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CRT REVIEW
3rd Quarter SS
Question 36
Communists and socialists viewed the
Great Depression as the
“_____________________________”.
(death of a failed system)
- they believed that capitalism was the
wrong way to live, and that is why we
were going through the Great
Depression.
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Question 1
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What is an
organized system
for buying and
selling shares in
corporations called?
Question 2
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What was the term used to describe
what happened when farmers could
not repay loans?
Question 3
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What was Black Thursday (October 24,
1929)?
Question 4
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What was the severe economic slump
in the 1930s called and what areas
were hardest hit?
Question 5
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What was the name given to farmers
who traveled from place to place to
harvest fruits and vegetables?
Question 6
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The environmental
disaster caused by
drought and strong
prairie winds, led
the Great Plains to
become known by
what name?
Question 7
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What was the Income Tax Act?
Question 8
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The Hundred Days
was the first three
months in office of
which President and
why were they
important?
Question 9
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What was the name of the group
chosen by Franklin Roosevelt to help
guide the nation to recovery?
Question 10
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What were fireside chats?
Question 11
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What Act was designed to provide
monthly pensions for retired people?
Question 12
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Name the Italian
fascist leader that
invaded Ethiopia?
Question 13
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What country was Adolf Hitler the
totalitarian dictator of during World
War II?
Question 14
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What country was
led by Joseph Stalin
in World War II?
Question 15
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What country suffered the greatest
military defeat of their history when
Pearl Harbor was attacked?
Question 16
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What major powers did the Allied
Powers consist of?
Question 17
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Who were the countries that united to
form the Axis Powers?
Question 18
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Where did the
Battle of the Bulge
take place?
Question 19
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What country did Winston Churchill
serve as prime minister during World
War II?
Question 20
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Which leader
invaded the African
nation of Ethiopia in
hopes of
recapturing the
glory of the ancient
Romans?
Question 21
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Anti-Semitism described a hatred of
which group of people?
Question 22
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Who was president
of the United States
when Pearl Harbor
was attacked?
Question 23
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How long did the Battle of Leningrad
last?
Question 24
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Which country was defeated at the
Battle of Stalingrad?
Question 25
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What was the Battle of Iwo Jima
remembered for?
Question 26
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What was the product of the
Manhattan Project and which country
was it used against?
Question 27
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What decision did president Truman
make in order to force Japanese
leaders to surrender?
Question 28
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Why was Nagasaki important?
Question 29
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Who persecuted the Jews during the
Holocaust?
Question 30
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Why was Nuremberg important?
Question 31
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How many Jews died during the
Holocaust and what term describes the
wiping out of an entire group of
people?
Question 32
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What was the number of fatalities
during World War II?
Question 33
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What did the
Marshall Plan
provide for?
Question 34
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How and why was the United Nations
created?
Question 35
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Where did the meeting take place to
discuss the post war world?