Terms
What term is given to a country that has the highest level of influence on world politics and has a very strong military?
Super Power
What President gets Blamed for the Great Depression happening?
Herbert Hoover
Which of the following was one of the largest and deadliest concentration camps that the Nazis created?
Auschwitz
"Under the command of General Eisenhower, Allied naval forces, supported by strong air forces, began landing Allied armies on the beaches of Normandy.
The above invasion was called _____________?
D-Day
What icon in the United States represented women who worked in factories and shipyards during World War II?
Rosie the Riveter
These were a series of evening radio addresses given by Franklin D. Roosevelt?
Fireside Chats
What happens on Black Tuesday?
The stock market crashes
What was the name of the 1st Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima called?
Little Boy
In order to achieve their goal of annexing territories rich in raw materials and natural resources, the
Japanese had to first eliminate the threat of the United States Pacific Fleet, resulting in?
The bombing of Pearl Harbor
Adolf Hitler was awarded the Iron cross how many times?
2
Germany and USSR would sign a ____________which stated that they would agree to not attack each other in war?
Non-Aggression Pact
What was the main reason the Dust Bowl happened?
Severe drought in the Great Plains
What Battle was the turning point of Europe?
Battle of Stalingrad
What battle was the turning point of the Pacific Theatre?
The Battle of Midway
What President would order the dropping of 2 atomic bombs to end the war with Japan?
Harry S. Truman
Herbert Hoover was an advocate of laissez-faire economics which means he believed an economy based on ______________would self-correct itself?
Capitalism
During the Great Depression, what % of the U.S people were unemployed/jobless?
25%
What was the name of the Conference Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill and FDR meet at to discuss what should happen to Germany when the war was over?
Yalta Conference
What was the name of the 2nd Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki called?
Fat Man
After Stalin's death in 1953, Who would become the new leader of USSR and get the country back on track?
Nikita Khrushchev
This term allows the central government to dictate the level of production of goods and controls their distribution and prices?
Command Economy
What was the name of the plan that FDR comes up with when he becomes president? What were the 3 main goals?
The New Deal: Relief, Recovery, Reform.
Who was the general of the Imperial Japanese Army and leader of the Imperial Rule?
Hideki Tojo
The Allies came up with code names for each of the beaches along the Normandy coast and they were Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and?
Sword
Which President of the United States was responsible for founding NASA?
Dwight D. Eisenhower