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PNWHistory Ch7
The Great Depression and WWII
Question | Answer |
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What contributed to the start of the Great Depression? | The stock market crashed. |
Which of the following was NOT a result of The Great Depression? | People lost their minds. |
Why did people begin migrating to the Northwest? | The Dust Bowl Forced people to move, the drought forced people to move, and people moved in search of work. |
What was The New Deal? | A plan that created jobs to put people back to work. |
How did the Grand Coulee Dam help people during The Great Depression? | It provided jobs for 12,000 people. |
What caused the United States to enter WWII? | The attack on Pearl Harbor. |
Why were Japanese Americans relocated during the war? | People thought they might give aid to Japan. |
What finally ended WWII? | The United States bombed Japan. |
One of the most severe droughts in the nation's history came to the Great Plains States in 1928. What did the drought become known as? | Dust Bowl. |
What was the largest selling day in the history of the New York Stock Exchange, marking the beginning of The Great Depression called? | Black Tuesday. |
This poster became the symbol of American women workers during WWII. What was her name? | Rosie the Riveter. |
Plutonium for the secret Manhattan Project was produced at the Hanford Atomic Energy Plant in what Washington city? | Richland. |
The name given to shantytowns created by homeless people during the Great Depression; named after the President at the time. | Hooverville. |
One of the major dames in Washington during the Great Depression was the Bonneville Dam. The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) hired what famous folk singer to promote a wider use of electricity? "Roll on Columbis" became a popular song for him. | Woody Guthrie |
The "Allied Powers" consisted of what four countries? | Great Britain, France, Soviet Union, United States. |