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| What was Trench Warfare? During which war was it introduced? |
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| This was the first time machine guns, tanks, and chemicals were used. It began during World War I. |
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| When did the U.S. enter World War I and why did it enter into the war? |
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| 1917 after a German submarine sank the Lusitania and attacked some of our trading ships. |
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| This was a passenger ship that was carrying many Americans that was sunk by a German submarine. This action led the U.S. to enter into World War I in 1917. |
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| How did the people of the United States feel about Congress entering into World War I in 1917? |
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| How did Germany losing World War I affect Germany's future? |
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| Germany's loss would later be the reason why Adolf Hitler would come to power and start World War II. |
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| Who created the New Deal? |
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| President Franklin D. Roosevelt |
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| What did the New Deal program do for the people of the U.S.? |
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| These programs gave people food, shelter, and jobs during the Great Depression. |
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| Civilian Conservation Corps, created jobs for young men 18-25 related to the conservation and development of natural resources |
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| Social Security Act, provided care for the elderly, survivors, and the disabled |
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| Works Progress Admisistration, employed millions of mostly unskilled men to construct public buildings and roads |
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| Tennessee Valley Authority, set up to turn the water in the Tennessee Valley into a source for inexpensive electricity creating many jobs in this hard hit area during the Depression |
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| After World War I, the people of the U.S. wer ready to put the war behind them and have fun. This time was called ______________________________. |
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| People in ciites went to _______ clubs, they __________, and women began to wear dresses called ____________. |
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Jazz clubs
danced
dresses called flappers |
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| Who started a pass production and the assembly line of the Model T which allowed ordinary people to purchase a car for around $300? |
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| What kind of inventions came to be making lives easier for people? |
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| vacuum cleanters, hair curlers and hair dryers, in-home washing machines, refrigerators, radios and stoves |
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