11/20 Test Quiz - 20th USH

Japan thought by attacking Pearl Harbor, they would avoid further conflict with the United States

The Allies did not invade Japan in a traditional way due to estimated deaths on both sides and to occupy

What was the moniker for the women who challenged old norms during the 1920's?

The Dust Bowl began due to over-farming of land and led to no deaths or extensive damage.

Which of the following is ONE of the reasons why labor movements lost their appeal in the 1920's?

The 31st Amendment repealed the 18th Amendment in 1933, doing away with national prohibition

Women did not make a significant contribution to the war effort and refused to work in factories during WWII

The main threat in most American's minds was...

What decade did the United States pay reparations to formerly interred Japanese-Americans?

Louis Armstrong was not the most popular jazz musician of the 20's?

Franklin Roosevelt did not live to see the conclusion of World War II, dying of a stroke.

The Great Depression lasted from...

The President who ran on a campaign of normalcy in the 1920's was....

Between 1920-30, over 1 million African Americans moved from southern states into northern cities

The three-square miles of Manhattan popular with many migrating African Americans is named...

Al Capone avoided jail by paying off officials and police

"Remaning apart from other nations' affairs" is one definition of...

Movies in the 1920's were _____, the only sounds for the film were produced in the theatre/

The ______ Scare was the widespread fear of Communist revolution in the USA

The ________ System established a limit on immigrants to be accepted into America on a country-by-country basis

How many Americans enlisted after the attack on Pearl Harbor? (in millions)

The two plan agreements at Casablanca were to liberate Italy and France, and commit to unconditional surrender

_________ ran out of money throughout the Great Depression, causing their closures and people to become destitute

October 28, 1928, was the date where the Great Depression began.

Prohibition largely failed because of corrupt enforcement, non-enforcement, and a fear of organized crime.

Who was nicknamed the "Sultan of Swat" or "The Great Bambino?"

The ____th Amendment prohibited the making, sale, and transportation of alcohol nationwide

One cause of the Great Depression was American overreliance on credit purchasing

Who was the President during the start of the Great Depression?

The Scopes/Monkey Trial was over the issue of teaching evolutionary theory in public schools.

Which is the definition of bootlegging?

Which country listed below was NOT impacted by the Great Depression?

Snoop Dogg was the most famous gangster of the 1920's

The KKK targeted white, Protestant Christians in the 1920's in addition to African Americans

The secretive project tasked with atomic bomb research and development was called...

Select ONE of the two cities Americans used nuclear bombs on in Japan

Which city was the host of the first radio station?

Which of the following was the most popular music in the 1920's?

Operation Torch was the invasion of Axis controlled...

The nickname for Harding's friends in government was the Pennsylvania Gang.

Train hopping was when people would travel on trains from place to place to seek and switch employment

Around _____ million Americans were unemployed in 1931.

Which of the following is ONE reason why the Boston Police went of strike in 1919?

What was the name of the trials that took place to hold former Nazi officials accountable for their war crimes?

The Yalta Conference was a meeting between the USA, USSR, and the UK to plan for postwar Europe.

Which President won election in 1932?

The British and Americans first wanted to defeat this major Axis nation before defeating the other...

The Bolsheviks took power at the end of the Russian Revolution and promised to export their brand of communism worldwide

The agricultural industry lost around $6 billion in one year from 1919-20.

What was another name for shantytowns that many people lived in during the Great Depression?