Modern U.S. History - Unit 2 Review | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

What is a speakeasy?

an illicit (illegal) establishment that sold alcoholic beverages

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This is the nickname that would have been used to describe the individuals pictured here.

flappers

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Identify ONE "underlying" cause of the Great Depression?

overproduction; bank failures (panics); collapse of money supply; stock speculation; high tariffs

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thief

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shark

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rocket

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banana

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What New Deal relief program is depicted here?

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

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What New Deal relief program is depicted here?

Works Progress Administration

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What is depicted in this World War II image?

scrap drive

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baam

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gift

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shark

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This Constitutional amendment banned the manufacture and sale of alcohol in the United States.

18th Amendment

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Explain a major philosophy of President Herbert Hoover when the Great Depression began.

rugged individualism; federal govt should not give direct assistance to American citizens; reliance on private charities

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Identify ONE characteristic of the group pictured here that made them different from the Reconstruction era?

anti-Catholic; located in northern and western states; peaked at approx. 5 million members; anti-immigrant; favored Prohibition

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monster

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fairy

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fairy

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banana

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Identfy ONE major purpose of this New Deal program?

eliminate unfair trade practices, reduce unemployment, establish minimum wages and maximum hours, and guarantee the right of labour to bargain collectively

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Identify ONE characteristic of the Potsdam Conference?

occurred after Germany surrendered; Truman attends; Atlee attends for G.B.; Stalin re-confirms promise to enter war against Japan; after Yalta

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Identify ONE reason for the trend seen in the years 1941-1943 in this graph.

World War II; increased demand in wartime production resulted in more jobs

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What is depicted within this 1940s image?

Japanese internment camps

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