The Great Depression
When investors borrow large amounts of money to buy stock, also another name for buying stocks on margin.
What is STOCK SPECULATION?
A program that was created to provide a retirement income to workers.
What is SOCIAL SECURITY?
What was the name of the top secret project that developed an atomic bomb?
What is THE MANHATTAN PROJECT?
The organization that constituates a system of collective defense whereby its member states agree to mutual defense in response to an attack by any external party.
What is the NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION?
In October 1929, too many investors were selling and not enough were buying, which caused a __?
What is PANIC?
Fill in the blank: The Fair Labor Standards Act created minimum-___ and maximum-hour guidelines
What is WAGE?
Leader of the Soviet Union during WW2.
Who is JOSEPH STALIN?
What years did the Cold War start and end?
What is 1945 and 1991?
Investors were encouraged to borrow money to buy stock, which is called buying on ___?
What is MARGIN?
A program that built hydroelectric dams and dreged rivers to make them navigable in the southeastern U.S.
What is the TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY (TVA)?
Germany invaded this country on September 1, 1939, marking the start of World War II.
What is POLAND?
This policy was instilled to fight communism and promote democracy in 1947.
What is the TRUMAN DOCTRINE?
The stock market crash of 1929 could have been prevented if the government had set sensible __?
What are REGULATIONS?
What program was created to insure that money in savings accounts would not be lost if a bank failed?
What is FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION?
Order signed by FDR authorizing forced removal and internment of Japanese Amerians.
What is EXECUTIVE ORDER 9066?
The name of the U.S. spy plane that got shot down over the Soviet Union.
What is U-2?