Monday 16 April 2012

Review for TEST WWI - The Great Depression

Amendments 15-19

What is important about Henry Ford? How did he change America?
What is important about Charles Lindbergh? How did he symbolize the times?
What were "pool operators" and how were they crooked?
How were stocks inflated? How did this cause the crash?
What was Black Thursday and Black Tuesday?
What was Hoover's view of Government relief programs?
What was the "Bonus Army"? What did it do? What happened to it?
What happened during the "Hundred Days"?
What was the WPA and what did it do?
What were some programs set up during the Depression that are still with us today?
What were Roosevelt's FIRESIDE CHATS and why did they become important?
Discuss the philosophical reasons World War I began.
What was the initial spark that began World War I?
Who were the allies? Who were the central powers?
List five advancements in technology that lead to high causalities.
Describe tench warfare.
What was the Lusitania?
Why did America eventually enter the war (list two reasons)?
When was the Russian Revolution?
Discuss the importance of the Battle of the Marne.
How did World War I change the United States?
Discuss the Treaty of Versailles. What did it do? Why did the U.S. reject it?
Who was Marcus Garvey? What were his ideas?
How was Harding's Presidency corrupt?
How did the 20s change America? (think consumer society, entertainment, sports, fashion, politics)
What was the Harlem Renaissance? List three members.
How did prohibition lead to the raise of organized crime? Who was Al Calpone?
What was the Dust Bowl?
Discuss entertainment during the 1930s?
Who was Huey Long? What did he promise people?
How did Roosevelt try and stack the Supreme Court?