Who was president for most of World War II in the United States
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt
100
Who was the American President at the beginning of the Great Depression?
Who is Herbert Hoover?
100
What were the waring alliances during WWII?
What are Allied & Axis Powers?
100
This program provided work for unemployed artists, actors & writers?
What was the WPA (Works progress Administration)
100
What is the name for a veteran's benefit which allows them to go to college (paid by Uncle Sam) and receive readjustment pay while returning to the civilian work force?
What is the Serviceman's Readjustment Act (GI Bill)
200
How did the Treaty of Versailles (ended WWI) affect Germany in such a manner to become one of the causes for WWII?
What is Germany was humiliated and economically deprived, which made them eager to follow a man like Hitler.
200
They marched on Washington demanding that Congress pay them early, but were tear-gassed by the army under orders from Hoover.
Who was the Bonus Army
200
Identify the MAIN COUNTRIES in each waring alliance (7)
Who were France, USA, Great Britain, Russia (Allies)
Who were Germany, Italy, Japan (Axis)
200
This program employed young men in open-air camps, with part of their wages being sent to their families.
What was the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps)
200
Jewish civilians during WWII lost all of their rights, their possessions and many of their lives as a result of what type of racial hatred?
What is antisemitism?
300
Both Germany and Russia had centralized governments run by dictators. What governmental form is this called?
What is Totalitarianism
300
Identify the three terms used by the public in ridicule of President Hoover's handling of the economy during the Great Depression (3)
What are Hoovervilles, Hoover Flags, Hoover Blankets
300
Because the government rationed supplies such as gas, sugar, nylon, rubber and metals during the war, what illegal practice began?
What is Black Markets
300
Identify the government program to bring cheaper electricity to the southeast, and improve use of agricultural lands
What was the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority)
300
Name each leader for the following countries: Germany, Italy, Spain, Russia, Great Britain, The United States at the BEGINNING of WWII.
Who were Hitler, Mussolini, Franco, Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt
400
Both of these countries (Italy & Germany) had governments that put the interests of the country above those of individuals.
What is Fascism
400
Which political party and man won the presidency in 1932?(party/man)
What are the Democratic Party and Franklin D. Roosevelt
400
What was the name for the top secret development of the atomic bomb in the United States and where in Tennessee was there work as part of the project? (name/where)
What is The Manhattan Project and Oak Ridge Tennessee
400
The three forms of New Deal programs were known as
What are reform, relief, and recovery
400
They were Italians and pro-communist, and quickly found guilty and executed for a robbery and murder during a period of strong nativism and resentment of European Immigrants.
Who were Sacco & Venzetti
500
What was the turning point to bring the United States into the war
What is the bombing of Pearl Harbor
500
Identify the name given for the sweeping legislation passed during the first three months of FDR taking office, the name for the reforms in general, and the name for the program which provided pensions for the elderly retired or handicapped. (3 parts)
What are First Hundred Days, New Deal, Social Security.
500
Place the following events of the war in the correct chronological order: (A) Germany Surrenders,(C) Japan Surrenders, (B) D-Day,(E) Pearl Harbor Attack, (D) Invasion of Poland by Germany
Call out order by letters..
What is D-E-B-A-C
500
What ended the Great Depression and explain how (event/explanation)
What is WWII and massive orders for war supplies put Americans back to work.
500
The Scopes Monkey Trial took place in Dayton, Tennessee. Identify one of the major characters involved, the crime, and the "real" reason the world took notice of this small town trial? (People/Crime/Significance)
Who were Clarence Darrow, William Jennings Bryan, John T. Scopes/Teaching Evolution against state law/Evolution (man evolved from apes) v. Creationism (Biblical account Adam being created by God)