Great Depression
World War Two Europe
World War Two Pacific
World War Two at Home
Roaring 20's
100

What event was the largest Catalyst of the global economic collapse?

The stock market crash of 1929

100
Please name the 2 Axis powers in Europe at the start of the War

Italy and Germany

100

Which US military base was surprise attacked by the Japanese, and what year was it attacked?

Pearl Harbor, 1941

100

According to many propaganda posters, what was the #1 enemy at home?

Waste

100

The 20's were a decade of mostly boom or bust?

Boom

200

The term given to the midwest after years of drought, leading to crop deaths.

The Dust Bowl

200

The United States saw its first action in Mainland Europe in which country?

Italy

200

The strategy used by the US to make it all the way into bombing range of the Japanese Homeland

Island Hopping

200

Which two groups of people received work opportunities they otherwise would never have during the 40's

Women and minorities

200

The movement of African Americans to Northern Cities looking for work during this period is known as

The Great Migration

300

FDR's economic program designed to move the United States out of the Great Depression. 

The New Deal

300

Who was the general in Charge of the Allied War in Europe, especially Operation Overlord?

Dwight D. Eisenhower

300

US territory where allied Soldiers were captured, marched for a week, and then tortured and put into prison camps by the Japanese

The Philippines 

300

The American policy of removing Japanese Americans from their homes and relocating them to inland prison camps?

Internment

300

A new type of women, more open in public and frequenting night clubs was known as...

Flapper(s)

400

This group of Americans experienced the Great Depression first.

Farmers

400

The Battle that is often referred to as the "Turning Point" in the war in Europe?

Stalingrad

400

The Japanese were a fearsome and dangerous enemy to fight because of their "Never Surrender" mentality. This is due to what cultural phenomenon exclusive to the Japanese?

The Bushido Code

400

The war effort was responsible for pulling the United States out of what era?

The Great Depression

400

Prohibition was the federal outlaw of Alcohol. Please name the Amendments that made it illegal, and then legal again.

Illegal - 18th
Legal - 21st

500

What do the three "Rs" stand for when talking about the new deal? 

Relief
Recovery
Reform

500

Please put the following battle in chronological order

Stalingrad
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Britain
D-Day

Battle of Britain
Stalingrad
D-Day
Battle of the Bulge

500

Please give at least 2 reasons the United States had for dropping the atomic bombs on Japan.

Limit American Casualties
Limit Japanese Casualties
Display American Military Power to Russia
Justify expensive Manhattan project
Revenge for Pearl Harbor and the Japanese War Crimes

500

How did the changes at home during WWII lead to significant movements later in the century?

Both minorities and Women got used to being treated equally and were more motivated to fight for their rights in the 50s, 60s, and 70s. 

500

The Harlem Renaissance was a movement of Black art, culture, and expression. Name 3 major artists who contributed during the Renaissance.

Ella Fitzgerald
Billie Holiday
Langston Hughes
Duke Ellington
Louis Armstrong
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