Important People
Who was the most decorative American soldier in WWll?
Audie Murphy
What caused the US to join WWll?
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
How did people shovel dust from their yards?
Like snow
What did cities hold to help raise money with soup kitchens?
Plays and musicals
What is a drought?
A long period of dry weather; lack of rain; dryness.
Which US president created the new deal?
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
What caused the US to join World War 1in 1917?
A German submarine sank a British passenger ship called the Lusitania and the German attacks increased.
What was the Dust Bowl?
A period of time where the Great Plains got hit by dust storms in the early 1930s.
What was the Great Depression?
A time of utter economic disaster that started in the United States in1929.
What is a stock?
A share of ownership in a company.
Which US president did not want to join WWl?
President Woodrow Wilson
What caused WWll?
The invasion of Poland by Germany.
Name another thing that caused the Dust Bowl.
Farmers over plowed the grass that held down the topsoil.
What happened to charities when they tried to help?
They ran out of money.
What is an alliance?
An agreement between countries to work together.
Who ran a New Deal program and later on became president?
Lyndon B. Johnson
What caused WWl?
The death of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
Name 1 thing that caused the dust bowl.
There was a huge drought.
What caused the Great Depresion?
The stock market crash of 1929, bank failures, and also a global economic downturn.
What is a depression?
A long-term economic state characterized unemployment and low levels of trade and investment.
Which Texas sailor aboard the USS West Virginia, started shooting at Japanese planes when they bombed Pearl Harbor, and earned the Navy Cross?
Doris Miller
Why was WWl called the Great War?
It was one of the biggest.
What was the biggest dust storm in the Dust Bowl?
Black Sunday
What were the shanty towns called that people lived in during the Great Depression?
Hoovervilles
What is charity?
Showing kindness by giving money or gifts to organizations that need them.