USO
What do USO stand for?
United Service Organizations
What year did WW I begin?
1914
When did WW II begin?
1939
What caused the Great Depression?
The stock market crash
What is the name of a German submarine?
U-boat
How many shows did the USO put on?
428,521
Where did most the fighting happen in WW I?
In Europe
What happened on December 7, 1941?
Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
What year did the stock market crash happen?
1929
Which Kansas city is the seventh largest city?
Salina
Who was the most famous of all the USO entertainers?
Bob Hope
Why did the United States join in World War I?
Germany kept attacking our ships with their U-boats.
How many Kansans went to fight WW II?
215,000 men and women
What is a soup line?
Where people stood in line to receive free food.
What was the plant called that was used a a substitute for other protein foods that were more expensive?
Soybean
The soldiers during World War II often suffered what three types of emotions?
loneliness, boredom, and homesickness
In what year did WW I end?
1918
Farmers produced more crops; factories stopped making cars and produced airplanes and tanks; women took over the jobs men did here at home.
What was President Roosevelt's plan to get America out of the Depression called?
The New Deal
What was the Manhattan Project?
It was the code name used for a secret project to develop the atomic bomb.
How many service agencies came together to help run the USO?
six agencies
How many Kansans went to Europe to help fight the war?
77,000
What was the date that WW II ended?
September 2, 1945
What happened when the prices of the stock market dropped?
People lost their money, banks and stores closed
What was the period of prosperity after WW I ended and before the stock market crash of 1929 called?
The Roaring Twenties