World War I
Name one of the Central Powers (the bad guys) during World War I?
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire
Name one of the Axis Powers (the bad guys) in World War II?
Germany, Italy, Japan, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Finland
Although it actually began in the United States, what was the 1918 Flu Pandemic called?
The Spanish Flu
The Great Depression and its aftermath led to the rise of which World War II dictator?
Adolf Hitler
The hostility to or prejudice against Jewish people is known as what?
Anti-semitism
Due to the advanced weaponry and high death toll, both Powers in the war began digging, sometimes intricate networks that resulted in what type of warfare?
Trench Warfare
Which country orchestrated the surprise attack on Peal Harbor?
Japan
Why was the 1918 Flu called the Spanish Flu?
The Spanish were the only ones not censoring/blocking their news
The Stock Market Crash of 1929 is known as what?
Black Tuesday
What was the name of Hitler's book in which he predicted a European war and the extermination of the Jewish race?
Mein Kampf
One of the major causes of World War I was the assassination of whom?
Franz Ferdinand
What was the name of the famous operation in which the Allies stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, that turned the tide of the war?
What part of the body did nurses check first to see if a patient was beyond saving?
The feet - if they were black, they did nothing to stop your illness
Name one of the causes of the Great Depression.
Vulnerabilities of the global economy, slowing consumer demand, mounting consumer debt, decreased industrial production, drought, mild recession, rapid and reckless expansion of the stock market, the Federal Reserve, the Gold Standard, the Smooth-Hawley Act
In September 1941, Germany required Jews in the country to wear what item?
Yellow stars
Near the end of World War I, Woodrow Wilson proposed a numbered document for his plans of peace. What was it called?
14 Points
Harry S. Truman authorized the use of what weapon to end the war with Japan?
The Atomic Bomb
There were no vaccines, but name one of the ways they tried to treat or prevent the flu?
Shutdowns, Masks, Aspirin, Camphor, Saltwater gargling, Anti-flu spraying, No spitting
Who was President when the Great Depression began?
Herbert Hoover
The Jewish people were not the only ones killed during the Holocaust. Name three other groups of people who were victims of this horrific event.
Soviet Prisoners of War, Polish people, Romanis or Gypsies, Serbian civilians, Disabled people, German political opponents, German professional criminals, Jehovah's Witnesses, Gay men, Black people in Germany
Name one of the reasons for World War I other than the assassination of Franz Ferdinand?
Nationalism, Militarism, Romanticized View of War, Short-War Illusion, European Alliances, Balkan Instability
Name one of our three major U.S. generals during the war.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, Douglas MacArthur, George S. Patton
What city held a parade in September 1918 that resulted in the spread of the flu and thousands of deaths?
Philadelphia
What was the name of FDR's economic agenda to help combat the Great Depression?
The New Deal
What were the name of the 1945 to 1946 war trials against the Nazis called?
The Nuremburg Trials