the early 20 th century
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The Early 20 th Century. Let’s Play. Final Challenge. World War I. Roaring Twenties. Great Depression. World War II. Cold War. 100. 100. 100. 100. 100. 200. 200. 200. 200. 200. 300. 300. 300. 300. 300. 400. 400. 400. 400. 400. 500. 500. 500. 500. 500. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
The Early 20th Century
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World War IWorld War I Roaring Roaring TwentiesTwenties
Great Great DepressionDepression World War IIWorld War II Cold WarCold War
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Let’s PlayFinal Challenge
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Describe U.S. foreign policy toward Europe prior to World War I100Isolationism
World War I for 100
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What did the Supreme Court rule in the case Schenck v. U.S.?200
Free Speech could be limited in cases in which that speech posed
a “clear and present danger” to the U.S.
World War I for 200
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Name two reasons why the U.S. entered WWI in 1917.300
Reasons for U.S. Entry into WWI
Make world Safe for Democracy
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
U.S. mainly traded w/ Allies
Zimmerman Note
World War I for 300
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Name two parts of Wilson’s Fourteen Points.400
The Fourteen Points
Self-Determination of Colonies
League of Nations
“Peace w/out Victory”
No Reparations for Germany
World War I for 400
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Name one economic and one social effect of World War I.500Economic Effects
U.S. Becomes a Lender Nation
Deficit Spending (Liberty Bonds)
Anti-Unionism
Gov Cooperation w/ Big Businesses
Social EffectsGreat Migration
Women work in factories
World War I for 500
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Describe two reasons why the decade is sometimes labeled the
“Roaring Twenties”100The Roaring Twenties
Changing values… flappers, new styles
Prohibition & bootlegging
Jazz
Economic Prosperity
Effects of Automobiles
Roaring Twenties for 100
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The Scopes Trial and the re-emergence of the KKK were
examples of this trend…200Religious Fundamentalism
Roaring Twenties for 200
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This group was left out of the economic prosperity of the 1920s.300Farmers
Roaring Twenties for 300
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Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald were members of this
group.400The “Lost Generation”
Roaring Twenties for 400
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Describe the economic policies of the Harding and Coolidge
administrations.500Pro-business and Laissez-faire
Roaring Twenties for 500
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Name three major causes of the Great Depression.100
Causes of the Great DepressionLack of gov. regulation of banking & stock markets
Inflated stock prices (“buying on margin”)
Loose credit
Overproduction
Problems w/ international loans
Great Depression for 100
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Describe President Hoover’s approach to ending the Great
Depression.200Hoover believed that the duty to
provide economic relief should come from the states and from
private charities. He did NOT want to see people becoming
independent on the Federal government for direct relief
payments.
Great Depression for 200
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What did FDR do to stop the bank runs of 1932?300
Bank Holiday
Emergency Banking Relief Act
Set up FDIC
Increased regulation of banks by the Federal Reserve System
Great Depression for 300
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What Supreme Court case encouraged FDR to try to “pack
the Supreme Court”400Schecter Poultry Corp. v. U.S. ruled the National Industrial Recovery
Act (NIRA) unconstitutional
Great Depression for 400
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List two New Deal Programs that put people to work.500
Works Progress Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps
Civil Works Administration
Public Works Administration
Tennessee Valley Authority
Great Depression for 500
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What did Congress do to try to prevent the U.S. from being drawn into a European conflict in the late
1930s100Congress passed the Neutrality Acts
World War II for 100
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Name one way that FDR tried to help the Allies before the U.S. formally entered World War II.200Destroyers for Bases Deal
Lend-Lease Act
U.S. Navy escorted British Ships in Atlantic
World War II for 200
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In what Supreme Court case did the court rule that the Japanese
Internment did NOT violate the 14th amendment?300Korematsu v. U.S.
World War II for 300
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Name one social and one economic effect of World War II on the U.S.400
Economic Effects of World War IIDeficit Spending (Liberty Bonds)
Unemployment Dropped
Ended the Great Depression
U.S. became an economic superpower
Social Effects of World War IIAfrican-Americans demand more rights
Women moved into male jobs (temporarily)
Wages Rose (Less Poverty)
World War II for 400
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Name two major arguments that the Truman administration used to
justify the use of the atomic bombs against Japan.500
Arguments in Favor of the BombIt would save lives
Japan would never surrender otherwise
Keep USSR out of war in the Pacific
Revenge for Pearl Harbor
Justify the expense of R&D
Experimentation
Use to scare Soviets into negotiations
World War II for 500
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Why were Yalta and Potsdam important?100
Both were conferences between the U.S, GB, & USSR at end of WWII
ResultsSoviet Sphere of Influence in East Europe
USSR would declare war on Japan
Planned to divide Germany into zones of occupation
Cold War for 100
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Name one example of a specific action taken by the U.S. as part of
its policy of “containment” between 1945 and 1950200
Examples of ContainmentMarshall Plan: $ to rebuild W. Europe
Truman Doctrine: Military aid to Greece
Berlin Airlift
Korean War
Cold War for 200
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The main goal of HUAC and McCarthy’s investigations was…300To root out communist influence in
the U.S. government and in American culture.
Cold War for 300
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How did the Korean War end?400The Korean War ended in a stalemate
with the borders staying approximately where they had been at
the beginning of the war.
Cold War for 400
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Describe the agreement made by JFK and Khrushchev to de-
escalate the Cuban missile crisis?500USA agreed never to invade Cuba
(also secretly agreed to remove outdated missiles from Turkey & Eastern Europe)
USSR agreed to remove missiles from Cuba
Cold War for 500
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