Period 7 Test

The Dust Bowl

100

He was President during the Dust Bowl

Franklin D Roosevelt

200

The decade when the Dust Bowl began.

the 1930s

300

This form of machinery helped farmers plow efficiently and faster than before. 

tractor(s)

400

What are some of the causes of the Dust Bowl? 

Over plowing of farmlands

Destruction of topsoil

Drought

500

Many people died from this during the Dust Bowl

dust pneumonia

600

How did overproduction of U.S. goods by manufacturers contribute to the Great Depression?

By resulting in large unsold inventories due to market saturation

Great Depression

100

Known as "Black Monday" (Oct 28,1929) this event threw the world into a financial panic as money from all over the world seemed to disappear due to overspeculation, etc.  

Stock Market Crash

200

shanty towns or makeshift settlements built by homeless people during the Great Depression

Hoovervilles

300

The term for borrowing money in order to buy stocks was called "buying on the ______"

buying on the margin

400

What controversial plan did FDR have to deal with some of his New Deal legislation being declared unconstitutional?

Court-packing plan

500

A series of evening radio addresses given by Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd President of the United States, between 1933 and 1944.

The purpose of these addresses was to provide relief and reassurance to the American people during the Great Depression as well as WWII

Fireside Chats

600

How did the political philosophy of fascism contribute to the results shown on the timeline?

A. by glorifying military achievements 

B. by encouraging communal ownership

C. by encouraging international revolution

D. by glorifying domestic accomplishments

New Deal Programs

100

This highly influential act was passed in 1935 to provide economic benefits to retired people, unemployed people, and others

Social Security Act

200

This government program was created to create millions of government jobs for people during the Great Depression, even artists to paint murals

Works Progress Administration

300

This New Deal program aimed to provide jobs for young, unemployed men while also addressing environmental issues, with enrollees working on projects like reforestation, flood control, and park development.

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

400

Insured bank deposits against bank failure, up to a certain level.

( it attempted to protect Americans from the instability of banks during the Great Depression)

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

500

Barred commercial banks from becoming involved in the buying and selling of stocks, preventing the practices leading to the stock market crash.

Glass-Steagall Act

600

In what way are Italian Fascism and German Nazism in the 1930s similar? 

Both were led by dictators who use nationalism and terror to maintain control over citizens.

World War II

100

What laws did Congress pass in the 1930s to keep the US out of foreign conflicts?

Neutrality Acts of 1935, 1936, and 1937

200

What caused the U.S. to officially declare war in WW2?

Attack on Pearl Harbor

300

What program did the US government create to bring in more Mexican farmworkers during the War?

Bracero program

400

Germany invaded this country on Sept 1, 1939, prompting the beginning of WWII

Poland

500

The policy set by French and British politicians to let Hitler get away with "whatever he wanted" as long as it averted another war

Appeasement

600

The German blitzkrieg was a military strategy that depended on what advantage?

Surprise and overwhelming force

World War II pt 2

100

This policy was encouraged by American politicians and citizens to effectively remain out of war / foreign entanglements

Isolationism

200

These dictators led the Axis Powers during World War II and ruled  with Fascist doctrines

Adolf Hitler

Benito Mussolini

Hideki Tojo

300

How did the U.S. aid Great Britain in the war before declaring war ourselves?

The Lend Lease Act

(Sell & lend them weapons and war goods)

It's technically not direct aid, but the U.S. is increasing defense spending

400

This "tool" was used to incite emotions from people on all fronts of the war (foreign and domestic). This included posters, pamphlets, films, radio broadcasts, films, etc.

Propaganda (posters, pamphlets, films)

500

How did the United States deal with protecting national security after the attack on Pearl Harbor?

Japanese Internment Camps

600

The systematic murder of Jewish people, disabled, gypsies, homosexuals, etc is known as .

The Holocaust