Alabama High School Graduation ExamStandard VII: Great Depression &World War II
Great Depression During the Great Depression, this
made farmers unable to repay their debts for land and machinery.
Falling Farm Prices
Great Depression This allowed investors to purchase a stock for
only a fraction of its price (10-15%) and borrow the rest.
Margin Buying or Buying on the Margin
Great Depression This was the severe economic decline that lasted
from 1929 until the United States’ entry into WWII in 1941.
Great Depression
Great Depression These were houses
made out of cardboard paper or scrap metal.
Shanties or Hoovervilles
Great Depression This was a region of the Great Plains where
drought and dust storms took place for much of the 1930s.
Dust Bowl
Great Depression Several of the problems faced by
people during the Great Depression were . . . Foreclosures, Hunger
Evictions, Loss of Jobs
Great Depression This New Deal program insured
bank deposits up to $5000.
FDIC Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation
Great Depression This public works project was created in 1933
to help farmers, create jobs and hydroelectric power.
TVA Tennessee
Valley Authority
ReservoirsFossil PlantsNuclear Plants
Great Depression This program put over 2.5 million unmarried
men to work in state and national parks.
CCC Civilian
Conservation Corps
Great Depression This program gave jobs building or improving
roads, parks, airports, and other facilities to the unemployed.
PWA Public
Works Administration
Great Depression The program provided ole-age pensions,
disability and unemployment payments.
SSA Social Security Administration
Great Depression FDR created this in response to critics who
said he was not doing enough for ordinary Americans.
WPA Work Progress Administration
Great Depression FDR attempted to
reassure Americans by giving speeches on the radio know as . . .
Fireside Chats
Great Depression During the Great Depression, _________ was
an to attempt to make people feel better about their conditions.
Escapism (Movies & Radio) Gone With the Wind Wizard of Oz Superman
World War II Name the Axis Powers.
German Empire Kingdom of Italy Imperial Japan
World War II Name the Allied Powers.
United Kingdom France
Soviet UnionUnited States of America
World War II This term refers to giving in to someone’s
demands in order to keep peace.
Appeasement
I believe it is peace for our time. Neville Chamberlain
World War II This is the conference in which Britain & France
agreed (appeased) Hitler by giving him the Sudetenland.
Munich Conference
World War II On September 1, 1939, Hitler invaded this
country. This is the event considered to be the beginning of World War II.
Poland
World War II This is a German tactic in which tanks, soldiers, and
moving trucks rapidly attack and are there before the enemy has time to react.
Blitzkrieg
World War II This country began to expand in the Pacific,
controlling most of China by 1940.
Japan
World War II On December 7, 1941,
the Japanese attacked here, which brought the U.S. into WWII.
Pearl Harbor
World War II Women helped in the
war effort by participating in . . .
World War II The first place the
United States took an openly active role in combat during WWII was in . . .
North Africa
World War II This battle in the Soviet Union was the
turning point of the war in Europe.
Stalingrad
740,000 killed or wounded,110,000 captured - AXIS
750,000 killed, wounded or captured40,000+ civilian dead - Russian
World War II Who was the leader of the U.S. during the
war?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
World War II Who was the leader of the USSR during the
war?
Joseph Stalin
World War II Who was the leader of Germany during the
war?
Adolf Hitler
World War II Who was the leader of Great Britain during
the war?
Winston Churchill
World War II Who was the leader of Italy during the war?
Benito Mussolini
World War II After this battle, Japan was unable to launch
any more offensive operations in the Pacific. It is considered the turning point in the war against Japan.
Midway Island
World War II This is a Japanese
suicide plane.
Kamikaze
World War II This was the top secret project to create the
atomic bomb.
Manhattan Project
World War II This was the U.S. military leader in Europe.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
World War II This was the U.S. military leader in the
Pacific.
Douglas MacArthur
World War II These were places where prisoners of war and
political prisoners are confined, usually under harsh conditions.
ConcentrationCamps
World War II What was the mass
killing of millions of Jews and other groups by Germany’s Nazis known as?
Holocaust
The Final Solution Genocide
World War II What happened to thousands of Japanese-
Americans during WWII in the United States?
Placed in interment camps
World War II During WWII,
Americans were asked to conserve food and fuel in a policy known as
World War II The U.S. government collected millions of
dollars to fight WWII by selling . . .
War Bonds
World War II Where did the U.S. drop the atomic bomb?
Hiroshima & Nagasaki
Little BoyHiroshima
Fat ManNagasaki
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