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Week 4
Day 1 | MONDAY
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Question:
Answer:
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2.
What were four new
technologies that most
greatly affected the
daily lives of Americans
during the 1920’s?
What were two results
of The Great Migration?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Automobiles
Airplanes
Radios
Movies
1. It prompted many people to
leave the South for job
opportunities in factories.
2. The Harlem Renaissance
3.
What were three cultural
contributions made by
African Americans during
the Harlem Renaissance?
1. Writing
2. Art
3. Music
4.
Who were three of the
targets of ethnic and racial
conflict during the 1920’s?
1. African Americans
2. Catholics
3. Jews
5.
What law caused the
rise of speakeasies,
bootleg liquor, and crime
in the 1930’s?
The 18th Amendment to the
Constitution, or “Prohibition”
as it was commonly known
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Week 4
Day 2 | TUESDAY
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Question:
Answer:
What marked the end
of the economic boom
of the 1920’s and the start
of the Great Depression?
The Stock Market Crash of 1929
2.
What were four major
factors that contributed
to the Great Depression?
1.
2.
3.
4.
3.
What effect did the
Great Depression have on
African Americans and why?
They migrated from rural
Southern areas in the early 1900’s
to combat the depressed economy
and prejudice in the south.
4.
What were the
shantytowns of the Great
Depression called and who
were they named for?
They were called Hoovervilles
and names for President
Herbert Hoover.
5.
Why were so many people
in America forced to migrate
from their homes to other
parts of the country during
the Great Depression?
They were in search of work.
1.
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The Stock Market Crash of 1029
Economic weakness of the U.S.
High unemployment rates
Failed banks and businesses
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Week 4
Day 3 | WEDNESDAY
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Question:
Answer:
1.
What were the three goals
that President Franklin
Roosevelt’s New Deal
focused on?
2.
What was the relief/recovery
program designed to provide
young men in search of work
the opportunity to build parks The Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC)
and plant trees, thus putting
money into the economy to
help businesses to recover?
3.
What was the reform
program that attempted
to reform the economic
system and prevent the
conditions that caused
the Great Depression?
The Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
What program was designed
to ensure that the disabled
and the elderly would have
some income and that the
unemployed were protected
against lay-offs?
Social Security Administration
What are two of the
New Deal programs
that continue to play a
role in America today?
1. Social Security
2. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
4.
5.
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1. Relief
2. Recovery
3. Reform
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Week 4
Day 4 | THURSDAY
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Question:
Answer:
Who was the German
dictator that used military
aggression against the rest
of Europe to secure his goals?
Adolf Hitler
What was the alliance
formed by the dictators in
Germany, Italy, and Japan
called during World War II?
The Axis Powers
3.
Who were the key leaders
of the U.S., Great Britain,
France, and the Soviet Union
during World War II?
U.S.-Roosevelt
Great Britain-Winston Churchhill
France-Charles de Gaulle
Soviet Union-Josef Stalin
4.
What did the U.S., Great
Britain, and the Soviet Union
join together during World
War II to become?
The Allied Powers or the Allies
5.
What were three strategies
used by the Allied Powers
in the European Theater
of World War II?
1. The invasion of North Africa
2. The invasion of Italy
3. The invasion of Normandy, France
6.
What was the purpose
of the “island-hopping”
strategy in the Pacific
Theater of World War II?
To get within range of the
gas tank capacity of American
bombers and ultimately invade
the Japanese home islands
7.
What led to the
surrender of the Japanese
and brought about the
end of World War II?
The U.S. dropped two atomic
bombs, one on Hiroshima and
one on Nagasaki.
8.
What laid the foundation
for the Women’s Movement
of the 1960’s?
Women took a more active role in
their communities and the workforce.
When the war ended, many were not
satisfied to go back to homemaking.
1.
2.
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Week 4
Day 5 | FRIDAY
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Answer:
Many African Americans moved west
to work in wartime industries, served
in the military in segregated units,
and often did dirty and dangerous
jobs while treated poorly by whites.
Following Pearl Harbor, many
Japanese Americans were forced to
leave their homes and businesses and
were imprisoned behind barbed wire
fences without the right to a trial.
Germany was divided into West
Germany, a democratic government
and East Germany, a communist
government. Eastern Europe was
dominated by the Soviet Union.
1.
What were the roles
of African Americans
during World War II?
2.
What caused JapaneseAmericans to find themselves
in internment camps during
World War II? Describe the
internment process:
3.
What happened to
Germany and Eastern
Europe as a result of
World War II?
4.
What were four areas of
development that had a
significant impact on World
War II and on the economy of
the United States?
Give one example of
U.S. innovations in aviation,
weaponry, key technology,
and communications during
World War II?
5.
1. Aviation
2. Weaponry
3. Technology
4. Communications
Aviation- radar, jets, longer flights
Weaponry-atomic bombs, rockets
Technology- penicillin, vaccines
Communication-computers
6.
Following World War II,
why was there an
increasing worldwide
economic inter-dependence?
In order to keep countries from
falling to Communism, the U.S. made
alliances with war-torn Europe in
hopes that strong economies would
protect against communism.
7.
What are three things that
impact decisions made
on the global stage?
1. Economic productivity
2. World trade
3. Political alliances
8.
What were the effects of
increased global trade
following World War II?
Trade barriers were lowered around
the world as nations negotiated trade
agreements which made prices of
goods and jobs change.
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