WWI, WWII,and Great Depression

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By: Alex Cortez

What happened on "A day that will live in infamy"?

Japan bombed the U.S naval fleet in Pearl
Harbor, Hawaii

What were women called in the 1920's

because of their short hairstyle and fancy
dresses?

Flappers

What caused the destruction of "King

Cotton"?

The Boll Weevil

What countries made up the Triple

Entente or the Allies?

England, France, and Russia. The U.S

would later join the triple entente in 1917,
and Russia would leave the same year.

What were soldiers called in the first world

war?
Doughboys

What happened on the day now known

as "Black Tuesday"?

The Stock Market

Crashed

What is Lasseiz-Faire?

Lasseiz Faire is the idea that the

governmnet should play as little
role as possible in economic
affairs

How did the United States end the war with

Japan?
They first bombed Hiroshima, and then
Nagasaki with Atomic bombs

What were people called that moved to

California during the Great Depression?
Why?
They were called Okies
becasue most people were
from Oklahoma

Which President's slogan was "He kept us

out of the War"?

Woodrow Wilson

Who's assasination started World War

I?

The assasination of Archduke and

Archdutchess Ferndinand

What was the final blow to America casuing

America entered the war soon after this
event?

The Zimmerman
Telegram

What ship was sunk by a German

U-boat, killing 128 Americans?

The Lustitainia

Which side did the United States join

when they entered the war?

The Triple Entente or The Allies

What was the Armistace?

The Armistace was the

end of World War I
and is now celebrated
as Veteran's Day.

What ended the Second World War in

Europe?

The Yalta Conference

Which of the following was not a major

cause of the Great Depression?
a) The banks couldn't repay people their
money
b) People could not pay back their loans
c) Businesses had many too many products
d) people invested into stocks
e) High Tarrifs and the practice of LassiezFaire

What was Wilson's idea to help solve

problems and prevent another World War,
and how did America react to it?

Wilson thought of the League of

Nations, and America wanted no part
in it. They wanted isolationism.

What counties made up the Triple Alliance

or Central Powers?
Austria-Hungary, Germany, Italy, and the
Ottoman Empire (Turkey)

What was the nickname for the 1920's?

The roaring 20's.

Where were two Liberty Ship ports located

in Georgia?
Savannah and Brunswick

What were victory gardens?

Victory Gardens were

small gardens that
women grew to feed
their family, so that
there would be
enough food for the
soldiers.

Match each dictator with their country.

Emperor Hirohito

Germany

Mussolini

Italy

Stalin

Japan

Hitler

Soviet Union

What two things were the major casues of

the Dust bowl?
Drought and the Boll Weevil

Where was the Bell Aircraft Plant, and what

was built there?

The Bell Aircraft plant was in Marietta, Ga

and B-29 planes were built there

Who died in the Little White House in

Georgia during the Second World War?

Franklin Delano
Roosevelt (FDR)