Virginia State History: 20 Century (1900-End of WWII)th

Unit Quiz

Student Name: _______________________________________ Date: ____________________For each of the following slides/questions, fill-in-the-blanks:

Question Statement(s)Part A: 1900-1919

1. The Virginia State Constitution of 1902 required a ______________ or literacy test as acondition of eligibility to vote.

2. In 1912, President Taft and former President Roosevelt divided thenational Republican party vote and let the Democrat________________________ , from Virginia, get elected President ofthe US.

3. Virginia’s prohibition began in ____________, three years beforenational prohibition began.

4. The immediate trigger for WWI was the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of_____________________ and his wife Sophie in Sarajevo in 1914.

5. American troops entered the trenches on the Western Front in France in ____________(year);and, after a series of successful Allied offensives, Germany surrendered on Armistice Day, the11 of November 1918.th

6. President Wilson represented the US at the conference which resulted inthe Treaty of Versailles in 1919. Although the US did NOT become amember, this Treaty established the _______________________ of Nations– the forerunner of our United Nations today.

7. Virginia’s most outspoken suffragette was __________________________________ who founded the Suffrage League of Virginia (latercalled the “VA League of Women Voters”.)

Part B: 1920-1939

8. The __________________________ _______________runs from Mt. Katahdin in Maine to Springer Mt. inGeorgia – 1/4 of the it lies in Virginia.

9. The brother of former Governor and US Senator HarryFlood Byrd of Winchester was a famous explorer and wasthe 1 man to fly over the _______________________.st

10. In 1929, Richard Byrd and 3 companions were the 1 to fly over thest

______________________.

11. The 1920s was an exciting time of change and experimentation with new life styles inAmerica. These times were called the “___________________ twenties”. 12. One of the favorite things for people to do in the 1930s was to go to the _______________ ___________________. And, the most famous of these was “Gonewith the Wind”.

13. The classic decorative and architectural style of the period from1925 to 1940 was called “Art _____________” after its first display ata festival in Paris, France.

14. Alcohol ___________________ in America had the unintendedeffect of wide-spread disrespect for the law in the 1920s and 1930s.

15. Herbert Hoover, a Republican, was President of the US at the startof the “Great ___________________________”. His retreat forfishing at Camp Rapidan in Virginia was called the “Brown House”.

16. In the US, Wall Street “crashed” in October of ______________. This began the 10-year economic slump that adversely affected all ofthe Western industrialized countries.

17. President ___________________ was elected in 1932 with aplatform of economic reform he called the “New Deal” for Americans.

18. The center-piece of the “New Deal” was called the NationalRecovery Act of 1933 (NRA). It was later declared unconstitutional bythe US ____________ ___________.

19. Between 1933 and 1942, ten Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)camps were established on or near the Shenandoah National Park in_________________. The CCC employed young men in “make-work” tasks such as the building of Camp Roosevelt at Big Meadows,VA.

20. In Virginia, African-Americans employed by the WPA built abeautiful Botanical Garden out of a swamp near ______________,Virginia.

21. US Senator Carter Glass of Virginia, co-sponsored the BankingAct of 1933 which protected bank ____________________ savingsand kept the nation’s banks from failing.

22. Pearl S. _________________ graduated from Randolph MaconWomen’s College in Virginia; and, she won both the______________________ Prize and the Nobel Prize for her novel“The Good Earth.”

23. In Europe, Germany and Italy joined forces to attack theirneighbors. Speaking at the Univ. Of Virginia’s graduation ceremonyin 1940, FDR said that the hand that held the “dagger” (i.e., Italy) hadthrust it into its neighbor (i.e., _____________).

24. Japan invaded Manchuria in 1937 and joined forces with Germany and Italy on its road toconquest in the Pacific. This group of three aligned countries was called the “____________Powers”.

25. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was physically between Germany’s territory inCentral Europe and Japan’s territories in _______________. So, it was a natural target for attackby these two powers.

Part C: WWII Era (1940-1948)

26. FDR made the first TV broadcast from the New York World’s Fair in _________________.

27. Before WWII, the US “rented” naval bases on the Atlantic coast of Canada and in theCaribbean Sea from ________________. As payment, the US traded 50 surplus destroyers forthe bases.

28. During WWII, the Marine Corp Base at Quantico, VA was a major ________________ basewhich housed the Marine’s Officer Candidate School (OCS).

29. The US program to provide war materials to countries fighting against the Axis Powers wascalled the “___________- __________” program.

30. Japan attacked the United States bases in Hawaii on December 7 ,th

_____________. The next day, FDR asked Congress to declare war onJapan.

31. The Pentagon was built in ____________________, VA from 1941until finished in 1943.

32. Students in Fairfax Co. Public Schools learned the “point-value” of ___________________goods in their grade schools’ play stores.

33. Movie stars sold _____________bonds to support the War effort.

34. German prisoners of war were brought to Virginia and put to work on ____________throughout the State (e.g., at the remount facility in Front Royal, VA.)

35. The shipyard at Portsmouth, VA became one of the ___________in the world, producingmany “Liberty Ships” and aircraft carriers during WWII.

36. Several training camps were built in Virginia during WWII. Once of these, Camp Pickett,was named after Virginia’s famous Civil War general; and, it served as the Army’s____________ Replacement Training Center.

37. At Alexandria, Virginia, workers made__________________ at its factory which now serves as an artsand crafts Center.

38. B-17 Bomber pilots were trained at ________________Field, VA; and later, served with bomber squadrons in Englandflying missions over Europe/Germany.

39. American troops saw combat in North Africa where theyserved under the command of General George S._____________ who came from a famous family of soldiers inVirginia.

40. In North Africa and Italy, physicians and nurses from theUniv. Of Virginia organized and operated a large field__________________ near the battle fronts.

41. In 1945, the ________________ captured Berlin and the Germans surrendered to the Allieson May 8 , 1945.th

42. For the Americans, the most important naval battle of the war in the Pacific was at/near_______________________________ island.

43. The Mariana Islands Campaign was fought on 3 islands: Rota, Tinian, and ___________.Later, Tinian became a major air base from which B-29 bombers flew atomic bombs to Japan.

44. General MacArthur said he would “return” to the __________________ when he left therejust before the Japanese took over there.

45. On ______________ ______________ island the Marines raised an American flag and thepicture of it became the basis for the Marine memorial sculpture depicting that activity inArlington, VA.

46. Corporal Desmond T. Doss of Lynchburg, VA received theMedal of Honor from President Truman for his valiant service as a_______________ in Okinawa, Japan.

47. President Truman ordered the bombing of Hiroshima andNagasaki with ___________ bombs called “fat man” and “big boy”.

48. General MacArthur accepted Japan’s formal surrender on theUSS _________________________ anchored in Tokyo bay.

49. Edward R. _______________________, US Secretary of Stateand US’ UN Representative from Virginia, signed the UN Charterfor the United States at SF, CA in June of 1945 as the US became a“charter member” and took a seat on its Security Council.

50. George C. Marshall, of Virginia,received the________________________honoringhis plan for the economic recovery ofcountries affected by WWII in Europe.