1. WW1/Great Depression/WW2 Study Guide
By Parker Neithercut

2. Question 1
What was the message from Germany to Mexico that was intercepted by the United States and was the reason for the United States to enter World War 1?

3. Answer 1
The Zimmerman Telegram

4. Question 2
Which Georgia camp had a German U-Boat imprisoned in it?

5. Answer 2
Fort McPherson

6. Question 3
What plane is this?

7. Answer 3
USMC Corsair

8. Question 4
What was the day that the Stock Market crashed called?

9. Answer 4
Black Tuesday

10. Question 5
This insect ate cotton in Georgia, which helped start the early depression in Georgia.

11. Answer 5
The Boll Weevil

12. Question 6
This president was the president when World War 2 ended?

13. Answer 6
Harry Truman

14. Question 7
This college student assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

15. Answer 7
Gavrilo Princip

16. Question 8
This is the house that FDR lived in Warm Springs.

17. Answer 8
The Little White House

18. Question 9
Who is known as “The Poppy Lady”?

19. Answer 9
Moina Belle Michael

20. Question 10
This Japanese word means “Divine Wind”.

21. Answer 10
Kamikaze

22. Question 11
In what naval battle was the only American ship to be sunk was the U.S.S. Yorktown?

23. Answer 11
Midway

24. Question 12
Who was the New Deal governor who was a white supremacist and didn’t like the New Deal?

25. Answer 12
Eugene Talmadge

26. Question 13
The TVA stands for what?

27. Answer 13
The Tennessee Valley Authority

28. Question 14
This was the most famous of the American WW2 tanks.

29. Answer 14
The Sherman Tank

30. Question 15
The New Deal was actually passed by this part of government.

31. Answer 15
Congress

32. Question 16
These were the Axis Powers’ countries.

33. Answer 16
Germany, Italy, Japan

34. Question 17
What was the main reason for the Great Depression?

35. Answer 17
Bad Banking

36. Question 18
What ship was sunk by a U-Boat, which killed 128 Americans.

37. Answer 18
The Lusitania

38. Question 19
The Japanese attacked this place, which is the reason that the United States joined WW2.

39. Answer 19
Pearl Harbor

40. Question 20
This man was the leader of Italy during World War 2.

41. Answer 20
Benito Mussolini

42. Question 21
This plane was known as the “Mustang”.

43. Answer 21
P-51

44. Question 22
What were the makeshift towns called for homeless people during the Great Depression.

45. Answer 22
Hoovervilles

46. Question 23
Social security money comes from what?

47. Answer 23
Payroll Taxes

48. Question 24
This man resigned after Gallipoli failed in World War 1.

49. Answer 24
Winston Churchhill

50. Question 25
Why did Russia pull out of World War 1?

51. Answer 25
The Russian Revolution