Unit 10: Turbulent Decades

What concept started in the 1920's continues its use today?

This group entered the nation's workforce in large numbers to support the war effort?

On June 6, 1944 Allied forces crossed the English Channel & invaded Normandy France

The Immigration Act and quotas reflects the American's opinion that

Name given to the time period where there was social & cultural change, & a booming economy?

Dec. 16, 1944 a surprise attack by Germany across a 50 mile front in Belgium becomes known as

The time period after the 18th Amendment making alcohol illegal in our country was called?

The Neutrality Acts of the 1930's kept which nation out of the growing conflict in Europe?

The Stock Market Crash referred to as Black Tuesday occurred on

What document ending World War I caused the resentment and events that led to World War II?

Type of governments created by the fascists and Nazism?

Political system headed by a dictator that calls for extreme nationalism & racism.

First 4 term president, creator of the New Deal, and leader of America during WW II.

New Deal Programs that protected Americans from Stock Fraud and Bank Failure

Propaganda phrase illustrating expanding role of women.

Heavy German submarine activity off Cape Hatteras led to the waters nickname called?

What court case limited civil liberties during wartime?

Kamikaze's were Japanese pilots who targeted

In August of 1945 the atomic bombs were used on which two cities?

Pilot who flew the 1st solo transatlantic flight in the Spirit of St. Louis?

What New Deal program provided an "Old Age" or retirement benefit?

World War II started with Germany's invasion of what nation?

The ability to pay only a fraction of the stock price and borrowing the rest is called

A civil rights violation that occurred during World War II?

The cause of World War II is a result of what agreement?

Marketing and selling illegal alcohol is known as

Key challenge the US dealt with while fighting World War II?

The US provided military aid to the Allies w/o sending troops & became an arsenal for democracy

The turning point of the Pacific Front for the United States was

V-J Day, August 14, 1945 celebrated the Allied victory over

Drought, overgrazing, over plowing, and high winds caused what event in the 1930's?

What did the Nuremburg Trials do?

A special session of Congress that dealt with problems of the Depression was called?

American commander in the Pacific who promised the Filipinos to return to liberate them?

Ideas or information designed and spread to influence opinion is called

What event brought the US into World War II?

The American people ensured that the military had all essential materials during WW II was

To give out scarce items on a limited basis is called?

An order prohibiting trade with another country is called?

The systematic slaughter of the Jews and other undesirables by Nazi Germany was called?

Biggest factor leading to the Great Depression was

What was Germany's "lightening" war tactics called?

The fear that Communism and Communist ideas may spread in the US was called

The League of Nations and the United Nations were similar because there primary purpose was to

American bomber raid of Tokyo which had little military importance but lifted American spirits.

The code name to build the atomic bomb by American scientists was

Flappers represented

May 8, 1945 celebrated

The Harlem Renaissance celebrated a rebirth of

Totalitarian leader of Germany who believed in the Third Reich and the Aryan Race.

What was a major complaint of the New Deal program?

Agreement made in 1939 by Hitler with Stalin to protect Germany's eastern front was called?

American foreign policy during the 1920s was

Brutal Japanese forced march by American POW's on the island of the Philippines was called?

Americans who fled the Dust Storms during the Depression fled to the west coast and became

Who marched on Washington demanding their World War I bonus that was promised?

What event took place on December 7, 1941?

US policy of isolationism and the Neutrality Acts were passed to

Thousands of Americans had lost their jobs during the Depression & led to neighborhoods called

The giving into demands in return for a promise of not continuing that action is called

Illegal bars and clubs in the 1920s were called?

a place where shares of companies are bought and sold through an organized system is called?

What was a major outcome of the Yalta Conference?

What was the economic result of the US entering World War II?

WEB Dubois created what group that fights against race based discrimination in this country

Nativism, the Red Scare, and Sacco & Vanzetti Trial were signs of

The celebration of the rebirth of African American culture in the 1920's was called?

What was the cause of the large scale migration of African Americans from the rural South

The ability to buy goods based on future payment is called

Emperor Hirohito and General Tojo led which country to power during World War II

Fascist leader of Italy during beginning of World War II?

The Great Depression impacted people in ways listed below except

FDR believed the at the federal government should

Why were Japanese-Americans forced into internment camps by President Roosevelt?

A group of government programs to try and end the Great Depression by FDR was called the

What Amendment showed that unpopular laws are difficult to enforce

Who was the commander of American forces in Europe?

Strategy used by the US during WW II to establish bases closer to get Japan?

Which New Deal Programs safeguarded your savings & developed rules to limit speculation.

An effect of the New Deal that still exists today is

Breadlines, Hoovervilles, Bonus Army were all results of

The two cities destroyed by atomic bombs

What Supreme Court case upheld the Japanese Internment order as a matter of national security?

Amendment that ends the Prohibition era in the US and repeals the 18th Amendment.

Hostility toward or discrimination against Jews is called?

Leader of the Soviet Union during World War II and important member of the Allies?

The Atomic Bomb was used to

The Brain Trust was which President's trusted advisers guiding our nation to recovery?