Great Depression
True or False? The United States was the only country to go through the Great Depression.
False
What was the name of the attack that lead to the United States entering WWII
Pearl Harbor
Explain The Battle of Normandy also known as Dday.
CHECK WITH TEACHER FOR ANSWER! OVerall, it was when Allie forces tried to take back France from German control. Many soldiers left the moment the door of the boats opened.
What are the two names of the cities in which Atomic bombs were dropped during WWII.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
What were the Tuskegee Airmen?
The Tuskegee Airmen is the popular name of a group of African-American military pilots who fought in World War II
Name one American president during the Great Depression.
Herbert Hoover or FDR/Franklin D Rosevelt
Name the dictator of Italy and Germany that rose to power prior to WWII
Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler
Explain the Battle of Dunkirk.
Germany takes over France and Allie soldiers have to retreat and go over to Britain.
Aside from Jews, name three other type of Victims that were sent to Concentration Camps
Blacks, Gays, Disabled, Gypsies, Priest, resisters, POW's.
What is the name of the character that became a WWII feminist icon?
Rosie The Riveter
What was a major cause of the Great Depression?
1.) Too many companies/people buying on credit
2.) Banks letting everyone borrow money
3.) The Dust Bowl
4.) People loose their jobs
5.) TEACHER DISCRETION
What was the name of the treaty that harshly punished Germany after WWII
Treaty of Versailles
What Battle was Desmond Doss a part of?
Battle of Okinawa
What was the code name, or government name, for the secretive creation of the U.S. Atomic bomb during WWII
Manhattan Project
What did Hitler give his soldiers to give them energy during battles?
Drugs
Define the Dust Bowl
An area of land where vegetation has been lost and soil reduced to dust and eroded, especially as a consequence of drought or unsuitable farming practice.
What country did Germany invade that lead to the beginning of WWII.
Poland
Name the 7 MAIN countries that fought and were involved in WWII.
Germany, Soviet Union, Japan, Britain, Italy, USA, and France.
Explain in detail what Winton and Schindler did.
CHECK WITH TEACHER
Explain why Japanese living in America were sent to Interment Camps?
After Pearl Harbor, Americans feared that they were spies and/or loyal to their country.
Define "New Deal"
The New Deal was a series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms and regulations enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the United States between 1933 and 1936. It responded to needs for relief, reform and recovery from the Great Depression.
Explain why Japan started to become "evil" after being on the good side during WWI.
They got a taste for power. Being a small country they lack resources and wanted to get them. The way to do so in their eyes would be to invade countries such as China. They later joined the Axis after sharing common goals with them.
What was the name of the tactical attacks used by Germany to invade cities very swiftly.
Blitzkrieg
Aside from Auschwitz, what was the name of another concentration camp?
Too many to list. Check with teacher.
What was the Lend Lease Act
n American program to defeat Germany, Japan and Italy by distributing food, oil, and materiel between 1941 and August 1945