Great Depression
New Deal
New Deal (2)
WWII
WWII (2)
Really Random
100

What year was the Stock Market Crash that began the Great Depression?

1929

100

How many terms did FDR serve as President?

4

100
Which independent agency was implemented by Congress under the Glass-Stegall Banking Reform that FDR signed?

FDIC

100

During WWII, American scientists wanted the U.S. to press on Germany over anywhere else during the war - fearing that they had more time to develop ________

WMD's

Weapons of Mass Destruction

100

Who led the defense in the Pacific for the Americans?

General George MacArthur

100

In this Adam Sandler movie, Sandler goes back to school and repeats grades 1-12 in order to prove to his father that he is good enough to run his family business.

Billy Madison

200

What did Americans call the day of the Stock Market Crash? (Largest sell-off of shares in one day, in history)

Black Thursday - Oct. 24, 1929

200

What was the shutdown of all banking operations called?

Bank Holiday

200

This program helped construct dams and power plants in more rural areas - providing jobs and cheap electricity for those areas being built in.

TVA - Tennessee Valley Authority

200

British and American troops executed the '___________ ________' in 1942 - pushing German and Italian troops out of this region.

Africa Plan

200

What was the name for the 85-mile march with American and Filipino POWs conducted by the Japanese?

Bataan Death March

200

What is chronomentrophobia?

fear of clocks

300

What was the unemployment rate in the U.S. during 1933?

25%

300

FDR's radio broadcasts which addressed the nation's concerns:

Fireside Chats

300

This law was the New Deal's solution to farms in a decline. Limited the quantity of staple crops that farmers could grow, and paid farmers who voluntarily stopped growing crops.

AAA - Agricultural Adjustment Act

300

What granted the President authority to the President to 'conduct' the war effort?

(Just after Pearl Harbor attack)

War Powers Act (1941)

300
What did FDR sign that ordered the relocation of Japanese-Americans to internment camps inside the U.S.

Executive Order 

(9066)

300

Who is famously quoted for saying, "Women's rights are human rights"

(hint: ran for president)

Hilary Clinton

400

Banks failure was common because they lent their money for people to buy what?

Stocks/Shares - when the market crashed there was no money to pay back

400

This law gave the President power to reopen banks that were in solid enough shape to reopen, and assist those that were not:

Emergency Banking Act

400

FDR proposed this act to provide old-age insurance, unemployment, and financial-aid for the disabled:

Social Security Act (1935)

400

America dropped atomic bombs in what two locations during WWII?

Hiroshima, Nagasaki (Japan)

400

Fred Korematsu had what procedure done to himself, in order to evade being put into an internment camp?

Plastic surgery on his eyes, to make himself look less 'Asian'.

400

What method of food preservation was invented for the British Navy in 1813? 

(something used to PRESERVE food)

Canning (use of cans)

500

The Banking Act of 1933 was signed by FDR, creating what? (incase there is another depression/bank failure)

FDIC

500

The 20th Amendment did what?

Changed presidential term dates - term ended in January as opposed to March

500
For FDR's second term - his re-election was opposed by what group? (They believed that some of the New Deal programs did not abide by the Constitution, or the way they were implemented)

American Liberty League

500

Which two beaches were the Americans assigned to land on during D-Day?

Utah, Omaha

500

Ronald Reagan passed the _________ ___________ ____ - which meant the U.S. government had to pay reparations to Japanese-American families whose family prior to them were put into internment camps.

Civil Liberties Act (1988)

20,000$ tax free per family

500

The TV Show "King of the Hill" was based in what U.S. State?

Texas

600

The Works Progress Administration took over this project from Hoover, building this famous structure in the Bay Area:

Golden Gate Bridge

600

Who was FDR's main advisor for helping manage the New Deal?

Harry Hopkins

600

Eleanor Roosevelt was famous for her works in activism for __________ ____________

Women's Rights

600

When the Allies entered Berlin, how did they find Adolf Hitler?

Dead, in his bunker with a gun in his hand

600
Who sent a letter to FDR saying the Germans are working on nuclear/atomic weaponry?

Albert Einstein

600

What typewriter key was introduced by Remington in 1878, ending the need for two keys for each letter

(Hint: 1. it is on your computer right now

          2. You typically use it when typing the beginning of a sentence.)

Shift Key

700

List at least 3 social/cultural effects of the Great Depression:

Higher Education Admittance rates dropped

Less marriages/divorce rate dropped for a few years

Birth rates fell significantly

Mass migration 

rapid rise in Crime rate

Suicide rates went up

Malnutrition

Prostitution

700

What were the three R's that FDR focused on?

Relief, Recovery, Reform

Relief - providing immediate assistance

Recovery - stimulating economic activity and creating jobs

Reform - Addressing systemic problems in the economy and society

700

The AAA did not help what group of people?

Sharecroppers

Tenant farmers were supposed to get a fair share government payments, but landlords usually did not pay.

700

What happened to Mussolini after he was arrested?

Killed, death by Firing Squad (Apr 28, 1945)

700

FDR and Churchill did not want to let _________ in the loop about their nuclear weapon developments.

Joseph Stalin

700

What is the name of the Cafe in the TV show, "Friends"?

Central Perk