HIST 2020 - Exam 2 Questions &
Answers7
Started by Tharcus Garvey to improve life for African Americans - ANSWERS-UNIA (United Negro
Improvement Association)
A black literary and artistic movement that took place after WWI and throughout the 1930s -
ANSWERS-Harlem Renaissance
Ilegal bars that served alcohol under the reign of the Volstead Act - ANSWERS-speakeasies
A movement that began during the Bolshvik Russian Revolution. It was a fear of communism
and lead to hundreds of violent riots. - ANSWERS-Red Scare
One of many riots against blacks. Probably the most significance out of all of them. - ANSWERS-
Chicago Riot (1919)
_______ is the outlaw of selling alcohol. - ANSWERS-prohibition
The ________ prohibited public school teachers from denying the biblical account of man's
origin. - ANSWERS-Butler Act
The Butler Act was signed into law by Tennessee Governor at the time: - ANSWERS-Austin Peay
FDR's series of efforts to "relieve, recover, and reform" America after the Depression. -
ANSWERS-New Deal
, The first air-sea battle in history. Was fought during WWII; Japanese Navy v. U.S. & Australia air
forces. - ANSWERS-Battle of Coral Sea
A naval battle during WWII which was fought in June and was a major turning point in the war. -
ANSWERS-Battle of Midway
This action was the "go-ahead" for the massive invasion of Europe that Eisenhower gave on D-
Day. - ANSWERS-Operation Overlord
WWI army corps of the Mediterranean Expeditionary. Formed in Egypt. - ANSWERS-ANZAC
Germans found the weakest point in the Alllies' military and attacked it. - ANSWERS-Battle of
the Bulge
The B-29 Bomber that dropped the bomb on Hiroshima. - ANSWERS-Enola Gay
Japanese city bombed (nuked, basically) during WWII - ANSWERS-Hiroshima
This transplanted New York gangster was one of the best known Chicago crime bosses during
the prohibition years. - ANSWERS-Al "Scarface" Capone
This black lady was founder of a small college in Daytona Beach Florida. During the New Deal,
she was also an official of the National Youth Administration. - ANSWERS-Mary McLeod Bethune
What New Deal agency was known as the "Blue Eagle?" - ANSWERS-National Industrial
Recovery Act (NIRA)
Author of the novel "Babbit." - ANSWERS-Sinclair Lewis
Answers7
Started by Tharcus Garvey to improve life for African Americans - ANSWERS-UNIA (United Negro
Improvement Association)
A black literary and artistic movement that took place after WWI and throughout the 1930s -
ANSWERS-Harlem Renaissance
Ilegal bars that served alcohol under the reign of the Volstead Act - ANSWERS-speakeasies
A movement that began during the Bolshvik Russian Revolution. It was a fear of communism
and lead to hundreds of violent riots. - ANSWERS-Red Scare
One of many riots against blacks. Probably the most significance out of all of them. - ANSWERS-
Chicago Riot (1919)
_______ is the outlaw of selling alcohol. - ANSWERS-prohibition
The ________ prohibited public school teachers from denying the biblical account of man's
origin. - ANSWERS-Butler Act
The Butler Act was signed into law by Tennessee Governor at the time: - ANSWERS-Austin Peay
FDR's series of efforts to "relieve, recover, and reform" America after the Depression. -
ANSWERS-New Deal
, The first air-sea battle in history. Was fought during WWII; Japanese Navy v. U.S. & Australia air
forces. - ANSWERS-Battle of Coral Sea
A naval battle during WWII which was fought in June and was a major turning point in the war. -
ANSWERS-Battle of Midway
This action was the "go-ahead" for the massive invasion of Europe that Eisenhower gave on D-
Day. - ANSWERS-Operation Overlord
WWI army corps of the Mediterranean Expeditionary. Formed in Egypt. - ANSWERS-ANZAC
Germans found the weakest point in the Alllies' military and attacked it. - ANSWERS-Battle of
the Bulge
The B-29 Bomber that dropped the bomb on Hiroshima. - ANSWERS-Enola Gay
Japanese city bombed (nuked, basically) during WWII - ANSWERS-Hiroshima
This transplanted New York gangster was one of the best known Chicago crime bosses during
the prohibition years. - ANSWERS-Al "Scarface" Capone
This black lady was founder of a small college in Daytona Beach Florida. During the New Deal,
she was also an official of the National Youth Administration. - ANSWERS-Mary McLeod Bethune
What New Deal agency was known as the "Blue Eagle?" - ANSWERS-National Industrial
Recovery Act (NIRA)
Author of the novel "Babbit." - ANSWERS-Sinclair Lewis
