2nd Semester Review Day 2

What were the causes of the Dust Bowl?

Over production, drought, soil erosion

What were factors that led to the Great Depression?

Stock market speculation, buying stock on credit, overspending

Define Prohibition (Amendment that ended it?)

• 18th amendment

• prohibits sale and manufacture of alcohol

• 21st amendment repealed it

Define the New Deal

FDR agenda used to fix the economy, create more jobs

Describe the difference in economic philosophies of Hoover and FDR

Hoover- Hands off approach, let the econ fix itself

FDR- use the government to push economic changes

Multiple Choice

Over farming contributed to

• The Great Depression

• The Dust Bowl

• WWII

• Economic Boom for farmers

Multiple Choice

What amendment created Prohibition?

• 18

• 19

• 20

• 21

Multiple Choice

Which of the following did NOT cause the Great Depression?

• Stock Market Crash

• Stock speculation

• buying stocks on credit

• stock market regulation

Multiple Choice

Which amendment ended Prohibition?

• 18

• 19

• 20

• 21

Multiple Choice

Which President wanted to use government programs to combat the Great Depression?

• Theodore Roosevelt

• Herbert Hoover

• Woodrow Wilson

• Franklin Roosevelt

Multiple Choice

What was Roosevelt's Agenda called?

• Square Deal

• New Deal

• Fair Deal

• Green New Deal

Define Pearl Harbor

Japanese sneak attack that drew the US into WWII

Define the Nuremberg Trials

Nazi officials were tried for war crimes (Holocaust)

Define Executive Order 9066

Put Japanese Americans into internment camps

Define the Lend-Lease Program

Able to supply Britain with military supplies without getting involved in the war

What did the Manhattan Project accomplish?

First successful a-bomb test

How did Americans support the war effort (WWII)?

Rationing, volunteering, “Victory Gardens”

Multiple Choice

Nazi Officials were tried for war crimes at

• New York

• Berlin

• Moscow

• Neuremberg

Multiple Choice

Who attacked Pearl Harbor?

• The Germans

• The Japanese

• The Italians

• The Soviets

Multiple Choice

Which group (who was wrongfully feared as a security threat) was put into Internment camps during WWII?

• German Americans

• Italian Americans

• Japanese Americans

• Communists

Multiple Choice

How did we initially support the British in WWII?

• Cash and Carry

• Sending troops to Europe

• Lend-Lease

• We stayed completely neutral

Define the Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, and Containment

Truman Doc: gave $400 mil to Greece and Turkey to stop communism

Marshal: gave $12 bil to Europe to help rebuild economies…and stop communism

Containment: Stopping the spread of Communism

Define McCarthyism & Red Scare

McCarthyism: accusing people of being communist without evidence

Red Scare: fear that our country had been infiltrated by communism

What was the purpose of the Berlin Airlift?

To give supplies to West Berlin, which was blockaded by the USSR, and still avoiding war

How does the Domino Theory relate to the Cold War and Communism?

The belief that if one country falls to communism, the rest will

Multiple Choice

Which of the following gave $400 mil to Greece and Turkey to stop communism?

• Truman Doctrine

• Marshal Plan

• Containment

• Détente

Multiple Choice

How the the US handle the Berlin Blockade?

• They broke through it

• They blockaded Cuba

• They flew supplies over it

• They backed down

Multiple Choice

Which of the following gave $13 bil to European countries to rebuild them?

• Truman Doctrine

• Marshal Plan

• Containment

• Détente

Multiple Choice

How did Joseph McCarthy become so powerful in the 1950's?

• He won a major election

• He was a war hero

• He accused people of being communist

• He created a new political party