1920s
This banned the sale and consumption of alcohol in the US
What is Prohibition?
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?
This group of Americans were finally able to vote starting in the 1920s
Who are Women?
When the government receives more revenue than is spends in a given year
What is a surplus?
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
What is the Battle of Midway
The President that took over following the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)
Who was Harry Truman?
Low interest rates led to this in the 1920s in the US
What is excessive borrowing?
The day in 1929 where the stock market peaks, and then begins a long decline
What is Black Tuesday?
US aid program to allied countries before entering WWII
What is Lend Lease?
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?
Name given for the explosion of music and culture among black communities in Harlem, New York
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
One is the amount of money the government borrows in a given year, the other is the total debt the government has
What is the difference between deficit and debt?
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
Name of the two Atomic bombs that the US dropped on Japan
What are Little Boy and Fat Man?
name of the dance that was made famous during the 1920s
What is the Charleston?
Name for when people rush to try and get their money out of a bank before it fails
What is a bank run?
Benito Mussolini is seen as the first of these in Europe
What is Facism
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?
Hitlers home country
what is Austria?