20s And WW2

Question 1

Roaring Twenties

Answer 1

Economic boom, jazz, consumerism, changing roles for women (flappers).

Question 2

Prohibition

Answer 2

18th Amendment banned alcohol; caused crime and was repealed by the 21st.

Question 3

Nativism & Racism

Answer 3

Immigration quotas, KKK resurgence, and widespread discrimination.

Question 4

Harlem Renaissance

Answer 4

A cultural, social, and artistic explosion centered in Harlem where African American writers, musicians, and artists celebrated black culture and identity.

Question 5

Great Depression

Answer 5

1929 stock market crash led to unemployment, poverty, and economic crisis.

Question 6

New Deal

Answer 6

FDR’s programs (CCC, WPA, SSA) to recover the economy and provide relief.

Question 7

Pearl Harbor

Answer 7

Japanese attack on December 7, 1941; pushed U.S. into WW2.

Question 8

Homefront Mobilization

Answer 8

Factories shifted to war goods, rationing, and military enlistment.

Question 9

Japanese Internment

Answer 9

Over 110,000 Japanese Americans placed in camps; later ruled unjust.

Question 10

Holocaust & Nuremberg Trials

Answer 10

Nazi genocide exposed; trials held to punish war crimes.

Question 11

UN & Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Answer 11

U.S. helped create the UN; Eleanor Roosevelt promoted global human rights.