The Great Depression
How did the Great Depression start?
The stock market crash
Who was the president during World War II?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
What was prohibition?
The banning of alcohol
What was Rosa Parks known for doing during segregation?
refused to give up her seat to a white passenger.
Why did the Japanese people get sent to the camps?
The bombing of pearl harbor made Americans fear that the Japanese were spies
When did the Great Depression end?
1939
WW II started when Germany invaded which country?
Poland
What were the secret places people sold alcohol called?
Speakeasies
What president started the New Deal?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
What did the people in the camps do to pass time?
They played games like dodgeball or softball. They could also write letters to people or attend sewing school, sunday school, church, and girls club meetings.
What year did the Great Depression begin?
1929
The name given to the fighting that occurred between Germany and the British just before Hitler called off an invasion of England.
Battle of Britain
What was becoming popular to be played in speakeasies?
Jazz music
What jazz musician was known as the "king of Rock 'n' Roll?"
Elvis Presley
Whats another name for the Japanese internment camps?
Executive order 9066
What were the towns that homeless people went to during the great depression?
Hovervills
Which technology helped the U.K. defeat Germany's months-long air offensive against it in the Battle of Britain?
A. Atomic energy
B. Stealth airplanes
C. Radar
D. Rockets
C. Radar
When was prohibition in effect?
1920-1933
What was William O. Dougals's role on the US Supreme Court?
The only justice
How many camps were there?
10 camps
What industries were the most affected during the depression?
Industrial Production, Banking, and Agriculture
After World War I, France built the Maginot Line, a string of border fortifications considered impenetrable. How did the German army overcome the Maginot Line in World War II?
They went around it.
What did bootleggers do?
They went to Canada to smuggle alcohol back into Washington in many ways, but all illegally
In a close election for governor in 2004, who won? Christine Gregorie or Dino Rossi?
Christine Gregorie
What year did the US start sending the Japanese to the camps?
1942