WW1&2/GD/Roaring 20’s Flashcards | StudBud
  • 7
    The U.S. joined what international organization after WWII?
    • NATO
    • warsaw pact
    • axis power
    • united nations
  • 8
    What amendment started Prohibition?
    • 21th
    • 18th
    • 19th
    • 16th
  • 9
    Who was president at the start of the Great Depression?
    • FDR
    • Herbert hoover
    • calvin coolidge
    • harry truman
  • 10
    What did the U.S. drop on Japan to end WWII?
    • tanks
    • atom bombs
    • firebombs
    • paratrooper
  • 11
    Who became president after FDR died in 1945?
    • theodore roosevelt
    • Ronald reagan
    • harry truman
    • dwight eisenhower
  • 12
    Which group was created after WWI to prevent future wars?
    • axis of powers
    • NATO
    • united nations
    • league of nations
  • 13
    What cities were bombed with atomic bombs?
    • berlin munich
    • Hiroshima and Nagasaki
    • tokyo and osaka
    • seoul hanoi
  • 14
  • What program put young men to work on conservation projects?
  • 15
    Who were the leaders of the Axis Powers?
    • Hitler, Mussolini, Hirohito
    • Kaiser, Napoleon, Hirohito
    • Stalin, Churchill, Roosevelt
    • Roosevelt, Mussolini, Stalin
  • 16
    the treaty of versailles
    • Ended WWI and punished Germany
    • started the cold war
    • created NATO
    • ended ww2
  • 17
    What was the Manhattan Project?
    • a german strategy
    • The U.S. project to build atomic bombs
    • peace negotiations
    • WWII plan to invade Japan
  • 18
  • What Amendment repealed Prohibition?
  • 19
    What role did women play in WWII?
    • travled overseas
    • stayed home
    • Joined the military and worked in factories
    • went to college
  • 20
    What was the name of Wilson’s peace plan?
    • fourteen points
    • marshall plan
    • wilson pact
    • new deal
  • 21
  • What term describes the fear of communism after WWI?
  • 22
    Which gangster became infamous during Prohibition?
    • bonnie parker
    • billy the kid
    • al capone
    • jesse james
  • 23
  • Who were the Axis Powers?
  • 24
    What natural disaster worsened the Depression for farmers?
    • hurricane
    • dust bowl
    • earthquake
    • tornado outbreak
  • 25
    What was FDR’s plan to fix the Depression?
    • the square deal
    • the fair deal
    • the great leap forward
    • the new deal
  • 26
    What was the term for women who challenged traditional roles in the 1920s
    • housewives
    • rosie the riveters
    • flappers
    • suffragettes
  • 27
    What countries made up the Allies in WWI?
    • Mexico, Spain, Greece
    • U.S., Britain, France, Russia
    • Japan, China, Italy
    • Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire
  • 28
    what are hoovervilles
    • rich neighborhoods
    • Shantytowns for the homeless
    • the new suburbs
    • government shelters
  • 29
  • What was the major impact of the radio in the 1920s?
  • 30
  • What economic practice led to increased consumer debt in the 1920s?
  • 31
  • What agency insures your bank deposits today?
  • 32
  • What was the name of women factory workers during WWII?
  • 33
    What strategy did the U.S. use in the Pacific?
    • cold war
    • trench warfare
    • island hopping
    • blitzkrieg
  • 34
    what was the holocaust
    • a natural disaster
    • a military operation
    • The mass murder of Jews and others by Nazis
    • A rebellion
  • 35
    What was a major symbol of the Roaring Twenties in the U.S.?
    • space shuttle
    • hoover dam
    • the model T ford
    • TV
  • 36
  • Who was President of the U.S. for most of WWII?
  • 37
    What helped mass production grow during the 1920s?
    • gold mining
    • assembly line tech
    • cold war
    • Labor unions
  • 38
    What new weapon changed the nature of WWI battles?
    • laser
    • poison gas
    • catapults
    • longbows
  • 39
    What was the purpose of war bonds?
    • to stop inflation
    • to raise mone for the war
    • to punish germany
    • to buy tanks from japan
  • 40
    what year did U.S. enter ww1
    • 1917
    • 1915
    • 1918
    • 1914
  • 41
  • What trial punished Nazi leaders after WWII?
  • 42
    WWII began in what year?
    • 1945
    • 1939
  • 43
    What ship’s sinking helped bring the U.S. into WWI?
    • bismarck
    • arizona
    • lusitania
    • titanic
  • 44
    What was trench warfare?
    • war fought in open seas
    • War fought from long, narrow ditches
    • war fought in tunnels
    • war fought in jungles
  • 45
    what was D-day
    • end of war
    • the attack on pearl harbor
    • Allied invasion of Normandy
    • first day of war
  • 46
    Prohibition made it illegal to
    • buy or sell alcohol
    • vote
    • join a union
    • drive os sunday
  • 47
  • What event sparked World War I?
  • 48
    What year did the stock market crash?
    • 1933
    • 1929
    • 1920
    • 1945
  • 49
  • What form of entertainment became very popular during the Depression?
  • 50
    What event brought the U.S. into WWII?
    • invasion of poland
    • bombing of london
    • pearl harbor attack
    • holocaust