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