Stormy Weather pt. 2

How did the Nazis celebrate Hitler's rise to power?

• Sent him on a vacation

• Began killing the Jews

• Fireworks

• Torch-light parade

What were homeless towns called? What animal disliked Hoover?

• Slums and cats

• Ghettos and rats

• Shanty towns and pigs

• Hoovervilles and dogs

Who said, "the only thing we have to fear, is fear itself" and what disease did he have?

• Wilson and Cancer

• Hoover and small pox

• Roosevelt and Polio

• Hitler and depression

Where did the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) make trails?

• Grand Canyon

• Rocky Mountain

• Appellation Trail

• Yellowstone Park

Who was the "Kingfish"?

• Huey Long

• Father Coughlin

• Dr. Francis Townsend

What happened to Huey Long?

• He was assassinated.

• He retired to his home state of Louisiana

• He became the leader of the American Communist Party.

• FDR hired him to work in his Cabinet as Sec. of Labor.

In what city did the longshoreman strike where businesses, labor, and the general public nationwide supported their demands? 

• New York

• Pittsburg

• San Francisco

• Boston

During the Second Hundred Days FDR started the following programs to help Americans - Social Security, welfare, and public works projects.

• True

• False

Which of the following is most defensible:

• The Depression in Germany was over but far from over in USA.

• Nazis put everyone to work in Germany and the New Deal put everyone to work in the US, thus ending the Depression in both nations.

• The Depression in Germany and the US was far from over.

• The Depression in the US and Germany was almost over.

Answer explanation

Defensible : justifiable by argument

Hitler's secret to Germany's success in getting out of the Depression was rearmament as he was preparing to build a German Empire that would last a thousand years.

• True

• False