Great Depression

Who was the Prime Minister of England during WWII? Winston Churchill

What 3 countries were the main Allied Powers during WWII? USA, United Kingdom, Soviet Union

Which Allied Power country started WWII in alliance with Nazi Germany? the Soviet Union

What two factions faced off in the Spanish Civil War? Communists and Fascists

What was the date of Black Tuesday, considered the start of the Great Depression? 1929

Name three major public works projects during the Great Depression: The Hoover Dam, Mount Rushmore, the Tennessee Valley Authority

Which president is often blamed (mostly unfairly) for the Great Depression? Herbert Hoover

Where did Japan invade first in their expansion leading to WWII? China

Which trial in the 1920s debated the teaching of Evolution in public schools? Scopes v Tennessee

Which president infamously held drinking parties in the White House during Prohibition? Warren G Harding

Which president oversaw a time of economic prosperity referred to as the "Roaring 20's" after taking over the corrupt administration of his predecessor? Calvin Coolidge

Which president started the Social Security Administration, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and the Public Works Administration during the Great Depression? Franklin D. Roosevelt

Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during WWII? Joseph Stalin

Who was the leader of Germany during WWII? Adolf Hitler

Who was the dictator of Italy during WWII? Benito Mussolini

Who was the leader of Japan during WWII? Emperor Hirohito

What event in U.S. History finally ended the Great Depression? WWII

What was the date of Pearl Harbor, December 7, ...? 1941

When did Hitler invade Poland, considered the start of WWII? 1939

What battle marked the turning point in the Eastern European front, after which Germany slowly lost territory for the remainder of the war? Stalingrad

What Pacific battle, the turning point in the war against Japan, ended in the sinking of 4 Japanese air craft carriers? Midway

How many Jews were killed by the Nazis during the Holocaust? 6 million

What was the name of the environmental disaster caused by drought and over-farming of the Great Plains? The Dustbowl

What disease kept FDR bound to a wheel chair during most of his presidency? Polio

What was the name of FDR's economic plan to fix the ills of the Great Depression? The New Deal

Name 3 New Deal programs that are still with us today: Social Security, FDIC insured bank deposits, Securities and Exchange Commission (regulating stock trading)

Name 3 potential causes of the Great Depression: High consumer debt, overproduction, protectionist tariffs, international economic failures from WWI, investing on margin

What was the name of the scandal during the Harding administration where a cabinet member was selling Navy oil reserves to private businesses for profit? The Teapot Dome Scandal

On what two cities were the two atomic bombs dropped that ended WWII? Hiroshima and Nagasaki

What was the name of the secret project to develop the atomic bomb led by J. Robert Oppenheimer? The Manhattan Project

Where was the first atomic bomb detonated? Los Alamos, New Mexico