Chapter 14 - Alabama: 1920-1953

Question 1

What was the time of economic hardship in the 1930s called?

Answer 1

The Great Depression

Question 2

Where were the first atomic bombs dropped during WWII?

Answer 2

Nagasaki & Hiroshima

Question 3

Who were the Tuskegee Airmen?

Answer 3

Black men who trained to be military pilots during WWII at Tuskegee, AL. They flew combat missions over Europe during the war.

Question 4

This chapter talks about the programs started by Pres. Roosevelt called the New Deal. it states that this helped lift the country out of depression. this is a common belief, but is wrong. Why do you think it is wrong?

Answer 4

Anytime the government spends money taken from the people instead of letting people keep their money & spend it themselves, it is bad. The government wastes a lot of that money, but people wouldn’t do that. It has been proven that the country would have come out of the depression a lot sooner if the government had simply done nothing & left people alone.