WWI Great Depression and WWII By Quintin Peters
WWI, Great Depression, and WWII By Quintin Peters
Who was assassinated to start World War I? Archduke Franz Ferdinand
What country declared war on Serbia to start the war? Austria-Hungary
What year was the Lusitania sunken? 1915
What country sank the Lusitania? Germany
What year did the United States join the war? 1917
What treaty ended the First World War? The Treaty of Versailles
What was the 1920's called because of the prosperity? Roaring Twenties
What were the women with the short hair and skirts called? Flappers
What was it called to buy stocks and hope for the price to rise? Speculating
Where could you buy stocks? Stock market
When did the stock market crash occur? October 29, 1929
What did the Stock Market crash cause? The Great Depression
What bugs ate all of the crops in the South? Boll weevils
What was occuring in the Great Planes to cause people to move out? Dust bowl
How many terms did FDR serve? 4
What was the collective term that FDR made to end the Great Depression? The New Deal
What organization brought electricity to rural areas? Rural Electricity Act
Who was the dictator of Germany during WWII? Adolf Hitler
What country did Germany invade to start WWII? Poland
What was the power that USA in? Allies powers
What event cause the USA to enter the war? Bombing of Pearl harbor
What region of France was invaded by the Allies during D-Day? Normandy
What city was bombed wirh an Atomic bomb for the first time? Hiroshima
What day did WWII end? September 22, 1945
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