Great Depression/World War II

In the aftermath of World War II the League of Nations was transformed into the United Nations.

• True

• False

For African Americans what was the Double V campaign:

• Victory in the United States, and victory in Europe.

• Victory against the Nazis and victory against the Japanese.

• Victory over fascism abroad, and victory over discrimination at home.

• Victory against slavery, and victory over world domination.

December 7, 1941, Japanese Imperial Air Force made a surprise military strike at which U.S. naval base?

• Midway

• Tokyo

• Pearl Harbor

• Iwo Jima

An economic shock that affected most countries across the world.

• Dust Bowl

• Great Depression

• Cold War

• Roaring 20s

Which US President served more than eight years in office during the Great Depression and World War II?

• Teddy Roosevelt

• Herbert Hoover

• Franklin Roosevelt

• Harry Truman

Which figure became a media icon associated with female defense workers during World War II?

• Tokyo Rose

• Axis Salley

• Rosie the Riveter

• US Jamie

What major global conflict occurred on a world scale that lasted from 1939 to 1945?

• World War I

• World War II

• Cold War

• Korean War

A severe drought period in the Great Plains that lasted from 1930 to 1936.

• The Great Farm Depression

• The Sad Plains

• The Dry Salad

• The Dust Bowl

A series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the United States between 1933 and 1939.

• New Deal

• The Great Economic Reform

• Roaring 20s

• The Great Depression

Before World War II most Americans were isolationist, a person favoring a policy of remaining apart from the affairs or interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries.

• True

• False