Unit 6: The Great Depression
What event is considered the cause of the Great Depression?
The Stock Market Crash of 1929
This invasion of France is considered to be a turning point on the Western front for the allies.
What is Antisemitism?
USA & USSR
Who is considered to be the leader of the Civil Rights Movement?
Martin Luther King Jr.
What is a "black blizzard?"
Huge dust storms that plagued the west during the Dust Bowl
What term refers to the availability of products being limited in order to preserve the supply?
Rations
What does Kristallnacht translate to?
The night of broken glass
What was the Berlin Wall?
Barrier built between East and West Berlin
Who was Rosa Parks?
Woman who refused to give up her seat & was arrested.
Which New Deal Program paid farmers NOT to grow certain crops?
Agricultural Adjustment Act
What was the Yalta Confrence?
Meeting between allied powers to determine what to do with Germany after the war.
Which Phase of the Holocaust includes Hitler's rise to power, isolation of Jews from the population & the development of the German Military?
Planning and Propaganda
What ended the cold war?
The collapse of the Soviet Union
What was Freedom Summer?
an effort in 1964 to register Black voters in Mississippi.
Which Georgia politician is known for being anti-New Deal & a staunch segregationist.
Eugene Talmadge
This major turning point was an air/sea battle where the US defended their position at ___________ Island. It was the 1st major US victory in the pacific.
Midway
Why are the Nuremberg trials considered "fair?"
They were public, accused had defense lawyers, not all were convicted & punishment varied.
What was the Viet Cong?
Communist Northern Vietnamese forces who fought against the Americans & their Southern Vietnamese Allies.
What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 do?
What tariff slowed the economy and is considered a cause of the Great Depression?
The Smooth Hawley Tariff.
What is a Bolshevik?
A Russian Communist.
What was the name of the German President who appointed Hitler to be his Chancellor?
Paul Von Hindenburg
Where did the United States place nuclear missiles prior to the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Turkey
Where did the Sit In movement being?
Greensboro, NC