WWII
“Yesterday, December 7, 1941 - a date that will live in infamy….” - President Franklin RooseveltDecember 8, 1941-----What was President Roosevelt referring to in his speech?
The surprise attack from Japan---the bombing of Pearl Harbor
What was the project called to develop the atomic bombs used to bomb Japan?
The Manhattan Project
What type of journalism is one of the reasons that are considered to be a cause of the Spanish American War?
Yellow Journalism (sensationalized and inflammatory)
What percentage was the unemployment rate during the Great Depression?
25%
Who was apart of the Axis Powers?
Germany, Italy, and Japan
Members of the Tuskegee Airmen belonged to which American minority group?
African American
Which president created The Manhattan Project?
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)
What was the ship called that exploded in the Havana Harbor and killed 260 sailors?
The U.S.S. Maine
Which president believed that the economy would fix itself during the Great Depression?
President Herbert Hoover?
Who was one of the most notorious political machine bosses?
Which act allowed Britain, France and their allies to obtain US weapons without having to pay cash up front?
Cash and Carry Act
Where was the first bomb dropped in Japan?
Hiroshima
Social Security Act was responsible for these groups:
elderly, unemployed and disabled
Hoovervilles, Hoover flag, Hoover leather, and Hoover wagon were named after who?
President Herbert Hoover
What are three ways that white people restricted voting for African Americans?
literacy test, grandfather clause, and poll taxes
The Atlantic Charter of August 1941 became the blue print for....
The United Nations
Where was the second bomb dropped?
Nagasaki
By the end of the 1920s, buying slowed because
most people owed more money than they could afford to pay back AND they already had the products they needed
What other event affected American farmers during the Great Depression?
The Dust Bowl
Jim Crow laws were laws that.....
separated the races
What is the main reason for the US entering WWII?
Why did the US decide to drop the atomic bomb on Japan?
-avoid American causalities
What lands were gained from the Spanish American War?
Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Phillipines
What was the biggest thing that President FDR did during his 1st 100 days?
Closing banks for 4 days for holiday
The name muckrakers was given to
journalists who wrote about corruption