Roaring 20s/ WWII Flashcards
(31 cards)
The Wagner Act gave federal legitimization to ______
Labor unions
Put the countries invaded by Germany in order
Poland, Russia, Denmark, France, Austria, England
Austria Poland Denmark France England Russia
3 R’s in New Deal
Relief
Recovery
Reform
At the Munich Conference, who urged European leaders to give Germany the Sudetenland?
Neville Chamberlain
Who flew the Spirit of St. Louis across the Atlantic?
Charles Lindbergh
What two places the the US drop atomic bombs?
Hiroshima, Nagasaki
What movement helped created large black populations in places like Harlem?
The Great Migration
Who played the lead role in The Jazz Singer?
Al Jolson
Who is the father of the atomic bomb?
Robert Oppenheimer
Who invented the airplane?
Wright Brothers
Following Pearl Harbor, what two things did the US cut supply to Japan of?
Steel
Oil
Author of The Man Nobody Knows
Bruce Barton
What was so important about the 1920 US census?
More people lived in cities than rural places
Following the Japanese invasion of the Philippines, what US commander vowed to the the Philippines back?
Douglas MacArthur
What battle in the Pacific Theater represented a turning point in WWII?
Battle of Midway
The picture of troops raising the American flag was taken at the battle of ______
Iwo Jima
Who was the commander of the German Luftwaffe?
Hermann Göring
During WWII, what language did the US use as a code?
Navajo
President during stock market crash
Herbert Hoover
Codename for Hitler’s invasion of Russia
Operation Barbarossa
During WWII, this image became synonymous with women on the home front
Rosie the Riveter
What did the Agricultural Adjustment Act do?
Paid farmers not to grow crops on their land to regulate the price of crops
According to Winston Churchill, which part of Europe represented the “soft underbelly” of Europe?
Italy
Where were Nazi leaders tried for war crimes?
Nuremberg