CRT REVIEW 3 rd Quarter SS Question 36

CRT REVIEW 3 rd Quarter SS

Question 36 Communists and socialists viewed the Great Depression as the “_______________”. (death of a failed system) - they believed that capitalism was the wrong way to live, and that is why we were going through the Great Depression. n

Question 1 n What is an organized system for buying and selling shares in corporations called?

Question 2 n What was the term used to describe what happened when farmers could not repay loans?

Question 3 n What was Black Thursday (October 24, 1929)?

Question 4 n What was the severe economic slump in the 1930 s called and what areas were hardest hit?

Question 5 n What was the name given to farmers who traveled from place to harvest fruits and vegetables?

Question 6 n The environmental disaster caused by drought and strong prairie winds, led the Great Plains to become known by what name?

Question 7 n What was the Income Tax Act?

Question 8 n The Hundred Days was the first three months in office of which President and why were they important?

Question 9 n What was the name of the group chosen by Franklin Roosevelt to help guide the nation to recovery?

Question 10 n What were fireside chats?

Question 11 n What Act was designed to provide monthly pensions for retired people?

Question 12 n Name the Italian fascist leader that invaded Ethiopia?

Question 13 n What country was Adolf Hitler the totalitarian dictator of during World War II?

Question 14 n What country was led by Joseph Stalin in World War II?

Question 15 n What country suffered the greatest military defeat of their history when Pearl Harbor was attacked?

Question 16 n What major powers did the Allied Powers consist of?

Question 17 n Who were the countries that united to form the Axis Powers?

Question 18 n Where did the Battle of the Bulge take place?

Question 19 n What country did Winston Churchill serve as prime minister during World War II?

Question 20 n Which leader invaded the African nation of Ethiopia in hopes of recapturing the glory of the ancient Romans?

Question 21 n Anti-Semitism described a hatred of which group of people?

Question 22 n Who was president of the United States when Pearl Harbor was attacked?

Question 23 n How long did the Battle of Leningrad last?

Question 24 n Which country was defeated at the Battle of Stalingrad?

Question 25 n What was the Battle of Iwo Jima remembered for?

Question 26 n What was the product of the Manhattan Project and which country was it used against?

Question 27 n What decision did president Truman make in order to force Japanese leaders to surrender?

Question 28 n Why was Nagasaki important?

Question 29 n Who persecuted the Jews during the Holocaust?

Question 30 n Why was Nuremberg important?

Question 31 n How many Jews died during the Holocaust and what term describes the wiping out of an entire group of people?

Question 32 n What was the number of fatalities during World War II?

Question 33 n What did the Marshall Plan provide for?

Question 34 n How and why was the United Nations created?

Question 35 n Where did the meeting take place to discuss the post war world?