World War II
Great Depression
Roaring 20s
World War II...2
Because I Said So
100
What was the Manhattan Project?
Atomic bomb research/development
100
What was the Hundred Days?
Time period where FDR developed programs to aid the country during the depression
100
What was Prohibition?
The ban of alcohol (consumption, sale, distribution)
100
How did American soldiers get the nickname, "GI?"
GI stood for Government Issue which was labeled on their supplies
100
What did the National Housing Act do?
Gave contracts to builders to develop low-cost housing
200
What was the goal of island hopping?
Establish naval/air bases closer to Japan
200
What year did the stock market "crash" happen?
1929
200
Name three changes the automobile had on America in the 1920s
More jobs, city expansion, freedom, etc.
200
Explain the purpose of the Bracero Program
Federal government hired Mexican laborers to help agriculture in the Southwest
200
What is a bull market?
A long period of rising stock prices
300
What is appeasement?
Giving in to demands in order to maintain peace
300
What was the Dust Bowl?
Area of the Great Plains struck by drought and dust storms
300
Give me three benefits of the assembly line
Unskilled labor, lower costs, mass production, etc.
300
Why was Stalingrad an important target for Hitler?
If victorious, the Soviets would be cut off from necessary resources
300
What was the Ohio Gang?
Harding's cabinet filled with his "poker buddies" from Ohio
400
This man promised to return to the Philippines after he was evacuated to escape Japanese forces
General Douglas MacArthur
400
How did the New Deal change the public's perception of the federal government?
The government was now seen as a "safety net"
400
Explain the story of Sacco and Vanzetti
Two anarchists accused of robbery/murder. Tried and convicted which led to their execution.
400
How did the Lend-Lease Act impact American neutrality?
America started giving aid to Great Britain, causing tension between the U.S. and Axis powers
400
What was the Maginot Line?
A line of bunkers and fortifications along the border of France designed to prevent German invasion
500
What were the results of the Nuremberg Laws?
Jewish Germans were no longer citizens
500
What was "court-packing?"
FDR's decision to pass a law that removed Supreme Court justices and allowed him to choose new ones
500
What is Fundamentalism?
The belief that the Bible is literally true and without error
500
What was the significance of the Battle of the Bulge?
Germany began to withdraw back to Germany
500
What were the "zoot suit" riots?
Racial hostility towards Mexican Americans in California
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