TEST WWI to Great Depression

June 22, 1938 – one year from the day Louis had won the world Heavyweight title. The fighters met once again in a sold-out Yankee Stadium in New York City. Among the more than 70,000 fans in attendance were Clark Gable, Douglas Fairbanks, Gary Cooper, Gregory Peck, and J. Edgar Hoover. Another 70 million were listening on the radio.

The statement is describing which event?

• The Second Louis - Schmeling fight that Louis lost by knockout

• The Second Louis - Schmeling fight that Louis won in 124 seconds

• The Second Louis - Schmeling fight that did not happen because Hitler rejected the competition

• The Second Louis - Schmeling fight that did not happen because Roosevelt rejected the competition

Analyze this picture: Which of the following is MOST LIKELY the reason for this women's expression?

• Hard times as a freedman

• Concern for American Indian attacks

• Hard times brought by the roaring twenties

• Concern over feeding her children during the Great Depression

What does the graph show you about unemployment?

• Unemployment was not a problem
• Many Americans lost their jobs during the Great Depression
• The New Deal did nothing to impact the Great Depression 
• The New Deal caused unemployment to rise in 1929

The issues listed in this diagram all led to the American involvement in what conflict?

• World War I

• World War II

• the Korean War

• the Vietnam War

What did Germany send to Mexico that offered to help them win land back from the United States if Mexico would start a war with the US?

• The Zimmerman Telegram

• The Outlandish Letter

• The Surprising Phone Call

• The Zimmerman SnapChat

What do these two images have in common?

• boll weevils burrowing in the soil in Georgia

• boll weevils are causing a major drought in Georgia

• boll weevils are causing a negative economic impact on Georgia

• boll weevils are causing a positive economic impact on Georgia

What does this picture from the Great Depression represent?

• people were rushing to banks to withdraw their money because they were afraid of losing their savings

• people had lost all of their money and had to stand in lines at soup kitchens for food for their families

• people gathered in the streets to protest the policy of allowing banks to purchase stocks and bonds on margin

• people were rushing to banks so that they could deposit their savings and investments before they lost value

The boll weevil came into Georgia in 1915, and a severe drought hit Georgia in 1924.

According to the graphs, what impact did these events have on the state of Georgia?

• Farmers grew less cotton, and some gave up farming altogether.

• The price of cotton went up, and growing cotton became very profitable.

• Cotton became easier to grow, and fewer people were needed to grow it.

• The demand for cotton went down, and fewer fabrics were made from cotton.

A major war primarily between European powers; U.S. entered the war in 1917

• WWIII

• WWI

• WWII

• WWZ

May 1915, a German U-boat sank the British passenger liner Lusitania. Several United States ships were sunk in February and March of 1917.

The events described lead to the United States declaring war on which country?

• Germany

• Ottoman Empire

• Bulgaria

• Austria-Hungry