Grab Bag
Pot pourri
Words and Terms
200

Women who showed their independence during the 1920's

Flappers

200

FDR called this event "A day that will live in infamy".

Bombing of Pearl Harbor by the Japanese (the start of WW2)

200

What was the name of the big programs that FDR created to help the American people by increasing the role of the Federal government

New Deal

400

The 18th amendment banned the use of alcohol during the 1920's and caused problems. Which amendment repealed it?

21st amendment

400

She was a propaganda symbol of women helping the war effort during WW2

Rosie the Riveter

400

Which President is credited with expanding the role of the Federal Government during the Great Depression

F.D.R.

600

How did the Republican presidents handle the economic boom of the 1920's?

Laissez faire- "hands off"

600

This was a group of WW1 veterans came to Washington DC to ask for the payments they were due. Hoover did not give them money and kicked them out in 1932.

Bonus Army

600

This Program created a system of disability and retirement for Americans

Social Security

800

He was the prime minister of Great Britain during WW2 and convinced FDR to pass the Lend Lease Act where the US gave money and military equipment in 1940-41.

Winston Churchill

800

This supreme court case, decided in 1944, upheld the power of the federal government in putting Japanese Americans in internment camps stating, "Your rights are limited in times of War."

Korematsu vs the U.S.

800

Langston Hughes was a great poet during this cultural movement in the 1920's

Harlem Renaissance

1000

Name 2 reasons why the 1920's were called the ROARING 20's

End of ww1/ End of Spanish Flu/ People showing their independence/ Prohibition/ Stock market boom

1000

Name the baseball player, turned spy in the 1930's & 1940's, who took pictures that led to the end of WW2

Moe Berg

1000

Name 2 reasons for the Great Depression

Over speculation of stocks/ Buying on margin/ Stock market crash/ Republican presidents doing nothing about the economy