New Deal and World War II

Question 1

Battle of the Bulge

Answer 1

Germany’s last big attack in Europe. The Allies stopped it and moved into Germany. 🟥

Question 2

Battle of Midway

Answer 2

A sea battle in 1942 between the U.S. and Japan. The U.S. won and stopped Japan’s advance. 🟥 Turning point after U.S. joined the war.

Question 3

Bonneville Power Admin

Answer 3

A New Deal program that gave cheap power in the Northwest. 🟦 Created jobs and power under the New Deal.

Question 4

Winston Churchill

Answer 4

Leader of Britain during World War II. He worked with FDR to defeat Hitler. 🟥 Partner of U.S. during the war.

Question 5

Chiang Kai-shek

Answer 5

Leader of China who fought Japan and later lost to communists.

Question 6

Civilian Conservation Corps

Answer 6

A New Deal program that gave jobs in parks and forests. 🟦 Helped jobless young men during the Depression.

Question 7

court-packing plan

Answer 7

FDR’s failed idea to add judges who liked the New Deal. 🟦 FDR tried to protect New Deal laws.

Question 8

D-Day

Answer 8

June 6, 1944. U.S. and Allies invaded France. It helped defeat Germany. 🟥 Huge U.S. invasion after entering the war.

Question 9

“day of infamy” speech

Answer 9

FDR’s speech after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. 🟥 Speech that got U.S. into the war.

Question 10

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Answer 10

U.S. general who led D-Day and fought in Europe. 🟥 Led U.S. troops after war started.

Question 11

elections of 1932, 1940

Answer 11

1932: FDR beat Hoover during the Depression. 1940: FDR ran again as war began. 🟦🟥 1932 was about the Depression; 1940 was about preparing for war.

Question 12

Exec. Order 9066 (internment)

Answer 12

Sent Japanese Americans to camps. U.S. feared spies after Pearl Harbor. 🟥 Happened after U.S. entered the war.

Question 13

Federal Deposit Ins. Corp.

Answer 13

A New Deal law that protected people’s money in banks. 🟦 Helped fix bank failures from the Depression.

Question 14

fall of France

Answer 14

Germany took over France in 1940. Britain stood alone. 🟥 Made U.S. more worried about joining the war.

Question 15

Charles de Gaulle

Answer 15

Leader of Free France. He helped fight Germany from outside the country.

Question 16

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Answer 16

(repeat) Led U.S. forces in Europe and planned D-Day. 🟥 Key U.S. general in World War II.

Question 17

embargo

Answer 17

A stop on trade. U.S. used one on Japan before the war with oil. 🟥 Helped lead to Pearl Harbor and U.S. entry.

Question 18

Hanford site

Answer 18

Built atomic bomb parts in Washington State. 🟥 Part of U.S. war work after entering.

Question 19

Hirohito

Answer 19

Japan’s emperor during World War II. He stayed in power after surrender. 🟥 Leader of Japan during U.S. war with Japan.

Question 20

Hiroshima

Answer 20

The U.S. dropped the first atomic bomb here. Many died. 🟥 Bomb dropped at the end of the war.

Question 21

Herbert Hoover

Answer 21

President at the start of the Depression. People blamed him for doing too little. 🟦 Lost in 1932 because of the Great Depression.

Question 22

Adolf Hitler

Answer 22

Leader of Nazi Germany. He started the war and the Holocaust.

Question 23

hundred days

Answer 23

First part of FDR’s presidency. He passed many New Deal laws. 🟦 Start of the New Deal programs.

Question 24

Holocaust

Answer 24

Nazi plan to kill Jews and others. Six million died. 🟥 Happened during World War II.

Question 25

isolationism

Answer 25

U.S. idea to stay out of war. It was strong before Pearl Harbor.

Question 26

kamikaze

Answer 26

Japanese pilots who crashed planes into ships.

Question 27

Keynesian economics

Answer 27

Said the government should spend money to help during bad times. 🟦 Used in the New Deal to fight the Depression.

Question 28

Lend-Lease Act of 1941

Answer 28

U.S. gave weapons to Allies before joining the war. 🟥 Helped Britain and moved U.S. toward war.

Question 29

Huey P. Long

Answer 29

New Deal critic. He wanted the government to help the poor more. 🟦 Challenged FDR during the Depression.

Question 29

Mao Zedong

Answer 29

Communist leader who beat Chiang Kai-shek in China.

Question 30

Douglas MacArthur

Answer 30

U.S. general in the Pacific. He fought Japan and helped rebuild it. 🟥 Led U.S. troops in the Pacific war.

Question 30

Manhattan Project

Answer 30

Secret U.S. plan to build atomic bombs. 🟥 Started after U.S. entered the war.

Question 31

Nagasaki

Answer 31

Second atomic bomb. Japan surrendered after. 🟥 Helped end World War II.

Question 31

Neutrality Acts of 1935-37

Answer 31

U.S. laws to avoid war. They stopped arms sales. 🟥 Showed isolationism before U.S. joined the war.

Question 32

New Deal

Answer 32

FDR’s plan to fight the Depression. It gave jobs, money, and new laws. 🟦 Main U.S. plan to recover from the Depression.

Question 33

Panay incident

Answer 33

Japan sank a U.S. ship in China in 1937. U.S. stayed neutral. 🟥 Tension with Japan before the war.

Question 34

Pearl Harbor

Answer 34

Japan bombed this U.S. base on Dec. 7, 1941. 🟥 Event that caused U.S. to join the war.

Question 35

rape of Nanking

Answer 35

Japan took over a Chinese city and hurt many people. Comfort women.

Question 36

rationing

Answer 36

People got limited food and goods to help soldiers. 🟥 Used at home after U.S. joined the war.

Question 37

Eleanor Roosevelt

Answer 37

FDR’s wife. She spoke out for women and the poor. 🟦 Helped lead during the Depression and war.

Question 38

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Answer 38

President during the Depression and World War II. 🟦🟥 Led the New Deal and the U.S. into war.

Question 39

“Rosie the riveter”

Answer 39

A symbol of women working in war jobs. 🟥 Women helped the war at home.

Question 40

Social Security Act of 1935

Answer 40

Gave money to old and jobless people. 🟦 Key New Deal law to help people in need.

Question 41

Josef Stalin

Answer 41

Leader of the Soviet Union. He helped beat Hitler.

Question 41

Harry S. Truman

Answer 41

President after FDR died. He dropped the atomic bombs. 🟥 Led the U.S. at the end of the war.

Question 42

unconditional surrender

Answer 42

Giving up with no terms. Germany and Japan had to do this. 🟥 U.S. goal during the war.

Question 43

United Nations

Answer 43

Group made in 1945 to keep peace. 🟥 Formed after the war to stop future wars.

Question 44

Wendell Willkie

Answer 44

Ran against FDR in 1940. He still supported helping Britain. 🟥 Election showed U.S. moving closer to war. Business man

Question 45

Works Progress Administration

Answer 45

A New Deal program. It gave people jobs in roads, art, and schools. 🟦 Helped people work during the Depression.

Question 46

Yalta Conference

Answer 46

1945 meeting between Allied leaders. They planned how to end the war. 🟥 Final plan for ending World War II.

Question 47

Pearl Harbor
date and year

Answer 47

December, 7, 1941

Question 48

D-Day invasion of Normandy
date and year

Answer 48

June 6, 1944

Question 48

Franklin D. Roosevelt dies
month and year

Answer 48

April, 1945

Question 49

V-E Day
month and year

Answer 49

May, 1945

Question 50

Atomic bombings of Japan; V-J Day
month and year

Answer 50

August, 1945