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The Jazz Age
The Great Depression
The New Deal
Prelude to World War II
America Joins World War II
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What is the constitutional amendment that gave women the right to vote?
The 19th Amendment
100
What were the three causes of the Dust Bowl?
drought, wind, and over farming
100
What are the three "R's" of the New Deal?
relief, recovery, and reform
100
What three countries formed the back bone of the Axis Powers?
Germany, Italy, and Japan
100
What was Executive Order 9066?
Required Japanese-Americans to report to internment camps.
200
Who were the two immigrants arrested, tried, and executed for a robbery in South Braintree, Massachusetts?
Sacco and Vanzetti
200
What was one reason for the stock market crash in 1929?
stock speculation and/or buying stock on margin
200
Spending money that the government does not have is called?
deficit spending
200
What nationalistic movement considers the nation more important than the individual?
fascism
200
How did President Truman justify the use of the atomic bomb?
He believed it would shorten the war and save thousands of American (and Japanese) lives.
300
What was the name of the system that determined how many immigrants the United States would accept each year from each country?
The Quota System (created by the National Origins Act)
300
How did the Federal Reserve Bank prolong the Great Depression?
It kept interest rates low encouraging banks to make risky loans (especially to business leaders who kept over producing).
300
What was the New Deal project that gave jobs to young men who helped plant forests?
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
300
At the Munich Conference, leaders of Great Britain and France made concessions to Hitler in exchange for peace. This policy is called?
appeasement
300
What is one battle associated with the ETO and the PTO?
Answers will vary.
400
Henry Ford used a moving assembly line and ______________ _____________ , or identical components that can be substituted one for another, to mass produce Model T automobiles.
interchangeable parts
400
President Hoover did not believe in direct relief. He believed it was better to invest at the top (big business) and people would benefit through new jobs. This type of economics is called?
trickle down economics
400
What two New Deal programs did Roosevelt create to restore confidence in the banking system and the stock market?
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
400
Name two important events (from the textbook) that could be found on a Holocaust timeline from 1935-1942.
Nuremberg Laws- 1935 Kristallnacht- 1938 St. Louis Affair- 1939 Final Solution- 1942
400
What principle did the Nuremberg and Tokyo War Crime Trials establish?
That people have a responsibility to disobey immoral orders.
500
Two part Question (1) The Harlem Renaissance would not have been possible without the exodus of African Americans from the south looking for jobs in the north. What was this movement called? (2) What Harlem Renaissance poet wrote "Harlem" and "I, Too, Sing America"?
(1) The Great Migration (2) Langston Hughes
500
What are at least three reasons for the economic collapse during the 1930's?
(1) low interest rates (2) overproduction (3) uneven distribution of wealth (4) high tariffs (5) falling demand (6) stock market speculation
500
Opponents of Roosevelt's court-packing plan believed it jeopardized what constitutional principle?
checks and balances and/or separation of powers
500
What impact did the Treaty of Versailles have on Germany? Hint: Remember "BRAT"
B- Germany had to accept blame. R- Germany had to pay war reparations. A- Germany had to dismantle army. T- Germany was stripped of colonies and territories.
500
How did the court rule in Korematsu v. United States?
The government is justified in times of "emergency and peril" to suspend citizens' civil rights. In other words, national security is more important than civil rights.