Culture/Sports
Name an American Jazz performer.
Possible Answers: Louis Armstrong, Sidney Bechet, Duke Ellington
What was Operation Overlord?
Varying responses.
Which country became the 1st invaded country of WW2?
Poland
Name 3 Soviet leaders.
Lenin, Trotsky, Stalin
Who was being tried in the Scopes-Monkey Trial?
John Scopes
Name an author of the Lost Generation.
Hemingway, Steinbeck, Fitzgerald, Porter, etc.
When was D-Day?
June 6, 1944
What was the German secret police called?
Gestapo
What was the Red Scare?
Worry of the spread of communism.
(mail bombs, strikes, raids, FBI)
Why did FDR add more Supreme Court members?
Sway opinions-- New Deal programs
Which movie won plenty of Academy Awards in the 30s?
Gone with the Wind
Name the 5 beaches.
Omaha, Utah, Juno, Gold, & Sword
Which country was given to Germany at the Munich Conference?
Czechoslovakia
Heer (army), Kriegsmarine (navy), Luftwaffe (air force)
What battle was the turning point of the Pacific?
Battle of Midway
Name the American sprinter who won gold at the Berlin Olympics.
Jesse Owens
Which leader invaded Ethiopia in 1935?
Mussolini
Who was Erwin Rommel?
German commander, Desert Fox, brilliant tactician.
What was Stalingrad?
German attempt to invade Russia
Who won the medal of honor for his work at Guadalcanal?
John Basilone
Actor from 20s and 30s in westerns.
John Wayne
Who led Easy Company (506th) on D-Day?
What was the final German offense called?
Battle of the Bulge
What was Endlosung der Judenfrage?
Final Solution to the Jewish people created by Reinhard Heydrich
What was the name of the raided POW camp near the end of WW2?
Cabanatuan