Great Depression
What event was the largest Catalyst of the global economic collapse?
The stock market crash of 1929
Italy and Germany
Which US military base was surprise attacked by the Japanese, and what year was it attacked?
Pearl Harbor, 1941
According to many propaganda posters, what was the #1 enemy at home?
Waste
The 20's were a decade of mostly boom or bust?
Boom
The term given to the midwest after years of drought, leading to crop deaths.
The Dust Bowl
The United States saw its first action in Mainland Europe in which country?
Italy
The strategy used by the US to make it all the way into bombing range of the Japanese Homeland
Island Hopping
Which two groups of people received work opportunities they otherwise would never have during the 40's
Women and minorities
The movement of African Americans to Northern Cities looking for work during this period is known as
The Great Migration
FDR's economic program designed to move the United States out of the Great Depression.
The New Deal
Who was the general in Charge of the Allied War in Europe, especially Operation Overlord?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
US territory where allied Soldiers were captured, marched for a week, and then tortured and put into prison camps by the Japanese
The Philippines
The American policy of removing Japanese Americans from their homes and relocating them to inland prison camps?
Internment
A new type of women, more open in public and frequenting night clubs was known as...
Flapper(s)
This group of Americans experienced the Great Depression first.
Farmers
The Battle that is often referred to as the "Turning Point" in the war in Europe?
Stalingrad
The Japanese were a fearsome and dangerous enemy to fight because of their "Never Surrender" mentality. This is due to what cultural phenomenon exclusive to the Japanese?
The Bushido Code
The war effort was responsible for pulling the United States out of what era?
The Great Depression
Prohibition was the federal outlaw of Alcohol. Please name the Amendments that made it illegal, and then legal again.
Illegal - 18th
Legal - 21st
What do the three "Rs" stand for when talking about the new deal?
Relief
Recovery
Reform
Please put the following battle in chronological order
Stalingrad
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Britain
D-Day
Battle of Britain
Stalingrad
D-Day
Battle of the Bulge
Please give at least 2 reasons the United States had for dropping the atomic bombs on Japan.
Limit American Casualties
Limit Japanese Casualties
Display American Military Power to Russia
Justify expensive Manhattan project
Revenge for Pearl Harbor and the Japanese War Crimes
How did the changes at home during WWII lead to significant movements later in the century?
Both minorities and Women got used to being treated equally and were more motivated to fight for their rights in the 50s, 60s, and 70s.
The Harlem Renaissance was a movement of Black art, culture, and expression. Name 3 major artists who contributed during the Renaissance.
Ella Fitzgerald
Billie Holiday
Langston Hughes
Duke Ellington
Louis Armstrong
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