Global Depression and WWII

What was a political cause of the Great Depression?

• The impact of WW1- US is loaning money to pay for WW1

• overspeculation of the stock market

• Hitler invades Poland

• Western Europe has stopped trading with the United States

Which one of these is NOT an economic cause of the Great Depression?

• Overproduction of farm goods

• Stock market crash of 1929

• Widespread panic in US and global markets

• Tariffs passed and the policy of isolationism

Who was the president of the US during the Great Depression and WWII?

• Hideki Tojo

• Harry S Truman

• Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)

• Winston Churchill

A government that seeks to control every aspect of society is called a _____ government.

• totalitarian

• democratic

• monarchy

• constitutional

In 1929, the stock market crashed causing a run on banks. This was the beginning of the

• Dictatorship in the US

• Great Depression

• Great Purge

• Holocaust

The United States' response to the Great Depression was called the

• Labor Blueprint

• Great Plan

• Rebuilding Effort

• New Deal

One response that Western Europe had to the Great Depression was

• to restrict trade (increase tariffs)

• to increase trade (lower tariffs)

• to join the League of Nations

• to encourage citizens to emigrate

What is one reason Japan attacked Pearl Harbor?

• Tojo and Churchill became allies and agreed the US should join the war

• Japan wanted to return Hawaii to the native Hawaiians

• Japan was angry about the US embargo on oil (didn't sell Japan oil)

• Japan was upset about the invasion of Canada by the US

Which new WWII weapon killed thousands instantly and left behind radiation?

• ballistic missiles

• radar

• aircraft carriers

• atomic bombs

D-Day (invasion at Normandy) can be considered a

• victory because Japan surrendered immediately

• turning point because the Allies were on the road to victory

• failure because Germany will push the Allies out of France

• victory for Germany and the Axis Powers