Is it true that the cast of "Mean Girls" goes to Skyline?
Manhatthan Project
What was the name of the Atomic Bomb development project?
Terrible human being and dictator but great mustache
Who was Stalin?
This cartoonist mocked isolationists
Who was Dr. Seuss?
The language of the code-talkers
Where you give a little concession, hoping that someone will stop their bad behavior
What is appeasement?
Black Tuesday
What was the day of the stock market crash called?
Makeshift Shantytowns in the early 1930's
What were Hoovervilles?
Rubber, tin, and aluminum to name a few
What are items that Americans recycled during WWII?
The freedoms outlined in the four freedoms speech
What is fear, want, worship, and speech?
4,000 of these failed/ went out of business in the year after the Stock Market crash.
What are banks?
Initially advocated for limited United States intervention in WWII
Who was FDR?
The Treaty of Versailles and the Great Depression were 2 big reasons leading to this.
What are factors that enabled totalitarinst dictators to assume control?
This gave people hope, jobs, and did something!
What was the New Deal?
Form of government typified by rule of law and open elections.
What are liberal democracies?
When Japanese-Americans were placed in prison camps (based on fear)
What is Japanese Internment?
Government typified by authoritarian rule, extreme nationalism, violence, and racial purity.
What is fascism?
The strategy of picking which islands to invade and which to ignore on the way to Japan
What is island-hopping?
Low farm prices, over-reliance on credit, & a widening gap between the rich and poor, to name a few.
What were some reasons for the Great Depression?
America First!
What was the Isolationist slogan ahead of WW2?
The 20,000 army vets who marched on Washington early in the Great Depression
What was the Bonus Army?
CCC
What is the Civilian Conservation Corps?
19th
The world-wide rank of the American military before WW2?
Bonus question: Name the two small countries mentioned in the video that held stronger military might than the U.S.A. in 1941.
The policy where the U.S. is allowed to provide arms to their allies
What is the Lend-Lease Act?
Over 2,000
How many Americans died during the Pearl Harbor attack?
Agreement between Britain and the U.S. to support each other militarily and politically
What is the Atlantic Charter?