US History WWI to WWII

1920's President associated with the quote, "the chief business of the American people is business"

Part of the American plan for defeat of Japan called for an advance through the Solomon Islands, capture New Guinea

During the Depression, charities set up _____ to give poor people meals.

The purpose of the Nuremburg Trials was to

1920's President associated with the stock market crash of 1929 and the beginning of the Great Depression

In November 1917, Vladimir Lenin's Bolshevik Party seized power in Russia and established a

Invading Iwo Jima proved difficult for American troops because of the island's rugged terrain and

American bombs fell on Japan for the first time when American aircraft carriers' short-range bombers were replaced with

President associated with the New Deal

Realizing a draft was necessary, Congress created a new system of conscription in WWI called

At the time of the stock market crash in 1929, the government did not insure bank deposits, so

Fought in June 1942, the Battle of _____ was a turning point in the war that stopped the Japanese advance in the Pacific

The Great Migration during World War I was the flow of

President Hoover's image was tarnished by the rout of the Bonus Marchers as well as by the

German government's secret police under the Nazis

In order to stockpile supplies and build up troops for an invasion of Japan, American planners chose to first invade

What event in 1938 marked a significant escalation of the Nazi policies of persecution against Jews?

Blaming the president for their plight, newly homeless Depression people established shantytowns called

As a result of _______, the US government took a greater role in American lives and developed a limited welfare state

The flowering of African American arts in the 1920s became known as

President Wilson called for the creation of a "general association of nations" known as the

symbol of the campaign to hire women during World War II

10,000 Americans on the Pacific Coast forced into camps during WWII→ authorized by Executive Order 9066

General Curtis LeMay attempted to destroy Japan's war production by

Extermination camp where 1,600,000 people died

Mussolini exploited the public's fears by portraying fascism as a bulwark against

Criticism of WWI in the U.S. was effectively silenced by

President Hoover did not want the government to create as many new jobs because that would require

The event that touched off the first declaration of war in World War I

Campaign that argued African Americans should join the war to achieve victory over Hitler's racism and racism at home

In July of 1940, Congress gave President Roosevelt the power to put economic pressure on Japan by

The Germans' goal in the Battle of the Bulge was to cut off Allied supplies coming through the port of

What is the name of the belief hat one's land needs to be protected against immigrants?

Team of engineers and scientists to build an atomic bomb, a program code named______.

Took citizenship away from Jewish Germans and banned marriage between Jews and other Germans

The ____ Act allowed the United States to send weapons to Britain if Britain promised to return them or pay

At first Britain and France gave in to Hitler's demands, a policy known as

Nazi-Soviet non-aggression pact contained a secret deal between Germany and the Soviet Union to divide which country?

The Nazis' "final solution" referred to their plans to

The automobile industry was uniquely suited to the mass production of

President Franklin Roosevelt sent destroyers to Britain in exchange for

1920's President associated with a return to "normalcy" after WWI

As creditors foreclosed on nearly 1 million farm from 1930-34, some farmers destroyed crops to

The stock market took its steepest dive on October 29, 1929, the day known as

Buying on margin was a method of buying stocks