Period 7: PART 2 - WWII 1890-1945

Question 1

Wilsons a statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I. Points

Answer 1

Wilsons Fourteen Points

Question 2

did the US ever join the league of nations?

Answer 2

no

Question 3

eventually, the league of nations dissolved, and turned into the ________ in which the US DID join in 1945

Answer 3

United Nations

Question 4

what was the term for fear of communism

Answer 4

Red Scare

after ww1

Question 5

high unemployment and labor strikes induced fear of _____ on united states people

Answer 5

communism

red scare

Question 6

what new item changed the nation during this time?

Answer 6

the radio

Question 7

Consumer Culture in the Roaring 20s made what more affordable?

Answer 7

clothes and food

Question 8

19th amendment

Answer 8

gave women right to vote

Question 9

flappers

1920s

Answer 9

young women known for their energetic freedom, embracing a lifestyle viewed by many at the time as outrageous, immoral or downright dangerous.

Question 10

speakeasies

Answer 10

place where alcoholic beverages are illegally sold

Question 11

the great migration was what

Answer 11

blacks moving from Jim Crow South, to the north for jobs during WW1

Question 12

what was the famous black jazz artist during the roaring 20s

Answer 12

Louis Armstrong

Question 13

18th amendment

Answer 13

prohibited alcohol completely

Question 14

when was the stock market crash

Answer 14

1929

stock market crash of 29’

Question 15

why did the stock market officialy crash?

what 2 things?

Answer 15

people buying on margin and run on deposits (withdrawing funds like crazy)

Question 16

during the great depression, what type of government did the government take on?

Answer 16

Laissez-faire

Question 17

series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt

Answer 17

NEW DEAL - FDR

Question 18

FDIC

Answer 18

created to insure banks

Question 19

AAA

Answer 19

Agricultural Adjustment Act: subsidized farming

Question 20

What pulled the US out of the Great Depression?

Answer 20

WW2

Question 21

Neutrality Acts 1935:

Answer 21

prohibited shipents of arms to either side in a war

Question 22

British and Soviets could borrow money to buy weapons from the US

Answer 22

Lend Lease Act 1941

Question 23

surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii,

Answer 23

Pearl Harbor

Question 24

Home Front:

Answer 24

signing up for draft, rationing, women in workforce and military

Question 25

the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union to discuss the postwar reorganization of Germany and Europe. Yalta Conference

Answer 25

Yalta Conference

Question 26

Truman decided to drop _____ on ____ and _____

Answer 26

atomic bombs, hiroshima and nagasaki

Question 27

What was the secret name of dropping the atomic bomb on hiroshima and nagasaki?

Answer 27

Manhattan Project