WWI The Great Depression Review

WWI The Great Depression (Review)

Open Ended

Who were the two main powers during WWI?

Allied Powers of WWI

• Austria Hungary

• Ottaman Empire

• Germany

Central Powers (WWI)

• Great Britain

• France

• Russia

Allied and Central Powers

• Both Central and Allied Powers were imperialist, the Central Powers practiced a policy of militarism.

•  Imperialism is policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force

• Militarism is the belief or the desire of a government or a people that a state should maintain a strong military capability and to use it aggressively to expand national interests and/or values.

Multiple Choice

Which statement correctly describes the Central and Allied powers before World War I?

• The Central Powers were imperialists, the Allied Powers were isolationists.

• The Central Powers all held nationalist principles, the Allied Powers were

  strong militarists.

• Both Central and Allied Powers were imperialist, the Central Powers practiced a

  policy of militarism.

• The Allied Powers were militarists and nationalists, the Central Powers

  were imperialists.

Why did the United States enter WWI?

• The united states entered WWI because Germany sank the passenger ship, the Lusitania.

Multiple Choice

Why did the United States join WWI

• Germany sank the passenger ship, the Lusitania.

• The United States was attacked.

• Great Britain and several other Allied Powers convinced the United States to fight.

• President Wilson and Congress gave in to the significant public pressure to join

  the war effort.

What process made it possible for industries to produce more products than were needed?

• mass production

• which is the production of large quantities

Multiple Choice

What process made it possible for industries to produce more products than were needed?

• mass production

• supply and demand

• mass consumption

• consumerism

President Hoover tried to improve the economy during the Great Depression by urging Congress to put money into building roads and bridges.

Multiple Choice

What is one of the ways that President Hoover tried to improve the economy during the

Great Depression?

• He refused to loan money to failing banks.

• He passed a law against further cutting wages.

• He made companies cut a certain number of jobs.

• He urged Congress to put money into building roads and bridges.

The New Deal

• The New Deal was a series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the United States between 1933 and 1939.

• This was President Roosevelt’s plan for getting the country out of the Great Depression.

Multiple Choice

What was President Roosevelt’s plan for getting the country out of the Great Depression?

• Social Security

• The New Deal

• The First Hundred Days

• Works Progress Administration

Victory Gardens

• The United States had to ship tons of food overseas to feed the troops during

  the war. As a result, there were food shortages at home. The United States Food

  Administration, urged people to ration their food and plant victory gardens, or war gardens.

  People started growing their own food in their backyards. Some towns set aside areas for

  community victory gardens.

Multiple Choice

Definition: Citizens grow vegetable, fruit, and herb gardens to reduce pressure on the public food supply- Public food supply was needed for the war effort

• Military Installations

• Victory Garden

• War Bonds

• After the stock market crashed in 1929, people started making runs to the banks.

  People had bought things on credit and owed money, but they could not pay their loans.

  Customers rushed to the banks to withdraw whatever savings they had, causing the banks

  to run out of money and close.

Multiple Choice

What is one of the ways that President Hoover tried to improve the economy during the

Great Depression?

• He refused to loan money to failing banks.

• He passed a law against further cutting wages.

• He made companies cut a certain number of jobs.

• He urged Congress to put money into building roads and bridges.