The Treaty ending World War I | Treaty of Versailles |
| Name of the plan President Wilson proposed for the post-war world | The Fourteen Points |
| Organization created to ensure peace | League of Nations |
| The major requirement placed on Germany in the Treaty of Versailles | Accept full blame for the War |
| Why did the US Senate reject the Treaty of Versailles? | Fear of the loss of US sovereignty |
| American desire to remain apart from the affairs or interests of other groups or countries | isolationism |
| President elected in 1920 by promising a "return to normalcy" | Warren G Harding |
| Fear of a communist revolution in the US | The Red Scare |
| Two men arrested and executed during the 1920's panic over communism | Sacco and Vanzetti |
| Period of economic boom and social changes from 1921-1928 | Roaring 20's |
| A common term for the outlawing of alcohol; 18th Amendment | prohibition |
| Young women in the 1920s who changed the way society viewed women | Flappers |
| Secret and illegal clubs, where you could find bootleg alcohol | speakeasies |
| The Wall Street stock market crash of '29 | Black Tuesday |
| Period of deep economic crisis from 1929-1940 | the Great Depression |
| 31st president; scapegoat for the economic crisis of 1929 | Herbert Hoover |
| Shantytowns that popped up during the early 1930's | Hoovervilles |
| WWI veterans who marched on Washington DC | Bonus Army |
| 32nd President; elected in 1932 by promising a "New Deal" | Franklin D Roosevelt |
| The Three R’s of the New Deal | Relief, Reform, Recovery |
| Roosevelt's way to communicate directly with the American people | fireside chats |
| Main way the TVA, CCC, and WPA helped during the New Deal | they put Americans to work |
| What event was more effective than the New Deal in bringing the Great Depression to an end? | World War II |
| System run by a dictator that limits individual rights and controls all areas of society through fear | Fascism |
| Dictator of the Soviet Union (communist Russia) | Josef Stalin |
| Fascist ruler (il Duce) of Italy | Benito Mussolini |
| Fascist "Furher" of Germany | Adolf Hitler |
| Dictator of Japan | Hideki Tojo |
| State-ordered genocide carried out by Nazi Germany | The Holocaust |
| Fascist party that took control in Germany | National Socialist German Workers Party or NAZI Party |
| Auschwitz, Dachau and Bergen-Belzen were these types of prison | concentration & extermination camps |
| Hatred for and discrimination against Jewish people | anti-semitism |
| "Lightning War" | blitzkrieg |
| Roosevelt's plan sell equipment and supplies to Allied nations provided they paid cash upfront and arranged their own transport | Cash and Carry |
| Roosevelt's plan to provide needed supplies (food, oil, equipment) to the Allied Nations without up front payment | Lend-Lease |
| Main reasons Japan was upset with the US | oil embargo and expansion in the Pacific |
| Japan invaded and committed terrible crimes in this nation | China |
| December 7, 1941 | Japan attacked Pearl Harbor |
| Women workers in WWII were represented by this figure | Rosie the Riveter |
| 120,000 of these people were sent to internment camps in the US | Japanese-Americans |
| Operation Overlord was the plan for the Normandy invasion, also known as... | D-Day |
| German surprise counterattack in Belgium in 1944 was the largest U.S. battle of WWII during harsh winter conditions | Battle of the Bulge |
| 1942 Pacific battle in which Japan lost four aircraft carriers | Battle of Midway |
| The battles for these islands resulted in over 200,000 American and Japanese soldiers, and over 150,000 civilians killed or wounded | Iwo Jima and Okinawa |
| Code-name for the secret United States program to develop an atomic bomb | The Manhattan Project |
| Name of the bomber which carried the first atomic bomb | Enola Gay |
| Names of the two atomic bombs | "Little Boy" and "Fat Man" |
| Center of Cuban activity near Tampa | Ybor City |
| Cities on which the atomic bombs were dropped | Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
| What were reasons in favor of dropping atomic bombs? | End the War quickly; save more lives in the long run |
| What were reasons against using atomic weapons? | Japan was ready to surrender; barbaric action |
| The year WWII ended in Europe and Japan | 1945 |
| 33rd President who ordered the use of atomic weapons to end WWII | Harry Truman |
| Year the Spanish-American War was fought | 1898 |
| Territories gained by the US after the Spanish-American War | Puerto Rico; Guam; the Philippines |
| 25th President; Declared war on Spain | William McKinley |
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