History Test: Chapter 19 & 20
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 What encouraged many people to go into debt? | Easy Credit |
| What were some of the factors that led to the Great Depression? | They kept interest rates low |
| What happened on Black Tuesday? | Investors lost $30 billion in 3 weeks |
| What were the 3 reasons for the severity of the Great Depression? | 1)The desire of a few to get rich quick 2)The widespread practice of buying goods on credit 3)government interference in the free market economy |
| Who was the Great Humanitarian? | Herbert Hoover |
| How did Herbert Ho over think those in need should be helped? | By providing churches, charities, and families |
| What caused the Dust Bowl? | A severe drought |
| How did the American Red Cross respond when Congress proposed a bill to provide for government assistance in the Dust Bowl relief effort? | They said that they did not need government funds |
| How did socialist writers, photographers, and artists portray the victims of the Dust Bowls? | They portray the misleading pictures |
| Why did socialist writers, photographers, and artists portray the victims of the Dust Bowls like that? | They wanted to create an imaginary crisis in order to move the country toward socialism |
| What the life like in the average American community during the Depression? | There were family activities and neighborhood get-together's |
| Why did other nations consider America to be a Christian nation? | Because God was honored in public life and public places |
| Who promised a "New Deal" to Americans? | Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| What political parties came to power in Italy and Germany? | Fascist and Nazi Parties |
| Who was Jesse Owens? | a young Black American |
| What was the Holocaust? | When Hitler murdered 6 million Jews |
| Who made the Nazi-Soviet Pact with Hitler? | Joseph Stalin |
| What country did Stalin and Hitler agree to invade? | Poland |
| When did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor? | December 7, 1941 |
| Who led the attack on Pearl Harbor? | Mitsuo Fuchida |
| Who perfected the mass production of supply ships? | Henry Kaiser |
| What were his ships called? | Liberty Ships |
| How did women contribute to the war effort? | Women received full military status |
| What was Roosevelt's first priority in the war? | The war in Europe |
| Whom did Roosevelt appoint as supreme Allied commander? | General Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| What American general led in the invasion of Italy? | General George S. Patton Jr. |
| When was Mussolini overthrown? | 1943 |
| What American general led in the defense of the Phillipines? | General Douglas MacArthur |
| What did he promise the Filipino people before he left? | I shall return |
| What was the purpose of Jimmy Doolittle's raid? | To overextend their navy |
| What was unusual about the Battle of Coral Sea? | the first naval battle in which the enemy ships never saw each other |
| Why were the battles of Midway and Leyte Gulf Important? | Japan lost all of their remaining ships and planes |
| What was the American attack strategy in the Pacific called? | Island Hopping |
| What does it mean? | Occupying an island, using it as a base to prepare for an assault on the next island, and moving steadily toward Japan. |
| How did the Navajo Indians contribute to the defeat of Japan? | their code was used |
| What happened on June 6, 1994? | Thousands of American, British, and Canadian troops hit the heavily fortified beaches o Normandy |
| What was this attack called? | D-Day |
| Who were the Fighting Red Tails? | a group of black guys |
| Who led them? | Colonel Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. |
| What was the last great German offensive in the West? | The Battle of the Bulge |
| When was the battle? | 1944-1945 |
| When did Germany surrender? | May 7, 1945 |
| When was V-E Day proclaimed? | May 8, 1945 |
| Who authorized the use of the atomic bomb? | Harry Truman |
| What was the code name given to the atomic bomb? | The Manhattan Project |
| What was the Cold War? | a conflict between the ideologies of Americanism |
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