Alabama High School Graduation Exam Standard 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 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 Reservoirs Fossil Plants Nuclear 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 EmpireKingdom of ItalyImperial Japan

World War II  Name the Allied Powers. United Kingdom France Soviet Union United 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 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 captured 40,000+ 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. Concentration Camps

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 Boy Hiroshima Fat Man Nagasaki