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Great Depression/WW2
for US History
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who was the Prime Minister of England during WWII? | Winston Churchill |
| What 3 countries were the main Allied Powers during WWII? | USA, United Kingdom, Soviet Union |
| Which Allied Power country started WWII in alliance with Nazi Germany? | the Soviet Union |
| What two factions faced off in the Spanish Civil War? | Communists and Fascists |
| What was the date of Black Tuesday, considered the start of the Great Depression? | 1929 |
| Name three major public works projects during the Great Depression: | The Hoover Dam, Mount Rushmore, the Tennessee Valley Authority |
| Which president is often blamed (mostly unfairly) for the Great Depression? | Herbert Hoover |
| Where did Japan invade first in their expansion leading to WWII? | China |
| Which trial in the 1920s debated the teaching of Evolution in public schools? | Scopes v Tennessee |
| Which president infamously held drinking parties in the White House during Prohibition? | Warren G Harding |
| Which president oversaw a time of economic prosperity referred to as the "Roaring 20's" after taking over the corrupt administration of his predecessor? | Calvin Coolidge |
| Which president started the Social Security Administration, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and the Public Works Administration during the Great Depression? | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during WWII? | Joseph Stalin |
| Who was the leader of Germany during WWII? | Adolf Hitler |
| Who was the dictator of Italy during WWII? | Benito Mussolini |
| Who was the leader of Japan during WWII? | Emperor Hirohito |
| What event in U.S. History finally ended the Great Depression? | WWII |
| What was the date of Pearl Harbor, December 7, ...? | 1941 |
| When did Hitler invade Poland, considered the start of WWII? | 1939 |
| What battle marked the turning point in the Eastern European front, after which Germany slowly lost territory for the remainder of the war? | Stalingrad |
| What Pacific battle, the turning point in the war against Japan, ended in the sinking of 4 Japanese air craft carriers? | Midway |
| How many Jews were killed by the Nazis during the Holocaust? | 6 million |
| What was the name of the environmental disaster caused by drought and over-farming of the Great Plains? | The Dustbowl |
| What disease kept FDR bound to a wheel chair during most of his presidency? | Polio |
| What was the name of FDR's economic plan to fix the ills of the Great Depression? | The New Deal |
| Name 3 New Deal programs that are still with us today: | Social Security, FDIC insured bank deposits, Securities and Exchange Commission (regulating stock trading) |
| Name 3 potential causes of the Great Depression: | High consumer debt, overproduction, protectionist tariffs, international economic failures from WWI, investing on margin |
| What was the name of the scandal during the Harding administration where a cabinet member was selling Navy oil reserves to private businesses for profit? | The Teapot Dome Scandal |
| On what two cities were the two atomic bombs dropped that ended WWII? | Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
| What was the name of the secret project to develop the atomic bomb led by J. Robert Oppenheimer? | The Manhattan Project |
| Where was the first atomic bomb detonated? | Los Alamos, New Mexico |
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