Allies vs. Axis
Name 3 of the 5 major allied powers
United States, Britain, France, China, Russia
date when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor and brought U.S. into World War II
Dec. 7, 1941
President of the United States during the Great Depression and who citizens blamed for the Great Depression
Herbert Hoover
Happened on Oct. 29, 1929
Stock Market Crash
year the Great Depression started
1929
Who were the Axis powers?
Germany Italy Japan
leader of Germany during World War II
Hitler
How many banks failed during the Great Depression
10,000
Election of this President in 1932 became the 1st of 4 Presidential terms for him
Franklin D. Roosevelt
name 1 of 3 new products available in the 1920s
Automobiles, Washing machines, or radios
When did World War II take place (beginning to end)?
1939-1945
President of the United States during most of World War II
Franklin D. Roosevelt
What is overproduction?
When a company makes more products than people are willing to buy
This lead America out of the Great Depression
World War II
year the Smoot-Hawley Act was passed
1930
Name 1 of the 2 Japanese cities that the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on to end World War II
Hiroshima or Nagasaki
The attempt to exterminate the Jewish people by Germany
Holocaust
This Act in 1935 provided (and still provides today) money for people after they have retired
Social Security
people lined up here for a cup of soup or a piece of bread
Soup kitchen or bread line
Which country was the last to surrender ending World War 2?
Germany
World War II began when Hitler invaded what country?
Poland
number of people killed during the Holocaust
17 million
A group of cardboard houses set up in a public park or street alley for those who lost their homes
Hoovervilles
this happened to 1 in 4 Americans during the Great Depression
unemployment
Franklin Roosevelt's plan to get the U.S economy back on its feet was called the _____ ______
New Deal