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The MAIN events of WW1
Military, Alliance, Nationalism, Imperialism, and sometimes Extreme leaders -
Trench Warfare
A type of combat in which opposing troops fight from trenches facing each other. -
Schlieffen Plan
German war plans and the influence of Field Marshal Alfred von Schlieffen and his thinking on the invasion of France and Belgium on 4 August 1914. -
The Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, occurred on 28 June 1914 in Sarajevo when they were mortally wounded by Gavrilo Princip. -
Central Powers
Consist of Austria-Hungary, Germany, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire. -
Allied Powers
Allied powers were Great Britain, France (except during the German occupation, 1940–44), the Soviet Union (after its entry in June 1941), the United States (after its entry on December 8, 1941), and China. -
Fundamentalism
a form of a religion, especially Islam or Protestant Christianity, that upholds belief in the strict, literal interpretation of scripture. -
The Red Scare
many in the United States feared recent immigrants and dissidents, particularly those who embraced communist, socialist, or anarchist ideology. -
Great Migration
he Great Migration was the relocation of more than 6 million African Americans from the rural South to the cities of the North, Midwest and West from about 1916 to 1970.Mar 4, 201 -
Palmer Raids
The Palmer Raids were a series of raids conducted in November 1919 and January 1920 during the First Red Scare by the United States Department of Justice under the administration of President Woodrow Wilson to capture and arrest suspected radical leftists, mostly Italian and Eastern European immigrants -
Jazz Age
was a post-World War I movement in the 1920s from which jazz music and dance emerged. Although the era ended with the outset of the Great Depression in 1929, jazz has lived on in American popular culture. -
Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was an intellectual, social, and artistic explosion centered in Harlem, New York, spanning the 1920s. -
Mass Media
During the 1920s, the radio was considered the most powerful way of communication. By the end of the decade, nearly 60% of American homes had a radio to listen in on current events right as they were happening. -
19th amendment
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. -
Bootlegger
alcoholic liquor unlawfully made, sold, or transported, without registration or payment of taxes. -
Wet VS Dry
Wets and dries was a nationwide ban sale, production, and transportation of alcoholic beverages. ... Drys were people who supported this ban and wets were people who criticized the ban of alcohol. -
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installment plan
are credit systems where payment for merchandise/items is made in installments over a pre-approved period of time. -
Communism
a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs. -
Teapot Dome Scandel
The Teapot Dome scandal was a bribery scandal involving the administration of United States President Warren G. Harding from 1921 to 1923. -
Scopes Trial
highly publicized trial (known as the “Monkey Trial”) of a Dayton, Tennessee, high-school teacher, John T. Scopes, charged with violating state law by teaching Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. -
Stock Market Crash
A stock market crash is a sudden dramatic decline of stock prices across a significant cross-section of a stock market, -
Four Factors Of Business Cycle
Recovery, Depression, Recession, Contraction -
Business Cycle
a cycle or series of cycles of economic expansion and contraction -
Hoovervilles
a shantytown built by unemployed and destitute people during the Depression of the early 1930s. -
Causes Of Great Deppresion
Dependance on credit, unwise foreign policy, failing American farms, troubled American industry, uneven distribution of wealth, and stock market speculation. -
President Hoovers Response
Believed the Great Depression could be stopped by voluntary action. -
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
a government corporation administered by the United States Federal Government between 1932 and 1957 that provided financial support to state and local governments and made loans to banks, railroads, mortgage associations, and other businesses. -
Bonus Army
The Bonus Army were the 43,000 marchers—17,000 U.S. World War I veterans, their families, and affiliated groups—who gathered in Washington, D.C. in the summer of 1932 to demand cash-payment redemption of their service certificates. -
Emergency Relief Act
the new name was given by the Roosevelt Administration to the Emergency Relief Administration (ERA) which President Franklin Delano Roosevelt had created in 1933. ... Prior to 1933, the federal government gave loans to the states to operate relief programs. -
Franklin D Roosevelt
led the United States through the Great Depression and World War II, and greatly expanding the powers of the federal government through a series of programs and reforms known as the New Deal -
Bastogne
A village in Belgium -
General Eisenhower
he was a five-star general in the United States Army and served as supreme commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces in Europe. -
Enigma Code Machine
The Enigma machine is an encryption device developed and used in the early- to mid-20th century to protect commercial, diplomatic and military communication. It was employed extensively by Nazi Germany during World War II, in all branches of the German military. -
How many Trains and Rail cars where loaded on ships for invasion
1,800 Trains
20,000 cars -
German And American Troops Killed In Battle Of Bulge
8,607 Americans Killed
11,171 Germans Killed -
Truman Doctrane
An American foreign policy whose stated purpose was to counter Soviet geopolitical expansion during the Cold War. It was announced to Congress by President Harry S. Truman on March 29, 1947, and further developed on July 4, 1948, when he pledged to contain threats in Greece and Turkey. -
Capitalism
an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state. -
Harry Truman
implemented the Marshall Plan to rebuild the economy of Western Europe, and established the Truman Doctrine and NATO. -
Korean War
was a war between North Korea and South Korea. The war began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea following a series of clashes along the border. -
38th parallel
The dividing line between the American and Soviet zones was the 38th parallel, which roughly divided the country in two. -
NATO
an international alliance that consists of 29 member states from North America and Europe. It was established at the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty on 4 April 1949. -
Communism
advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs. -
United Nations
provided the core military and strategic direction for the anti-communist war effort in Korea. -
Domino Theory
the theory that a political event in one country will cause similar events in neighboring countries, like a falling domino causing an entire row of upended dominoes to fall. -
Demilitarized Zone
A demilitarized zone, DMZ or DZ is an area in which treaties or agreements between nations, military powers or contending groups forbid military installations, activities or personnel.
