US History 2nd semester review part 1

Why did the US enter WWII?

Why was Huey Long considered a "demagogue"?

What happened with African Americans during the Great Depression?

What does the term Lebensraum mean?

The government paid for the war in all the following ways except

What was the purpose of the Office of War Mobilization?

What ended Prohibition?

In 1988, the US government awarded Japanese internment survivors what?

Where were the Germans halted in their advance into the Soviet Union, ending their conquest

The "Axis" powers were named after the relationship between what two capitals?

What were women expected to do after the war?

What was the purpose of the Allies island hopping strategy?

Which country had gained control of most of Europe by 1940?

Which New Deal program is no longer around today?

What did FDR promise the American people during the campaign of 1932?

What was a sign of a weakening economy during the 1920's?

What was the purpose of FDR's "bank holiday"?

What did the Allies do after Germany surrendered?

What was the main strategy of the Nazi army when they invaded a country?

What was an environmental crisis of the 1930's?

What was the "soft underbelly" of the Axis powers?

What group suffered economically during the 1920's?

What types of jobs did women do during the war?

What did most Americans feel during the 1920's?

Who were "code-talkers" during WWII?

Why did the US being to emerge from the Great Depression?

Why was the election of 1932 significant in American history?

Who declared war on the US after we declared war on Japan?

Why did Americans not spend much money during the war?

What group of people were evacuated from the West Coast of the United States and put in camps?

How did labor unions do during the New Deal?

What did Hoover believe was the best strategy for ending the Depression?

Why did the right (republicans) criticize the New Deal?

Who invaded Manchuria in 1932?

What was the name given for the Allied invasion of mainland Europe to defeat the Axis powers?

What happened when stock prices began to drop in October 1929?

What event contributed to the rise of dictators in Europe and the Soviet Union?

What was the goal of the Manhattan Project?

Who did Hitler invade after he made the non-aggression pact with Stalin?

During the war years on the home front...

What finally brought an end to WWII?

What did the Axis powers have in common during the 1930's?