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The Great Depression and The Second World War

The Great Depression and The Second World War. Jeopardy Review. Rules. 30 seconds to answer questions You may play or pass Incorrect answers = loss of a point Correct answers = one point If a team passes or answers incorrectly, the next team in order plays. More Rules!.

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The Great Depression and The Second World War

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  1. The Great Depressionand The Second World War Jeopardy Review

  2. Rules • 30 seconds to answer questions • You may play or pass • Incorrect answers= loss of a point • Correct answers = one point • If a team passes or answers incorrectly, the next team in order plays

  3. More Rules! • The top three teams will win extra credit points on their exam • 1st place = 10 points • 2nd place = 8 points • 3rd place = 6 points • Ties earn points for both teams • NO WHINING!!!!!!

  4. On Your Mark... Get Set... Let's Go!!

  5. Overproduction and a drop in foreign demand led to trouble in this “growing” industry in the 1920s. • Agriculture

  6. Angry homeless people referred to their shantytowns by this term. • Hoovervilles

  7. What was Roosevelt’s main reason for rejecting the idea of federal aid to individuals? • Nothing! Hoover objected to it, but FDR did not.

  8. Name three specific details about the New Deal given by FDR in the 1932 campaign. • There • Were • None

  9. For what reason was the Bonus Army protesting? • Payment of bonuses promised to them as veterans of WWI

  10. This labor organization formed during the 1930’s in response to a desire by workers to form industry-wide unions. • Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)

  11. In order of implementation, what are the three “R’s” of the New Deal? • Relief • Recovery • Reform

  12. A key objective of the National Recovery Administration was to develop codes of fair competition in business. What congressional act created the NRA? • National Industrial Recovery Act

  13. Which Supreme Court case ruled the NIRA (NRA) unconstitutional because it regulated intrastate commerce? • Schechter v. U.S.

  14. This act provided for collective bargaining for labor. • National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act)

  15. Under this program, farmers were paid to destroy crops and livestock to increase farm prices. • Agricultural Adjustment Act

  16. What term was given to FDR’s attempt to “reform” the Supreme Court? • Court Packing

  17. Although he did not fully embrace the economic philosophy of this man, FDR did reluctantly adopt his concept of deficit spending. • John Maynard Keynes

  18. This Louisiana political boss wanted to “soak the rich” and make “every man a king.” • Huey Long

  19. Which two New Deal programs were ruled unconstitutional? • NIRA (the NRA portion) • AAA

  20. What action by FDR would have most troubled the Founding Fathers on legal grounds? • Attempting to pack the court to better serve his needs

  21. What, specifically, did the Kellogg-Briand Pact “outlaw?” • Offensive war as a foreign policy tool

  22. Against which country was the Stimson Doctrine aimed? • Japan • For its aggressive expansion in Asia during 1931-32

  23. Isolationists in America became concerned with FDR’s motives after he gave a speech calling for the containment of aggressor nations. What was this speech known as? • The “Quarantine Speech”

  24. According to the Neutrality Acts of 1935-37, when would the U.S. transport goods to belligerent nations? • Never, because countries purchasing goods did so on a cash and carry basis. • This protected U.S. shipping but also conceded freedom to the seas during wartime.

  25. What did the U.S. and Britain exchange in a September 1940 executive agreement? • Surplus U.S. destroyers for British airfields and naval bases in the Western Hemisphere

  26. Which two countries were the primary recipients of Lend-Lease aid from the U.S.? • Britain • USSR

  27. What 1940 campaign promise was FDR unable (or unwilling) to keep? • Keeping the U.S. out of the war

  28. She was the fictitious symbol of American women who worked in the war industries. • Rosie the Riveter

  29. What was the name of the official order that placed Japanese-Americans in internment camps? • Executive Order 9066 • This was the only major violation of civil rights during the war.

  30. Kamikaze pilots and fanatical defenders were the hallmarks of the struggle for this last major island before the Japanese home islands. • Okinawa

  31. When the U.S. finally entered the war, who was to be eliminated first according to official allied strategy? • The Germans

  32. Where did the American forces strike first in an attempt to satisfy Stalin’s call for the opening of a second front? • North Africa

  33. Harry Truman replaced the ultra-liberal Henry Wallace as the Democratic vice-presidential candidate in this election year. • 1944

  34. What system was used during the war to control the distribution of goods? • Rationing

  35. What did Americans purchase to assist in the war effort? • War Bonds

  36. Robert Oppenheimer was the scientist in charge of a secret program to develop the atomic bomb. What was the code name of the project? • The Manhattan Project

  37. This was the most controversial of all of the wartime conferences. Critics charged that FDR gave too much to Stalin to convince him to join the war against Japan. • Yalta • secret agreements included extra representation in a postwar UN and spheres of influence in Asia • Including occupation zone in Korea

  38. In which battle did the Japanese lose 4 aircraft carriers, turning the sea war in favor of the U.S. for the first time? • The Battle of Midway

  39. This was the chief complaint by those who were critical of Truman’s decision to use the Atomic Bomb. • Japan would soon have surrendered without using the bomb

  40. Where was the first non-test atomic bomb dropped and on what date? • Hiroshima, Japan • August 6, 1945 • First shot of the Cold War?

  41. This battle was the first in history to be fought entirely by carrier-based aircraft. It was an early defeat for the Japanese. • Battle of the Coral Sea • paves way for 1st offensive action at Guadalcanal

  42. Who was the commander of U.S. ground troops in the Pacific theater of war? • General Douglas MacArthur

  43. What was the date of the D-Day Invasion? • June 6, 1944

  44. Of Japan and Germany, which surrendered first and when? • Germany • May 8, 1945

  45. Who were the allied leaders at the Potsdam Conference? • Atlee • Truman • Stalin

  46. This presidential policy stated that the U.S. would halt the spread of communism anywhere in the world. It was prompted by events in Turkey and Greece. • The Truman Doctrine

  47. The bone of contention between the U.S. and U.S.S.R. during the Truman years was the future of this region. • Eastern Europe

  48. 16 European countries accepted aid as a part of this U.S. sponsored plan to relieve postwar suffering in Europe. • The Marshall Plan (1947) • U.S. aid would serve to halt the spread of communism

  49. What incident in Europe convinced the U.S. Congress to approve the Marshall Plan? • The Soviet take-over of Czechoslovakia (1948)

  50. War in this country was an expression of the U.S. policy of containment against communism. This limited “police action” ended in a stalemate. • Korea

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