Over There
Mixed Bag
World War I Acronyms
The 20s and 30s
World War II
Over Here
100
Intense, nightly bombing raids by the German Luftwaffe (Air Force) on British cities, particularly London, from September 1940 to May 1941.
What is the Blitz?
100
Broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball, playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers. 
Who is Jackie Robinson?
100
M stands for _____.
What is militarism?
100
This political scandal took place in 1921 to 1922 when the Secretary of the Interior was stealing money from government contracts.
What is the Teapot Dome Scandal?
100
The United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, the United States, and China were this group of powers in World War 2.
Who are the Allies?
100
What is the “date that will live in infamy"?
What is December 7, 1941?
200
If you're hungry, you might remember the name of this European explorer who landed in Hawaii and called them the Sandwich Islands.
Who was Captain James Cook?
200
A candy bar was named for baseball's famous left-handed pitcher and most iconic sluggers. 
Who is Babe Ruth?
200
A stands for _____.
What are alliances?
200
This man was a pioneer in manufacturing cars using the assembly line.
Who is Henry Ford?
200
Code name for the American-led effort to develop an atomic weapon.
What was the Manhattan Project?
200
This national forest is named for a fossilized wood that forms when plant material is buried and then has its organic matter replaced by minerals.
What is the Petrified Forest?
300
Where was Korea divided after WWII.
What is the 38th parallel?
300
This Hawaiian monarch united the Hawaiian islands around 1800.
Who was Kamehameha I, also known as Kamehameha the Great?
300
I stands for _____.
What is imperialism?
300
A severe drought and ecological disaster during the 1930s in the American Great Plains.
What is the Dust Bowl?
300
This law was created to help veterans by providing educational and training opportunities, and loans for aid in buying or building houses and purchasing farms or business properties.
What is the GI Bill?
300
This city got the nickname "The Motor City" because it became the heart of the U.S. automotive industry.
What is Detroit?
400
Western countries delivered much needed food and supplies to this city through the air because all other routes were blocked by the Soviet Union.
What is Berlin?
400
Korematsu v. United States was a U.S. Supreme Court case concerning the forced relocation and confinement of this group of American citizens in the 1940s.
Who are Japanese Americans?
400
N stands for _____.
What is nationalism?
400
A young woman in the 1920s who embraced a more liberated lifestyle, known for bobbed hair, short skirts, and a rejection of traditional societal norms.
What is a flapper?
400
The countries in Europe and North America that made a promise to help defend each other if any of them is attacked.
What is North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)?
400
Road named The Main Street of America?
What is Route 66?
500
Name one of the two cities that America dropped atomic bombs on at the end of World War II.
What was Hiroshima or Nagasaki?
500
This group of Native Americans used their native language to create an unbreakable code for the U.S. military.
Who are Navajo Code Talkers?
500
His assassination was the SPARK.
Who was Archduke Ferdinand?
500
This happened on October 29, 1929, so it is called “Black Thursday."
What was the Stock Market Crash?
500
During World War II, to make sure everyone got a fair share, governments introduced _____, meaning people could only buy limited amounts of certain things using ration cards.
What is rationing?
500
This government program strove to reduce demand for commercially grown vegetables, packaging materials, and transportation needs by encouraging Americans to grow their own produce and preserve and can their surplus harvest.
What are Victory Gardens?
600
Great Britain and France declared war on Germany on September 3, 1939 after Germany invaded this country.
What is Poland?
600
Nickname for an all black infantry regiment of the New York Army National Guard during World War I.
Who are the Harlem Hellfighters?
600
A military tactic where opposing forces dig trenches to protect themselves from enemy fire.
What is trench warfare?
600
These shantytowns, built by unemployed and destitute people during the Depression of the early 1930s, were called by the name of this U.S. President.
Who is Herbert Hoover?
600
Germany, Italy, and Japan were this group of fighters in World War 2.
Who are the Axis powers?
600
President Harry S. Truman sent this former First Lady as a delegate to the United Nations where she helped write the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?