Date
What date is remembered as Black Tuesday, the beginning of the Great Depression?
October 29th, 1929
Who was the American general who was sent to the Philippines in 1936 to prepare the Island's defenses against future attacks from Japan?
Douglas MacArthur
What was the stated purpose of the United Nations
To prevent future wars and maintain world peace.
What term refers to the drought in the Midwest during the Great Depression?
Dust Bowl
On what date did World War II officially begin?
September 3, 1939
Who established the USSR
Joseph Stalin
What military strategy was used by the Americans to capture Japan?
Island-hopping
The Twin Towers were the largest buildings in the World at the time of its construction. True or False
False
The bombing of Pearl Harbor
December 7th, 1941
Who was the Supreme Allied Commander
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Which battle was the turning point in the Pacific?
The Battle of Midway
Which amendment repealed the prohibition?
The Twenty-First Amendment
D-Day
June 6th, 1944
Who was the first American to win a Nobel Prize in literature?
Sinclair Lewis
What military strategy known as "lighting war" was used by Germany to invade another country
Blitzkrieg
Victory in Japan Day
September 2nd, 1945
Who won the election of 1928?
Herbert Hoover?
Define the term Cold War
A conflict of opposing ideologies