TWENTIETH CENTURY AMERICANS: QUESTIONS (An Illustrated History of USA pg 88-91)

1.    When did World War I start?

2.    What two sides were fighting and which countries did each one include?

3.    What was the Americans’ attitude at first about WWI?

4.    Name a reason that made the Americans difficult to stay impartial at first?

5.    Did the USA trade with the Germans? Why?

6.    Did the USA trade with the Allies? What did it consist of mainly?

7.    What did the Germans do to prevent this trade?

8.    Did the sinking of the Lusitania make the Americans enter the war?

9.    What made the Americans enter the war?

10. When did the USA declare war on Germany?

11. How long did it take the USA to have a big army?

12. When did WWI finish?

13. What differences were there between the USA and the European Allies when signing the peace treaty?

14. What was the name of the peace treaty? When and where was it signed?

15. Why was Wilson disappointed with it?

16. What plan did President Wislon have?

17. What was it for?

18. Why did it fail?

19. What happened with the Zimmermman telegram?

20. What were Wilson’s 14 Points?

21. Give three examples of these points.

2º Bach Seccion · ROARING 20s QUESTIONS

ROARING TWENTIES QUESTIONS

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1.       Why were the USA rich during the Roaring 20s?
2.       What were the busiest factories?
3.       What other important industries were there at the time?
4.       The USA were the 1^st in what?
5.       Why were many Americans well-off?
6.       Explain ‘Installment Plan’
7.       Who became heroes? Give an example
8.       What did the Republican Party believe?
9.       What did the Government do to help American businessmen?
10.   What percentage of Americans were poor?
11.   Who worked in the North? And in the South?
12.   Who were the sharecroppers?
13.   Why did the farmers in the West have problems?
14.   Who looked to the future with more optimism?
15.   Which president was elected in 1928?
16.   What year did the ‘Prohibition’ (Dry Law) start in?
17.   What were the ‘Speakeasies’?
18.   Whom did the Speakeasies obtain alcohol from?
19.   What was the name of the bands formed by the bootleggers?
20.   What was Al Capone’s nickname?
21.   Why was bootlegging a dangerous business?
22.   When did the Prohibition end?
23.   Why was the Prohibition harmful for America in the end?

The Difference between the United Kingdom, Great Britain and England Explained

WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS:

1.  Are Great Britain and England the same?
2.  Are Great Britain and the UK the same?
3. Do the English, Scottish, Northern Irish and Welsh have the same passport?
4. Does the Republic of Ireland belong to the UK?
5.  Does the Republic of Ireland belong to the British Isles?
6. Say a goup of Islands that belong to Scotland.
7.  Who is the Head of State of Canada? And Australia?
8.  Where is physically the Crown of Great Britain?
9. Say a country of the Commonwealth in Asia. And one in Africa.
10. What islands are a cause of tension between the UK and Argentina?

History of the Union Jack