SSUSH15
The German practice of sinking ships including ones from neutral nations was called?
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
The Red Scare was the fear of?
Communists/Socialists
Which Era of US history witnessed high unemployment, bank failures, and widespread homelessness?
The Great Depression
What was the name of FDR's plan to fix the economy?
The New Deal.
Why did the US drop the Atomic Bomb on Japan?
(Hint: I need more than because we were at war)
We would have had to invade Japan, perhaps more than 1 million would have died.
What nation sent the Zimmerman Telegram?
Germany
What did the 18th Amendment do?
Prohibited the Production and Sale of Alcohol
What was a cause of the Great Depression?
Overproduction, underconsumption, or stock market speculation
This provides old age pensions for the elderly, and the sick was part of the New Deal.
Social Security.
When US factors shifted over from producing civilian goods to making supplies for the war, this was called:
War time Conversion
Why did the US not get involved at the beginning of WWI, resulting in President Mckinley giving the declaration of neutrality?
With America being a nation of immigrants it would divide the nation to go to war
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
Flowering of black culture, Jazz, Poetry, Swing Music etc.
What was the Dust Bowl?
Massive Dust Storms in the Midwest caused thousands to move.
What was unique about Eleanor Roosevelt as first lady, what did she do?
She was active in politics, in particular she helped support the New Deal.
What was done to Japanese Americans during the war.
Japanese Internment, FDR used his executive orders send more than 100,000 Japanese Americans into internment camps
This law create penalties for obstructing the war effort, punishing speech?
Espionage Act
What was the 19th Amendment?
Female Suffrage.
What did people call the homeless encampments that were created during the great depression?
Hoovervilles
Why did some people criticize the New Deal?
They felt like it was giving to much control over the economy to the government.
How did the US support the allies prior to joining the war directly. Also answer what the program was called.
Lend Lease sent supplies to the allies. No soldiers yet but plenty of guns, ammo, trucks and tanks.
What was the League of Nations? And Why did the US not join?
Organization where nations could work out problems rather than jump to war, US senate felt that it would drag the US to War.
What were the two primary causes of the Great Migration?
Jobs in the North, Fleeing From Jim Crow
How did overproduction lead to the Great Depression?
Companies produced more than people were able to buy. Companies fire people to make up the cost.
What happened with the FDR and the supreme court. Hint: They had beef.
FDR considered packing the supreme court with people loyal to the new deal, when the court struck down some of the New Deal laws.
What was the significance of Pearl Harbor, D-Day, Fall of Berlin, Battle of Midway.
Answer for 2 of these. Do all 4 for an extra 100.
Pearl Harbor: Japanese sneak attack on US naval base, draws US into the War.
D-Day: Allies land in France begin the liberation of Europe from the Nazis scum.
Fall of Berlin: Soviet Union takes the German Capital ending the war in Europe.
Battle of Midway: US beats Japanese Navy, turning point in the pacific, Japanese can't win from here on out.