US History ch 18 & 19

This American ship was blown up by the Germans

When did the Stock Market Crash begin causing the beginning of the Great Depression?

32nd President; survived polio; communicated with US citizens via fireside chats on radio

government paid farmers not to plant crops or graze livestock on pasture land

Britain, France, Italy, Russia, and the United States

British battleship introduced in 1906

What amendment prohibited the sale of alcoholic beverages?

What year did the United States enter World War I?

established government fund for unemployment and old-age insurance

The most outstanding poet of the 20th century; described family life on farms of New England

What amendment repealed Prohibition?

member of the majority faction of the Russian Social Democratic Party aka Communist Party

colorless, deadly gas used in WWI

gave president broad powers to control banking policies and reopen banks as he saw fit

What sergeant became remembered as the greatest hero of World War I?

first woman to pilot an airplane across the Atlantic; went missing during flight around world

Agreement between Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy

His 14 points influenced the Treaty of Versailles and proposed a League of Nations

Heir to the Austria-Hungary throne. He & his wife were assassinated leading to the start of WWI

promoted a new world organization to replace league of nations; became US delegate to the UN

baseball player turned evangelist; preached against alcohol lead to adoption of 18th amendment

When was Black Tuesday, the bottom fell out of the market and poeople went from riches to rags?

Signed on November 11, 1918

required all men between the ages of 18 to 64 to register for military draft

Baseball's 1st great home-run hitter;

What was the first national radio network?

What amendment outlawed slavery?

This gas was first used in 1915; causes burning in throat and chest pain

What year did World War I end

WWI Greatest hero; received France's highest military honor & US Congressional Medal of Honor

gave stiff penalties for anyone giving information to the enemy & other unpatriotic activities

Public Enemy #1; Gunned down 6 men @ St Valentines Day Massacre; jailed for tax evasion

31st President; organized food relief programs after WWI & WW II; Great Depression began

German submarine

What amendment made freedmen citizens?

Made first solo flight across the Atlantic; infant son kidnapped and murdered in 1932

What was the first commercial broadcasting station in the United States was

Germany and its allies (Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire) in World War I.