What did Lenin say was the goal of socialism (government-owned property & industry)?
Republicanism
Dictatorship
Communism
Fascism
What are some other names for communists?
Fascists or punchable faces
Republicans or Democrats
Libertarians or Evolutionists
Social Democrats or Marxists
In the midst of religious modernism, some people held to the Bible's doctrines. Who?
Fundamentalists
Evolutionists
Liberals
Socialists
Who led the Bolshevik Revolution and what type of government did he want?
Karl Marx
Woodrow Wilson
Vladimir Lenin
Charles Darwin
What was the Zimmerman note?
Note from German secretary promising US land to Mexico
Note from US ambassador acting as a spy to Germany
Note from US president to Elon Musk
Note from Russian ruler to Germany
True or False There was no discrimination or segregation of black people in the 1920's
False (The KKK and much racial prejudice existed in the U.S. in the 1920's)
What type of warfare was used in WWI?
guerilla warfare
trench warfare
Airsoft warfare
March in a line warfare
What scandal came up at the beginning of Warren G. Harding's term as president?
Watergate (Nixon spying)
Russiagate (Trump falsely accused as Russian agent)
Tea Party scandal
Tea Pot Dome scandal (personal profit on sale of oil leases)
What group in the U.S. sparked the creation of the General Intelligence Division, later known as the FBI?
Fear of spies/ sinking of ships in U.S. ports
The rise of the Independent Party/ riots across cities
Fear of bans on chocolate imports/ giant chocolate parties
Fear of Communist Revolution/ bombs exploding in June 1919
Why did Russia pull out of WWI and when?
Their peasants refused to fight
They surrendered to Austria and Germany
Lenin signed an armistice & peace treaty with Germany in1918
The Allies weren't Communists; they didn't like them anymore
What year did WWI start?
1922
1908
1918
1914
Why were the 1920's called the roaring twenties?
Computers, the internet, space exploration, Facebook
Wagon wheels across the prairie and transcontinental rail
Lions escaping from the zoos in all the major cities
Lots of new inventions, cars, assembly lines, jazz music ...
What were many families in the 1920's able to afford that they hadn't been able to before?
College education, laptops, and cell phones
Cars, radios, refrigerators, washing machines, etc.
Food, clothes, and carriages
Televisions, airplane tickets, push button cordless phones
What is Espionage and what did the Espionage act of 1917 do?
spying on a nation/interfering with its security; it made people guilty of it have severe penalties!
What happened to Germany as a result of the Treaty of Versailles?
Germany had to give 75% of its land to France and pay $6 mil
Germany was taken over by Britain
Germany gained more land and received payments from Allies
Germany had to disarm and pay $33 billion in reparations
In Lenin's New Economic Policy in Russia, what did he give back to appease peasants?
money the tsar had taken from them
all freedom back to all Russians
some economic freedom to small businesses and farmers
a Christmas dinner for each family
What is an armistice and when was it for WWI?
a cease fire, November 11, 1918
a special cast for soldiers with injured arms, used in 1914
a holiday marking the end of WWII, 1945
a place where arms are stored, Dec. 25, 1917
What were the 3 "fronts" in WWI?
Western front, Eastern Front, Mediterranean front
Paris front, Austrian front, Russian front
Allied front, Central front, and Italian front
Northern front, Southern Front, Atlantic front
How did the U.S. pay for the war effort for WWI?
Gold they already had from the gold rush.
Taxes, Liberty loans, and conserving food and fuel.
Loans from Canada and tariffs.
Who took over after the death of the president and was sworn in by his father?
Calvin Coolidge
Woodrow Wilson
Billy Sunday
Theodore Roosevelt
What did the 18th and 19th amendments do?
Declared freedom of speech and freedom of religion
No slavery; all races have right to vote
Allowed people to bear arms; allowed free elections
No sale/distribution of alcohol; women's right to vote
What event sparked the start of WWI?
Russian peasants deposing the czar
Submarines blockading British ports
The sinking of the Lusitania
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
In the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, what happened to the Tsar Nicholas and his family?
They were sent to Siberia and then executed in 1918.
They were allowed to return to power after Communism failed.
They escaped and no one knows where.
They were exiled to France.