Q2 History 2 Quarterly Exam

In the 1920s, __________ danced in speakeasies during Prohibition (18th Amendment).

Flappers

Warren G. Harding’s corrupt friends were known as __________.

The Ohio Gang

The process of __________ divided manufacturing tasks.

Assembly Line

The massive movement of African Americans moving north is referred to as __________.

The Great Migration

Illegal alcohol makers and sellers were called __________.

Bootleggers

When government spending exceeds income, it creates a __________.

Budget Deficit

The seizure of property by banks is known as __________.

Foreclosure

FDR’s group of advisors was known as the __________.

Brain Trust

Roosevelt’s policies for ending the Depression were collectively known as __________.

The New Deal

The __________ is the law that assists older Americans and the unemployed.

Social Security Act

Concessions to aggressors to avoid war are referred to as __________.

Appeasement

Total state control over citizens is defined as __________.

Totalitarianism

The American aid policy during WWII was called __________.

Lend-Lease Act

The systematic extermination of Jews by the Nazis is known as __________.

The Holocaust

A military dictatorship based on nationalism is called __________.

Fascism

Illegal Prohibition-era bars were known as __________.

Speakeasies

The belief in protecting the nation from immigrants is termed __________.

Nativism

The __________ created Prohibition in the United States.

18th Amendment

The __________ was the court case about teaching evolution during the 1920s.

Scopes Monkey Trial

Veterans demanding early pensions formed the __________.

Bonus Army

Loans made to stock buyers are known as __________.

Margin Calls

Efforts made to outlaw war in the 1920s resulted in the __________.

Kellogg-Briand Pact

The major issues in the Presidential Election of 1928 included __________ and religion.

Prohibition

The stock market crash date is __________, also referred to as Black Tuesday.

October 29, 1929

The global effects of the Great Depression led to a __________.

Worldwide economic downturn

FDR’s first action as President was the __________.

Bank Holiday

The first 100 days of FDR’s presidency are known as the __________.

New Deal programs

The primary cause of the Dust Bowl was __________.

Drought

Before FDR’s inauguration, __________ caused bank runs.

Fear of bank failures

The main purpose of the New Deal programs was __________, recovery, and reform.

Relief

The end of the Great Depression is attributed to __________ involvement.

WWII

The date of the Pearl Harbor attack was __________.

December 7, 1941

The term for German unification is __________.

Anschluss

Hitler’s quick-strike military strategy is known as __________.

Blitzkrieg

The event that brought the U.S. into WWII was the __________.

Attack on Pearl Harbor