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Why was the U.S. in better shape than the other Allies after World War I?
No battles were fought on American soil and American suffered fewer casualties.
_________ ______ wanted the U.S. to assume a greater role in world affairs, but the _____ wanted to be free from international problems.
^ President Wilson
^ Public
When the ________ failed to ratify the Treaty of Versailles, it also did what?
Rejected American membership in the League of Nations.
The United States’ absence ________ the League of Nations’ effectiveness as a peacekeeping organization.
^ Weakened
Red Scare = ?
Occurred during a time that communism posed a tangible threat to any free country. This led to the expulsion of suspected foreign-born radicals and limits on immigration from Europe.
The U.S. emerged from the war with a ______ industrial economy.
^ Dynamic
What was the underlying weakness of the U.S. economy?
There was a combination of slow demand and overproduction that paved the way for a crisis.
Concern about the economy led brokers to call in _____, and when investors were ______ to pay, a financial _____ began.
^ Loans
^ Unable
^ Panic
The Great Depression = ?
When the stock market crashed, prices fell and many businesses and banks closed, sales dropped off, and salaries/wages decreased.
More than __ million Americans were unemployed during the Great Depression.
^ 13
Some argued that government-funded relief for the needy would lead to _________.
^ Socialism
President Roosevelt = ?
Wanted the federal government to aid the stricken economy and provide relief for the unemployed.
Roosevelt’s ___ ____ policies did much to restore the nation’s confidence.
^ New Deal
The U.S. hosted and ____________ __________ in Washington D.C. from 1921 to 1922.
^ International Conference
Disarmament = ?
The reduction of military weapons.
The U.S. signed a treaty with _____ and _____ _____ limiting the number of naval warships each could stockpile.
^ Japan
^ Great Britain
The Kellogg-Briand Pact = ?
Signed by nearly all the nations of the world, it denounced war as a means of settling disputes. But it was nothing more than a statement of intentions with no powers of enforcement.
As a result of World War I, _____ ______ lost its position as a leading economic power.
^ Great Britain
Great Britain became a ______ nation. And, because their factories and industrial equipment were old, they couldn’t compete with younger industrial nations such as the .. and _____.
^ Debtor
^ U.S.
^ Japan
General Strike = ?
A strike involving all or a large number of the nation’s workers.
Trade Disputes Act = ?
Passed by Parliament, this made general strikes illegal.
Great Britain _________ most of its empire, although a couple of its dominions such as ______ and ________ became independent states.
^ Maintained
^ Canada
^ Australia
Statute of Westminister = ?
Established the Commonwealth of Nations, a voluntary association linking Great Britain and its former colonies as equals.
________ leaders in Ireland and Great Britain signed a compromise after the militant Irish nationalists revolted.
^ Moderate
The Catholic southern part of Ireland became a dominion known as the _____ ____ _____ while the largely Protestant north remained joined to Great Britain as ________ _______.
^ Irish Free State
^ Northern Ireland
World War I had an even more devastating effect on ______.
^ France
Combatants had ________ thousands of square miles of farmland and forests and reduced villages and cities to rubble.
^ Destroyed
French __________ were enormous.
^ Casualties
As a result of its _______ ________, France’s factories/railways/canals could not be quickly rebuilt.
^ Financial Problems
Coalition = ?
An alliance of factions.
_________ _____ (Communist, Socialist, and Fascist) on both the left and right threatened the political stability of France.
^ Extremist Groups
Popular Front = ?
Was demanded to combat fascism and promote work, liberty, and peace in France.
France wanted, above all else, to ______ another war.
^ Prevent
Locarno Treaties = ?
France signed this treaty with Germany, Italy, Belgium, and Great Britain which appeared to ensure lasting peace.
As an added insurance against a future German invasion, France built a series of fortifications that were 200 miles long called the _______ ____. It did not work because Germany could take a shortcut through Belgium.
^ Maginot Line
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