WWI, Roaring 20's, and The Great Depression

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Match the country to their correct alliance Triple Entente Russia France Great Britain Triple Alliance Germany Austria-Hungary Italy The Germans sank what ship that was carrying 128 Americans on board? Lusitania U.S.S. Arizona Titanic U.S.S. Enterprise Which event would best replace the question mark? The Roaring 20's The Progressive Era The Great Depression Militarism Match the vocabulary word to the correct definition Great Depression Little economic growth Imperialism Building an empire Trench Warfare War that took place in the trenches Women's Suffrage Women getting the right to vote How did the New Deal help Americans during the Great Depression? The government wanted to fight to help end World War I The government took a new role to provide Americans with jobs The government let Americans continue to struggle The government sent military troops to protect Americans Match the correct cause to its effect Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand’s assassination one of the reasons for the start of WWI Zimmerman Telegram United States to declare war on Germany The creation of credit Americans started spending more money than they made WWI caused women to enter the work force The sinking of the Lusitania is significant because - It was a submarine that sent U.S. troops to Germany It killed over 1,000 United States Navy soldiers It led to America's involvement in World War I It was the "final straw" for the U.S. to go to war During World War I, "trench warfare" was used to - protect themselves from enemy fire hide treasure maps from their enemies form new water sources for troops use "trench" guns to fight wars Countries use propaganda to - catch a spy telling secrets to another country spread ideas that helps one country hurt another country allow two countries on the same side to share borders declare war against each other after a disagreement The Zimmerman telegram caused the United States to declare war on Germany because - The United States didn’t approve of Germany building concentration camps Germany tried to convince Mexico to join the war against the United States Germany gave a secret note to Italy to try to end the Great War for good The United States was outraged that Germany sank the Lusitania The fighting during World War I took place mostly in - Air Forests Oceans Trenches The primary source below is describing what era in American History? The Roaring 20's World War II The Great Depression The Progressive Era Which of the following contributed to the start of WWI? Militarism, alliances, industrialization, mechanization and naturalization Machinery, agriculture, imperialism, independence and nationalism Mechanization, assassination, incrimination, industrialization and Nazis Militarism, alliances, imperialism, assassination and nationalism The stock market crashed because - People were buying with credit and didn’t have money to repay the bank. Banks were lending out money and not making them pay it back. Europeans were buying American goods with credit cards. How did militarism cause World War I? Countries started to build their military and weapons which caused other countries to be concerned. Germany finally wanted world peace, so they started to break apart their military to make other countries happy. England contacted the United States of America to create an alliance against Germany and Russia. The United States of America felt pressure into creating an army that rivaled the French army.

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