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Terms Review IX

Terms Review IX. The Great Depression and World War II. What term was used to describe the period during the 1930’s in which there was a long period of high unemployment and increased poverty in the United States?. Great Depression.

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Terms Review IX

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  1. Terms Review IX The Great Depression and World War II

  2. What term was used to describe the period during the 1930’s in which there was a long period of high unemployment and increased poverty in the United States? Great Depression

  3. What term was used to describe the blowing away of huge amounts of soil from the Plains states, causing farm failures? Dust Bowl

  4. What United States President was blamed for starting the Great Depression? Herbert Hoover

  5. What was Roosevelt’s program to stimulate the economy and increase the nation’s reserves? The New Deal

  6. What act created a committee to monitor unfair management practices? Wagner Act

  7. What part of Roosevelt’s New Deal provided new jobs for unskilled workers during the Great Depression? Works Progress Administration

  8. What popular 1939 movie depicted a story of love and loss in the South ravaged by the Civil War? Gone With the Wind

  9. What were Franklin Roosevelt’s weekly radio addresses to the people of the United States called? Fireside Chats

  10. Who was the fascist dictator who transformed Italy into a militaristic state? Benito Mussolini

  11. This was a political movement started in Italy which called for eliminating all political opposition, preserving a capitalist economy, and increasing the military power of a nation. Fascism

  12. What was the political party in Germany led by Adolph Hitler which supported racist fascism? National Socialists (Nazis)

  13. Who was the dictator of Germany and leader of the Nazi Party who initiated a systematic conquest of Europe leading to World War II? Adolph Hitler

  14. Term used to refer to Hitler’s secret police who helped suppress his dissenters. Gestapo

  15. Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during World War II? Joseph Stalin

  16. A military agreement of mutual assistance between the nations of Germany, Italy, and Japan Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis

  17. Meeting in 1938 of European nations; they agreed to Hitler’s demands for the Sudetenland, a German speaking section of Czechoslovakia. Munich Conference

  18. German term for “lightening war”, swift sudden offensive used by Germany in World War II. Blitzkrieg

  19. United States Navel Base in Hawaii which suffered a surprise attack by the Japanese on December 7, 1941. Pearl Harbor

  20. These were certificates issued to a person who lends money to the government to pay for war, the certificate earns interest and is redeemed for cash on a given date. War Bonds

  21. Term that refers to the event where under the authority of Executive Order 9006, the United States military forced 110,000 Japanese Americans to live in barracks on federal land until the end of WWII. Japanese Internment

  22. In January 1943, Soviet troops repelled attack, causing the German army to retreat from Russia. Battle of Stalingrad

  23. Who was the United States general who led the Allied forces in Europe during World War II? Dwight D. Eisenhower

  24. What was the military code name for the Allied invasion of North Africa? Operation Overlord

  25. Who was the strong leader of Britain during World War II? He was the Prime Minister from 1940-1945. Winston Churchill

  26. Event that happened on June 6, 1944. Allies landed on the beaches of Normandy. D-Day

  27. The northern coast of France, the Allies attacked here to recapture France. Normandy

  28. What was the common name for the army of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics? Red Army

  29. Who was the United States General who led the Allied forces in the Pacific during World War II? Douglas Macarthur

  30. What was the code name for the construction of an atomic bomb in the United States? Manhattan Project

  31. What was the name of the B-29 airplane which dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima? Enola Gay

  32. What Japanese city was destroyed on August 6, 1945 by an Allied atomic bomb? Hiroshima

  33. What Japanese city was destroyed on August 9, 1945 by an Allied atomic bomb? Nagasaki

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