The Great Crash and What Came of It
In the 1930s, during the time period known by this name, many Americans had very little money to spend
What is the Great Depression?
In World War II, Germany, Italy, and their allies were known as these powers
What are the Axis Powers?
When World War II began, this man was the president of the United States
Who is Franklin Delano Roosevelt?
This American president decided to use an atomic bomb to force the Japanese to surrender
Who is Harry Truman?
The idea that there should be a Jewish country was called this
What is Zionism?
During the 1930s, when huge droughts killed hundreds of thousands of acres of crops, the middle part of America became known by this name
What is the Dust Bowl?
In World War II, the armies fighting against Germany, including Great Britain and France, were known as these powers
What are the Allied Powers?
During World War II, this man was the emperor of Japan
Who is Hirohito?
The first atomic bomb was dropped on this Japanese city
What is Hiroshima?
In 1947, this group voted to create the nation of Israel
What is the United Nations?
Hitler blamed these people for most of Germany's problems
Who are the Jews?
The German takeover of this country was known as the Anschluss
What is Austria?
Hitler believed that these people, people with German blood, were smarter, stronger, and better than other people
Who are Aryan people?
This man was a German scientist who had been studying how atoms worked, but he left Germany because he was a Jew
Who is Albert Einstein?
Gandhi's Congress Party became known by this name
What is the Indian National Congress?
Members of the National Socialist German Workers' Party became known as these
What are Nazis?
Revolutionaries who wanted to see the end of the monarchy in Spain were known by this name
What is Red Spain?
This African-American man won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics, but Hitler refused to acknowledge him
Who is Jesse Owens?
The area in the south of France where some of the French agreed to cooperate with the Nazis became known by this name
What is Vichy France?
At the same time that India was finally granted its independence, this country was born
What is Pakistan?
What is Wall Street?
Great Britain worked out an agreement with Hitler that allowed Germany to have the western half of Czechoslovakia, known by this name
What is the Sudetenland?
In this battle, four huge Japanese aircraft carriers were destroyed by a much smaller American force
What is the Battle of Midway?
On December 15, 1944, the German army launched the biggest attack the American soldiers had ever seen in what became known as this battle
What is the Battle of the Bulge?
For many years, this new nation and India argued and fought over a piece of land called this, just north of India
What is Kashmir?