WWI, Roaring 20s, Great Depression

Conflict in Europe that began in 1914.  Nationalism and the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand.

• WWI
• WWII
• Korean war
• Vietnam War

The US became involved in WWI in 1917.  What event was one of the causes of the US getting involved?

• German U-Boats bombing the US
• sinking of the Titanic
• sinking of the Lusitania
• Hitler killing Americans

In 1920, the 19th Amendment was ratified.  What did the 19th Amendment do?

• freed slaves
• gave all people born here citizenship
• gave all people the right to vote
• gave women the right to vote

After WWI, the US economy rose, many people had jobs and money, and the mood was good.  What was this period called?

• Harlem Renaissance
• Roaring 20s
• Jazz Age
• WWII

In 1929, the United States entered the Great Depression.  What started the Great Depression?

• Stock Market crash of 1929 on Black Tuesday
• WWII
• WWI
• stock yard crashes

Who was the President at the beginning of the Great Depression?

• Herbert Hoover
• Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Theodore Roosevelt
• Ronald Reagan

Franklin D. Roosevelt beat Herbert Hoover in 1932.  What was the name of his plan for getting out of the Depression?

• New Promise
• Great Deal
• New Deal
• Great Promise

____ was the name given to the area during the 1930s when there was a great drought and severe dust storms

• Dust Bowl
• Dust Plains
• Great Drought
• Drought Plains

___ was the period of great African American artistic creativity that originated in New York

• Jazz Age
• WWI
• New York Renaissance
• Harlem Renaissance

_____ wrote the novel Gone With the Wind in the 1930s

• Jesse Owens
• Margaret Mitchell
• Langston Hughes
• Amelia Earhart