World War 1
Why did America wait 3 years to get involved in World War 1?
They saw it as a European war
They wanted to stay neutral
By the end of the 1920s, more people owned this than owned a bathtub.
Car
Joseph Stalin was the leader of what communist country from 1924 until his death in 1953?
Russia
USSR
Soviet Union
What is the name of the Naval base Japan attacked that forced America to fight in World War 2?
Pearl Harbor
What group of people was largely left out of government relief programs during the Great Depression?
African Americans
World War 1 was mainly fought in __________
Trenches
Name one innovation during the 1920s that led to an increase in "consumer culture" or "pop culture"
Advertising/Movies/Radio/Magazines
Japanese Americans were put in these types of camps in World War 2.
Internment Camps
Why was England so difficult for the Nazis to invade?
It is an island
What natural resource did America stop selling to Japan shortly before World War 2?
Oil
Name one of two "events" that convinced America to enter the war
Germany tried to convince Mexico to oppose America
German submarines sank American ships
What was the name of Franklin Roosevelt's policies to help Americans during the Great Depression?
New Deal
Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler came to power using a similar method of making the country more important than the individual. What is the name of this method?
Fascism
The invasion of what country is typically considered the start of World War 2?
Poland
This famous American published an anti-Jewish book, was given an award by the Nazis, and was generally seen as sympathetic to the Nazis prior to World War 2.
Henry Ford
What new weapon helped America and its allies defeat Germany?
Tanks
This style of music became popular in the 1920s, as it was seen as more modern and better for dancing.
Jazz
Who were the first people Hitler and the Nazis put into concentration camps?
People with disabilities and political opponents
Hitler continued to take land from neighboring countries while France and England did nothing. What was the policy used by France and England called?
Appeasement
Name one requirement of Germany after World War 1.
Pay money to England and France
Very limited military
No military in certain parts of Germany
What was the name of the Treaty that ended World War 1
Treaty of Versailles
Langston Hughes was a famous poet from what movement?
Harlem Renaissance
What country did Germany invade in order to invade France?
Belgium
What was the nickname for World War 2 after Germany invaded Poland and before they invaded France?
Phony War
What is the nickname for the day the stock market crashed, beginning the Great Depression?
Black Tuesday