Module 8
_________________ are a union of countries who joined together for mutual benefit to achieve a common purpose.
What are alliances?
The belief in an exact, word-for-word interpretation of the Bible is known as ________________.
what is fundamentalism?
Throughout the history of the United States, the economy has followed a pattern of ups and downs known as __________________.*
what is the business cycle?
What was Hitlers final decision?
What is genocide;extermination of an entire group of people?
Labor shortages decreased wartime opportunities for women and other Americans.
what is false?
The alliance between Austria-Hungary and Germany came to be known as the ___________. Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire later sided with them as well.
what are central powers?
__________ was elected president in 1928 with promises for more prosperity and Americans hoped he would help good financial times continue.
who was Herbert Hoover?
During the bull market, people who could not afford to buy stocks at full price began _______.
what is buying on margin?
______ became president and immediately faced the challange of winning the war in the Pacific.
Who is Harry S. Truman?
One effect of the rise of mass culture in the 1920's was that it allowed Americans across the country to share common experiences.
what is true?
france, Russia, and Britain were known as the _______. Italy joined them in 1915.
what are allied powers?
Warren G. Harding’s campaign strategy was based on a promise to
what is restore normalcy, or stability and prosperity.
_____________authorized $1.2 billion in aid to different financial institutions in the first year of the Depression, but refused to give direct assistance to individual Americans.
who is Herbert Hoover?
The World War II alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan became known as the __.
What is the axis powers?
In 1918 a worldwide epidemic of influenza, or flu, broke out. Over the next two years, it spread around the world, killing approximately 30 million people—even more than the war itself.
what is true?
As the Germans approached Paris, the Allies fought to stop the German advance. This fight, which became known as the _________________, ended Germany's hopes for quick victory on the Western Front.
what is the first battle of the Marne?
What was the main reason Herbert Hoover was elected by a large majority of votes?
what is Hoover promised to continue the economic boom.
Critics who thought the New Deal went too far claimed what?
what is The new laws gave the president too much authority.
____ was a group leader of the Tuskegee Airmen and later became the first African American general in the U.S. air Force.
Who was Bejamin O. Davis?
The axis powers stopped Japans advance with key victories over the Japanese navy.
What is false? The allied powers
How did the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand by a Serbian nationalist end peace in Europe?
What is Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, causing Russia to help Serbia.
Why were some American writers of the 1920s called the “Lost Generation”?
what is They expressed feelings of separation from American society.
Herbert Hoover lost the election in 1932 mainly because Americans
what is lost confidence in him or blamed him for the Depression.
Who was an American general that couldn't stop Japan's advance in the Philippines?
Who was Douglas MacArthur?
Victory in East Asia came after the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hawaii.