The Roaring 20's
This group led the Russian Revolution.
Who were the Bolsheviks (communists)?
This day is sometimes called Black Tuesday.
When was October 29th, 1929?
This was the leader of Germany during WWII.
Who was Adolf Hitler?
This type of American bomber was used to deploy the first nuclear bomb fired in anger.
What is a B-29?
This is how long the Korean War lasted.
How long is three years?
This kind of woman, with short hair, a sack-like dress, and beads that twirled as she danced to the tunes of modern dances, gradually replaced the Victorian woman as the feminine ideal.
What is a flapper?
Small shantytowns that arose during the early days of President Hoover were often given this name.
What were Hoovervilles?
WWII officially began when Hitler invaded this neighboring country.
What is Poland?
These are the two cities that suffered nuclear attack during WWII.
What are Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
This American general was eventually fired by President Truman for not following his orders.
Who was Douglas MacArthur?
This constitutional amendment prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol in the US.
What is the 18th Amendment?
President FDR's advisors during the Great Depression became known as...
What is the Brain Trust?
This American General led his forces in Sicily after fighting Rommel in Africa.
Who was George S. Patton?
This would describe the primary strategy the allies used in retaking territory held by the Japanese Empire.
What is island hopping?
This senator's investigations into communist agents became known as a witch hunt.
Who was Joseph McCarthy?
This man made the first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
Who was Charles A. Lindbergh?
This is how did the AAA sought to raise crop prices while people were starving.
What is by destroying crops?
This was the code-name given to the allied invasion of Normandy.
What was Operation Overlord?
This desperate tactic the Japanese used towards the end of WWII is translated as "divine wind".
What is a kamikaze attack?
Who first coined the term "iron curtain" to describe Eastern Europe under Soviet control?
Who was Winston Churchill?
This is what NAACP stands for.
What is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People?
According to our textbook, this is how many banks failed during the Great Depression.
How many is 9,000?
This was the leader of the Free French.
Who was Charles DeGaulle?
This was the number of Japanese aircraft carriers destroyed at the Battle of Midway.
What is four?
This Chinese communist leader killed millions of his own people during the Great Leap Forward.
Who was Mao Zedong?