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T/F Hoover tried to help the farmers by raising agricultural tariffs on internationally grown produce
true
A group of farmers got together in 1932 and essentially formed a farmer's strike. What did they call their organization?
The Farmers' Holiday Association
What was the first thing DFR did after taking office to ease people's panic?
The Bank Holiday
T/F FDR repealed the Constitution Amendment prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages (Prohibition).
false
Farm subsidies were organized through what organization?
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
What organization called for a minimum wage, a 35-to-40- hour work week, and the abolition of child labor?
National Recovery Administration
FDR's administration did several things to manipulate the dollar's value early in his administration. The most well-known and controversial of these manipulations was taking us off of what?
The gold standard
What organization was established during the New Deal to police the stock market?
Securities and Exchange Commission
What plan was the precursor for Social Security?
Townshend Plan
What was the name of Roosevelt's favorite relief project that took young men and had them do work in national parks, forests, and wilderness settings?
Civilian Conservation Corps
In FDR's first fireside chat, he told people it was "Safer to keep your money in a reopened bank" than where?
under the mattress
Name one of three famous generals mentioned in the reading
General Douglas MacArthur
What event marked the beginning of WWII?
Invasion of Poland
What date was the event that marked the beginning of WWII?
September 1, 1939
What event caused the US to come into WWII?
Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor
What date was the event that caused the US to go into WWII?
December 7, 1941
What are the 2 theatres is WWII?
European Theatre
Pacific Theatre
What was the agreement between the leaders of Great Britain, France, and Italy saying that Germany can only take certain areas of Czechoslovakia?
Munich Agreement
Who are the 3 axis powers and who are their leaders?
Hitler - Germany
Mussolini - Italy
Hirohito - Japan
Who left the airplanes on the tarmac at Manila?
MacArthur
List some territories that fell to Japan :
Guam
Hong Kong
the Philippines
Malaya
Singapore
Burma
What is the Japanese culture called that they taught the children?
Bushido
What was the nickname for Corregidor?
The Rock
Who was swept off of Corregidor because he was valuable?
MacArthur
Who surrendered Corregidor?
Wainwright
Who was the highest rank POW taken captive?
Wainwright
Who signed the unconditional surrender papers?
MacArthur
Who were the US Allies in WWII?
Britain
France
Russia
China
What was FDR's mission to answer Pearl Harbor?
Doolittle Raid
What went wrong with the Doolittle Raid?
The Japanese spotted them
Who was the US airman who was captured by the Japanese and eventually became a missionary to the Japanese?
Jacob DeShazzer
Who was the lead pilot at Pearl Harbor that got saved using Jacob DeShazzer's tract?
Mitsuo Fushidda
Who are the only father-son recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor?
Douglas MacArthur and his father
Who was the brought to Pearl Harbor to command the Navy?
Chester Nimitz
What was the 1st naval battle in history where the naval vessels do not see each other from opposing sides?
Coral Sea
What battle was the turning point of the war?
Battle of Midway
What was the code for the people on Pearl Harbor trying to crack the Japanese codes?
operation magic
What was the battle in which the Japanese used Kamikaze?
Battle of Leyte Gulf
What battle was the costliest for the United States?
Battle of Leyte Gulf
What was the most costly battle for the US Marines?
Battle of Iwo Jima
What battle got the US close to Japan?
Battle of Okinawa
Where were the 2 atomic bombs dropped?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
What was MacArthur's strategy for taking over Japan?
island hopping
Who said, "this is my finest hour?"
Churchill
Who did Germany start bombing?
British
What were Hitler's 2 strategic mistakes?
Declaring war on US
invading Russia
Where did they decide about unconditional surrender for Germany?
Casablanca Conference
What country is Casablanca in ?
Morocco
What conference did Chaing Kai Sheck go, and therefore Stalin didn't?
Cairo Conference
What country is Cairo in?
Egypt
What conference did they Stalin come?
Tehran Conference
What country is Tehran in ?
Iran
Why was the 20 committee called the "20 committee?"
the roman numerals XX
What are the 2 theatres that WWII is divided into?
European Theatre
Pacific Theatre
What are the 2 countries in the European Theatre and who are their leaders?
Germany - Adolf Hitler
Italy - Benito Mussolini
What did the Japanese invade on the Pacific in 1931?
Manchuria
What conference does FDR propose arms reduction?
Geneva Conference
Who does Mussolini attack in October 1935?
Ethiopia
Where does Hitler move the army in 1936?
Rhineland
What does Japan attack in Summer of 1937?
5 of China's northern provinces
When does Hitler claim Austria?
March 1938
What country does Hitler demand that cede to him part of the region in September 1938?
Czechoslovakia
When was the date for the Munich Agreement?
September 29, 1938
When does Hitler violate the Munich Agreement?
March 1939
When does Hitler issue threats against Poland?
April 1939
What was the nonaggression agreement?
Germany won't fight Russia, Russia won't fight Germany
What was the secret part of the nonaggression agreement?
Russia and Germany agreed to split Poland in half
When does Hitler invade Poland starting WWII?
September 1, 1939
What is the date for Pearl Harbor?
December 7, 1941
What event brings the US into the war?
Pearl Harbor
What date does FDR declare war on Japan?
December 8, 1941
Who is the prime minister for most of WWII?
Winston Churchill
What did Churchill do because he wanted FDR to get in the war so bad?
he made a lend-lease plan
What was the lend-lease plan?
FDR would give supplies and weapons to France and they could pay him back later
What was the battle where Churchill sent out a special call to anyone who had a boat to go save the British army?
Dunkirk
What kind of war is WWII?
an aircraft carrier war
What was Japan's goal in pearl harbor?
to wipe out the aircraft carriers left in Pearl Harbor
What was the Japanese no surrender law?
Bushido
What attack did MacArthur only have a 10 hour notice?
Manila
What countries did Japan attack after Pearl Harbor?
Guam
Wake Island
Hong Kong
Singapore
Dutch East Indies
Burma
Philippines
Who said, "I shall return" and returned to save the Philippines?
Douglas MacArthur
Who was the highest ranking officer held as a POW in WWII?
Wainwright
What did Wainwright have to endure?
the box
Did the Doolittle Raid accomplish its goal?
yes
What kind of people does Doolittle take to help him for the Doolittle Raid?
volunteers
What kind of planes do they modify so that they can take off from an aircraft carrier?
B25
How many planes were in the Doolittle Raid?
16
In order for the Doolittle Raid to be successful it had to take Japan by _______
surprise
How many of the planes during the Doolittle Raid had a crash landing?
all of them
Who was Douglas MacArthur's subordinate?
Chester Nimitz
Where was Nimitz?
Hawaii
Where was MacArthur?
Australia
Where was Nimitz going to move the troops?
west
Where were Nimitz and MacArthur going to meet?
Japan
Who was the president when Nimitz and MacArthur finally met?
Truman because FDR had died
Which president decided to drop the atomic bombs on Japan?
Truman
How many atomic bombs had been developed?
3
Who won the Battle of the Coral Sea?
Allies
Who were the 2 navies in the Battle of the Coral Sea?
American
Japanese
Who was in charge of "Operation Magic?"
General Rochefort