Midterm Review

France and Great Britain opted to appease Hitler by challenging his aggressive actions

The idea of blending together various racial, ethnic, and cultural groups

____ was a driving force behind the US's motivation for Imperialism before WWI

What two cities were hit by atomic bombs?

Which was NOT a member of the Central Powers?

Which of the following was NOT a leader of the Axis?

What did the US want out of Japan to end the war in the pacific?

The League of Nations was a very popular idea among the American People

This Amendment gave women the right to vote

A forward thinking person who wanted the government to improve American life

Over 6 million women entered the job sector during World War II

Lebensraum is the term Hitler used that meant

Totalitarian leaders were known for spreading their power among a noble class

True or False: New immigrants arriving on the East Coast were registered at Angel Island

June 6, 1944

This was signed by the USSR and Nazi Germany before Germany's invasion of Poland

Prime Minister of Great Britain during World War II

Which one of these groups was struggling before the stock market crash?

What was the purpose of the Glass-Steagall Act?

Buying on Margin meant that people paid extra for stocks for the potential of more returns

_____ hurt foreign trade during the late 20s-early 30s

This person believed in the idea of Accommodation to achieve equal rights for Black Americans

What group of people wanted the United States to enter the War?

The sinking of this ship made many Americans start calling for entry into WWI

Both FDR and Hoover agreed government should be involved in the recovery as much as possible

Stock Market Speculation was essentially gambling on stocks

Before 1917, many Americans pushed to enter WWI

After the New Deal, African Americans started voting majority Democrat for the first time

The main goal of Progressivism was to help Immigrants and Minorities get better opportunities

Which was NOT a cause of the Great Depression?

The United States was completely neutral before entering the war in 1941

In the 1920s, the US was so wealthy that it loaned money to other countries

Hitler's "Final Solution"

What was the Manhattan Project?

The United States' strategy of moving from island to island in the Pacific was meant to

Practice of buying all the industries in a given field to reduce competition

These corrupt politicians gained power by attending to the needs of newly arrived immigrants

Photographer who became famous for his photos of city slums

What technology was relatively new at the time of Pearl Harbor that could have prevented it?

What did the Neutrality Acts prohibit?

What event caused the United States to enter WWII

What group of people wanted the United States to stay out of World War II?

Intense devotion to one's nation or ethnic groups

Which event refers to the movement of African Americans from the south to northern cities?

Hoover believed in a _____ approach to fixing the economy

War ______ were essentially loans from citizens to the government during World War II

______ were shanty towns that formed during the Great Depression

The Rape of Nanking was carried out by the Japanese against innocent _______

Hitler was caught by the Allies in Berlin and put on trial for War Crimes

What was FDR's depression recovery plan?

How did most American soldiers get involved in the Armed Forces?

Plessy v. Ferguson allowed what?

How did the US government conserve resources on the home front during the war?

Leader of the Soviet Union during World War II

This Amendment banned the sale, transportation, and making of alcohol

Which was a reason for the fast rise of Hitler's Nazi Party?

General that commanded the Allied invasion of Europe

The Bessemer Process made pure copper easier to obtain

Who was the President during World War I?

Worst man-made natural disaster in American History

Hoover expected ________ action from business owners to fix the Great Depression

FDR attempted to ________ after receiving judicial resistance on some of his new deal policies

This was a economic problem on the American Homefront during WWII

The preference for native born people over immigrants

What was the attitude of many Americans towards the economy during the 20s?

Teddy Roosevelt's idea of Diplomacy

The largest land-sea invasion in history

This person revealed the "dirt" or scandals about an organization

Which was considered a cause of World War I?

Which was NOT a cause of the stock market crash?

Reduced Tariff Rates By Almost Half

Established the NAACP and believed Blacks should fight for Political and Social rights

This Act essentially made speaking negatively about WWI or the Government illegal

A group of corporations run by a single board of directors - Similar to a monopoly

Which of these was NOT a party represented in the election of 1912?

The Lend-Lease bill allowed the President to

Passed by Theodore Roosevelt, this required federal officials to inspect meat packing plants

When Hoover relented to allowing the government to start relief efforts, he formed the

Emphasized the Ethnicity or Nationality over all

What was the direct result of many people selling their stocks very quickly?

The idea of Manifest Destiny eventually carried over from WestwardExpansion to Global Expansion

multi-family dwelling in the urban core, usually old and occupied by the poor

The name of the tactic used by Hitler to invade countries like Poland?

What caused Russia to leave WWI?

The Federal Reserve used a ______ Monetary Policy to try and fix the economy after the Crash

How did the War Production Board convince industrialists to help with the war effort?

The Federal Reserve was created to do what?

ended World War I

Practice of purchasing all aspects of production

President that dropped the Atomic Bombs