WW2 Part 2 & Great Depression

Question 1

The Battle of the Bulge was

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largest battle fought in Western Europe

Question 2

Paying out more money from the annual federal budget than the government receives in revenues

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deficit spending

Question 3

All of the following were important reasons of the Great Depression EXCEPT

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tariffs on foreign imports were lower

Question 4

Agreement signed by FDR and Churchill outlined the US and Britain's war goals

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Atlantic Charter

Question 5

This term is known for the collapse of the stock market

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Great Crash

Question 6

What was one goal of the Marshall Plan?

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to create stable democracies that could resist communism

Question 7

What battle did the US win order to attack the Japanese home islands?

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Okinawa

Question 8

This constitutional amendment repealed Prohibition

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21st

Question 9

In deciding to use the atomic bomb, Truman's goal was to

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end the war quickly

Question 10

Japan attacked Pearl Harbor because

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US disagreed with Japan's aggressive tactics

Question 11

Called for the complete and unconditional surrender of Japan

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Potsdam Declaration

Question 12

D-Day, June 6, 1944 marked

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the start of the largest landing by sea

Question 13

She was FDR's most important colleague

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Eleanor Roosevelt

Question 14

V-E Day, May 8, 1945 marked

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the end of the war in Europe

Question 15

What did Executive Order 9066 direct?

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the evacuation of Jap-Americans from the West coast

Question 16

The day on which the stock market began to crash

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Black Tuesday

Question 17

A span in which the economy grows then contracts

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business cycle

Question 18

A place where political prisoners are confined under harsh conditions

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concentration camps

Question 19

Allowed investors to purchase a stock for only a fraction of its price and borrow the rest

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buying on margin

Question 20

Citizens born in U.S. to Japanese immigrant parents

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Nisei

Question 21

When the Dow Jones dropped 21 points in an hour and caused investors to rapidly sell shares

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Black Thursday

Question 22

The practice of making high-risk investments in hopes of getting a huge return

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speculation

Question 23

Who was in charge of the Manhattan Project

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Robert Oppenheimer

Question 24

To combat wartime inflation, the US Gov did all of the following EXCEPT

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increase production of consumer goods

Question 25

The first African American flying unit in US military

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Tuskegee Airmen

WW2 Part 2 & Great Depression

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