WWI WWII and the Great Depression STUDY GUIDE

WWI, WWII, and the Great Depression STUDY GUIDE

What were the Liberty Ships designed to do? They were large supply ships the carried much needed supplies

What were flying fortresses designed to do? Long distance bombings

What is a “Victory Garden”? A garden planted by citizens, to provide and donate food to the soldiers

Who was the leader of Italy during WWII? Mussolini

What were the New Woman of the day called because of their fancy dress and short hair styles? Flappers

What made the 1920’s “roaring”? Flappers, music, dancing, speakeasies, and crime

What were speakeasies? Clubs known for having liquor

Who were some famous gangsters from New York City and Chicago? Baby – Face Nelson and Al Capone

What is Laissez faire? The idea that government should play as little a role as possible in economic affairs

Why were Georgians already in a depressed economy? King Cotton was dead

What was the Great Depression? The time period in US history that started with the crash of the stock market in 1929 and was marked by high employment, low wages, thousands of businesses and bank failures.

What bright idea did FDR come up with one dark night at the Little White House? Rural Electrification Authority

What was the largest infantry training base in the world during WWII? Fort Benning

What was the Boll Weevil? It was a bug that was eating all of the crops during and before the Great Depression

Who was Hitler? A German Nazi leader during WWII

Where was the Atomic Bomb dropped? Hiroshima and Nagasaki

What was Black Tuesday? Tuesday, October 29, 1929, the stock market crashed, and millions of Americans lost everything they had

Who was the Poppy Lady? Moina Belle Michael

Who was the German general who sent a telegram to Mexico? Zimmerman

What provided jobs to young single men building forest trails, roads, and more? The “CCC”, Civilian Conservation Corporation

What was a system for retirement and unemployment insurance? Social Security Act

Who were the Allies? Great Britain, France, USA, and Russia

Who were the Central Powers? Austria – Hungary, Germany, Italy, and Ottoman Empire

Who were the Triple Alliance? Allied Powers

What was the name of the US ship Germany sunk? The Lusitania