Roaring Twenties
Fashionable young women of the 1920's were known as
Flappers
What was the name of the day when the Stock Market crashed?
Bonus: What was the exact date?
Black Tuesday
October 29th, 1929
Who did FDR run against during the Election of 1932?
Herbert Hoover
Name as many leaders in WWII as you can.
100 points for each correct answer.
Adolf Hitler, Hideki Tojo, Benito Mussolini
FDR, Harry Truman, Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, Charles de Gaulle
What side did the United States join?
Allied Powers
Businesses that make and sell products are called?
Producers
True or False: The Stock Market collapsing was the start of the Great Depression?
False- Businesses overproduced goods and had to lay off employees.
True or False: The New Deal was the only reason the U.S. recovered from The Great Depression?
Bonus: What was the other main event?
False
Bonus: WWII
What was the name of Hitler's soldiers?
Nazis
Why did Benito Mussolini want to control Northern Africa?
The area had lots of oil and natural resources
What is the name of the place where people can invest money in a business?
Stock Market
What were two things people could receive from a donation center? Hint: Jacob and Gerald
Clothes and food
What were the name of FDR's news shows he gave on the radio at night?
Fireside chats
What side were the United States on at the beginning of the war?
Neutral
What was the date of the Pearl Harbor bombings?
December 7th, 1941
The Harlem Renaissance
Hoovervilles were communities of cardboard houses named after the President. What was the President's full name?
Herbert Hoover
What were the three goals of FDR's New Deal?
Hint: Three R's
What battle was the first major win for the Allied Powers?
The Battle of Britain
What was the name of the secret "unbreakable" code that was used by Native Americans to help the United States?
Navajo Code
What was the name of a famous dance that became popular during the Jazz Age?
The Charleston
During The Dust Bowl, what was the difference between a migrant worker and a Hobo?
A migrant worker travelled looking for work. A hobo travelled looking for money.
What was the purpose of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)?
In what year was Hitler appointed chancellor of Germany?
1933
Which two cities did the U.S. drop atomic bombs on?
Bonus: What were the two dates?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
August 6th 1945 & August 9th 1945