WW1, GREAT DEPRESSION, WW2 STUDY POWERPOINT By Rohan Patwardhan
Who ordered the attack on Pearl Harbor? Emperor Hirohito, Emperor of Japan
What is Black Tuesday, and what was the date? The day the stock market crashed: October 29, 1929
Who was the dictator of the USSR? Josef Stalin
Why did the Soviet Union drop out of WW1? Communist Revolution
What were women with new styles called during the 1920s called? Flappers
What did the CCC stand for and what did it do? Put young men to work by building forest trails, control flooding, and building parks.
What were Japanese suicide pilots called? Kamikaze pilots
What did the Social Security Act do? It provided government pensions to older citiznes.
What were victory gardens? They were small family gardens to make sure soldiers would have enough food
What company made B-29 bombers? Bell Aircraft Company in Marietta.
What were Liberty Ships? They were large supply ships that carried much needed material from the ports of Savannah and Brunswick to Europe.
What was the largest infantry training base in the world? Fort Benning
What was the law that helped returning soldiers adapt to civilian life? G.I. Bill
What is a ration? A fixed amount of food
When was the armistice for WW1 signed? November 11, 1918 at 11 A.M. Paris Time
Where were the 2 atomic bombs dropped? Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan
What did the G.I. in the G.I. Bill stand for? Government Issue
When was the bomb on Hiroshima deployed? 8/6/1945
What was the mass murder of Jews known as? Holocaust
What is a blitzkrieg? Lightning Speed
Where did FDR visit to get his inspiration for the Rural Electrification Act? Warm Springs, GA
What two things caused the depression in GA? Boll weevil and the drought
What is isolationism? Name 1 example during WW1 and WW2? Policy of not getting involved with other countries’ affairs/decisions. Ex. The U.S.A.
Who was the first African American pilot in history who fought with France? Eugene Jacques Bullard
Who traveled from NY to Paris for 36 hours nonstop? Charles Lindberg