Alabama High School Graduation ExamStandard 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 1941.

Great Depression

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

ReservoirsFossil PlantsNuclear 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 Empire Kingdom of Italy Imperial Japan

World War II Name the Allied Powers.

United Kingdom France

Soviet UnionUnited 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 1940.

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 captured40,000+ 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.

ConcentrationCamps

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 BoyHiroshima

Fat ManNagasaki