Review 1
United States felt the Treaty of Versailles was too
harsh
famous Chicago gangster nicknamed Scarface
Al Capone
A major environmental crisis of the 1930s
Dust Bowl
What two countries emerged as superpowers after WW2?
USA/USSR
Who made up the Bonus Army that marched on Washington?
WW1 Vets
WW1 might have only involved two nations if not for.....
alliance system
give one reason for the US entering WW1
...
President that drops the bomb
Truman
modern women of the 1920s were called
flappers
to obtain liquor illegally drinkers went underground to hidden nightclubs known as
speakeasies
Soviet dictator
Joseph Stalin
What ended the Great Depression
WW2
What was the name of the radio talks FDR delivered to the American people?
Fireside
What was the first major action Roosevelt took as President?
Closed the banks
British Prime Minister during WW2
Winston Churchill
Battle that was the turning point for the Soviets
Stalingrad
What disease did FDR have as an adult?
Polio
What term describes FDR's program for getting the country out of the Depression?
New Deal
After driving the Nazis out of North Africa, what country did the Americans go to next?
Italy
the 21st amendment brought an end to...
Prohibition
Black aviators that were from a famous southern school were called the __________ airmen
Tuskegee
What foreign policy idea dominated every American decision during the Cold War?
containment
Name the two theaters of WW2
Pacific and Europe
What were the three R's of Roosevelt's New Deal
Relief, Reform, Recovery
Japanese pilots who used their planes to do further damage to Allied Ships
kamikaze