1920s
Great Depression
New Deal
World War II
Presidents
100
What was the other name for the 1920s?
The Roaring Twenties
100
Name one causes of the Great Depression.
Overproduction, buying on credit, overspeculation of stocks, stock market crash.
100
What was the date of the stock market crash known as Black Tuesday?
FDIC
100
What event directly led to the US entering WWII?
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
100
Who was president during the Great Depression and WWII?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)
200
Why was the 1920s called the Roaring Twenties?
It was a time of great change.
200
What was the name for the drought (干旱) that occurred during the Great Depression?
The Dust Bowl
200
What New Deal program tried to reform the stock market?
SEC
200
What describes the US foreign policy between WWI and the start of WWII?
Isolationism/neutrality
200
Which president dropped the atomic bomb on Japan?
Harry Truman
300
What was one example of nativism in the 1920s?
Sacco-Vanzetti Trial
300
Name two major problems of the Great Depression.
Bank closings, stock market crash, high unemployment, farm overproduction, etc.
300
What branch of government did FDR try to change because it did not support all of his New Deal programs?
The Supreme Court (Judicial Branch)
300
Why did Harry Truman drop the atomic bomb on Japan?
He wanted to end the war quickly.
300
Fill in the blank: The Great Depression and FDR's New Deal...the power of the government and the role of the government in the economy.
Increased
400
What was one example of old and new (liberal and conservative) values in conflict during the 1920s?
Prohibition, Red Scare, or Scopes Trial.
400
What was the date of the stock market crash known as Black Tuesday?
October 29, 1929
400
What farming problem did the New Deal try to fix?
Overproduction of crops
400
What is an example of the US government limiting individual rights during WWII?
Japanese Internment
400
How many times was FDR elected president?
Four
500
What was one characteristic of the economy of the 1920s?
Buying on credit or overproduction.
500
What event ended the Great Depression?
World War II
500
What other time period from US history was similar to the New Deal in that it attempted to fix the problems of society?
The Progressive Era
500
Fill in the blanks: After the start of WWII, the US foreign policy shifted/changed from...to...
Isolationism to support for England/the Allies
500
Who was president at the start of the Great Depression?
Herbert Hoover
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