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History
Unit 12 FINAL
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was the celebration of Black literature, music, theater, and visual arts centered in New York City’s Harlem District called? | Harlem Renaissance |
| a movement in which artists, writers, musicians, historians, and preservationists wanted to preserve the history and architecture of Charleston | Charleston Renaissance |
| Who was a leading writer of the Harlem Renaissance? | Langstan Hughes |
| When was the Jazz age? | 1920's and 1930's |
| Who was a SC jazz artist? | Dizzy Gillepsie |
| boll weevil | a small bug that eats cotton fibers– it is a major pest in the American south and caused many crop failures in the 1920s |
| a struggle of SC farmers following the high-demand from WWI was termed what? | overproduction |
| struggle of SC farmers in the 1920s making them lose many crops | drought |
| a watercolor artist who led the way to preserving and restoring historic Charleston | Alice Ravenel Huger Smith |
| Who was the president at the start of the depression and did not believe it was the role of the government to help? | Herbert Hoover |
| Elected President during the depression and create "new deal" | Franklin D Roosevelt |
| What war did FDR led? | WWII |
| What is the New Deal and who created it? | created by FDR this was a new deal of cards for the American People and created many jobs and programs during the 1930s |
| US president at the end of WWII | Harry S Truman |
| What are War Bonds? | a loan to the government that private individuals would be repaid with interest |
| What are Victory Gardens | Americans supported troops and overcame ration shortages by growing fruits and vegetables on small plots |
| an executive order from FDR began the process of desegregation in the Armed Forces | Fair Employment Practices Committee, FEPC |
| What secret project led to the development of the Atomic Bomb | Manhattan project |
| What is the Doolittle Raid | group of 80 men (led by James Doolittle)launched a surprise attack on Japan on April 18, 1942– this was a retaliation for the attack on Pearl Harbor and boosted American morale |