Unit 9 Test Review Sheet the Roaring 20 S & Great Depression

Unit 7 Test Review Sheet (The Great Depression, New Deal, World War II )

The Great Depression 1. Causes  Overproduction / Underconsumption  Stock market investment / buying on margin  Stock Market Crash aka Black Tuesday  Rising prices & stagnant wages  Tarrifs & Laissez Faire government policies 2. Bank Failures  When the stock market crashed in 1929, why did banks begin to fail? 3. Unemployment  Why did so many people lose their jobs?  What was the highest unemployment rate during the Great Depression?  What were Hoovervilles? Where did they get their name? 4. The Dust Bowl  Describe what the Dust Bowl was.  How did it occur? In other words, what factors led to the Dust Bowl?  How did it impact tenant farmers and sharecroppers in the Great Plains?  How did the Dust Bowl impact the population of Texas & Oklahoma?

The New Deal 1. What was it? 2. Describe the three stages: Relief, Recovery, Reform 3. The Second New Deal – why did President Roosevelt have it? 4. What was the Wagner Act? 5. What was the Social Security Act? 6. What was the “Court Packing” Bill? Why did Roosevelt want to “pack” the court?

World War II 1. What countries made up the Axis Powers? 2. What countries made up the Allies? 3. What were the Neutrality Acts? 4. What was the Lend-Lease Act? 5. Why did the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor? What was the result? 6. Japanese Internment – why did it happen? What group of people was affected? 7. How did the United States mobilize for war? Describe the Women’s Auxiliary Corps & Wartime Conservation. 8. Discrimination – Who was A. Philip Randolph and why was he important? 9. Describe the Battle of Midway. Why was it considered a turning point? 10. D-Day – what was it and was the result? 11. Fall of Berlin – who captured the city? Why was it a significant event in the war? 12. Atomic Bomb – where was it dropped? Who dropped it? Why was it dropped? What was the result? 13. How is the technology used in the atomic bomb used today?