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Roaring 20s
Great Depression/New Deal
World War II
Cold War
100
Who were the women that wore shorter dresses and hair in the 20s?
flappers
100
What president created the New Deal (programs to provide relief during the Great Depression)?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
100
Why did World War II begin?
Japan attacked Pearl Harbor
100
What two superpowers "fought" in the Cold War?
U.S. and the Soviet Union
200
What new musical style became popular in the 1920s?
Jazz
200
Name at least 3 causes of the Great Depression
Stock Market Crash overspeculation unregulated stock market falling demand overproduction low interest rates high tariffs
200
Who were the two main enemies of the United States in World War II?
Germany & Japan
200
What is an arms race?
A "race" between two nations to build up their weapons and military, like between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. during the Cold War
300
What was the name of the rebirth of African American culture in the 1920s?
Harlem Renaissance
300
Name two New Deal programs (double points if you explain what they do)
FDIC - protects bank deposits SEC - regulates stock market Social Security - insurance for elderly & unemployed CCC - jobs for young men in national parks TVA - built dams in the Tennessee River Valley etc.
300
Name one important battle of World War II (besides Pearl Harbor). Double points if you can explain what happened!
D-Day Midway Okinawa Guadalcanal
300
What were the two alliances the U.S. and the Soviet Union made in Western and Eastern Europe?
NATO and the Warsaw Pact
400
Name one of the presidents in the 1920s
Harding, Coolidge, Hoover
400
What did FDR plan to do to get the Supreme Court to agree to his New Deal plans?
court-packing plan
400
Why did President Truman decide to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
He hoped it would save American soldiers' lives
400
Name (and explain) 2 U.S. policies during the Cold War
containment theory - stop the spread of Communism domino theory - if one nation falls to Communism, others will follow Truman Doctrine - US will help countries fight Communism Eisenhower Doctrine - US will help nations in the Middle East resist Communism Marshall Plan - US will help Western Europe rebuild (to prevent the spread of Communism) Berlin Airlift - US provides supplies for West Berlin during a Soviet blockade
500
What was the name of the Scandal involving bribery in the Harding administration?
Teapot Dome Scandal
500
Why did President Roosevelt win the Election of 1932?
people blamed President Hoover for the Depression
500
What law helped soldiers returning home from the war by giving them low-cost home loans and money for college?
The GI Bill
500
Name one effect of the Red Scare in the United States in the 1950s
Rosenbergs' Trial - Julius and Ethel Rosenberg executed for spying for the Soviet Union HUAC (House Un-American Activities Committee) investigates hundreds of Americans McCarthyism - Joseph McCarthy investigates many government employees suspected of communism