Depression/New Deal
A stock market that is consistently falling
What is a bear market?
This event led to full US involvement in WWII
What is Pearl Harbor?
The US/ British invasion of Normandy in June 1944
What is DDay?
The two Japanese cities that has the atomic bomb dropped on them
What are Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
France, The Soviet Union, The UK, China and the US made up the core members of this group
What are the Allies?
When business produce more goods than people can buy?
What is overproduction?
Fascism with a heavy racial component, emphasizing the superiority of the "Aryan Race" to all other races
This was a peace treaty between Hitler and Stalin, that was eventually broken when Hitler invaded the Soviet Union in 1941
What is the Nonaggression Pact?
The early battle that saw 4 Japanese Aircraft Carriers destroyed in a major defeat for Japan, causing them to fight on the defensive for the rest of the war
What is the Battle of Midway
The President that took over following the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)
Who was Harry Truman?
The day in 1929 where the stock market peaks, and then begins a long decline
What is Black Tuesday?
Benito Mussolini is seen as the first of these in Europe
What is Facism
The largest battle in history, this battle is considered the turning point in WWII
What is Stalingrad?
What is the Manhattan Project?
Leader of the Soviet Union whose name means "Man of Steel" in Russian?
Who is Joseph Stalin?
A tax on imported goods that was a contributing factor in the great depression?
What are Tariffs?
Double Jeopardy!
2x points
The type of government that existed in the soviet union, characterize by collective/ government ownership of the economy and society
What is Communism/Totalitarianism
The attempt to systematically eliminate Jews in Europe
What is the Final Solution?
The Japanese island that saw massive casualties for both sides but would eventually serve as a base for bombing mainland Japan
What is Iwo Jima/ Okinawa
Double Jeopardy!
2x points
Name of the two Atomic bombs that the US dropped on Japan
What are Little Boy and Fat Man?
Name for when people rush to try and get their money out of a bank before it fails
What is a bank run?
the German word for "living space" that they wanted in eastern Europe?
What is Lebensraum
Hitlers final offensive on the Western Front
What is the Battle of the Bulge
The strategy of jumping from island to island, avoiding and starving out the more heavily defended Japanese islands in WWII
What is Leapfrogging?
This language was used by the US military for secret codes because it was passed down orally, and was not written down
What is Navajo?