1920s
Which industry was the major driver of the American economy in the 1920s?
Automobile
When did the stock market crash that triggered the Great Depression begin?
October 29, 1929
What law was passed in 1887 to address unfair railroad practices?
Interstate Commerce Act
In what year did Germany annex Austria
1938
The massacre and destruction of the city of Nanjing was famously known as....
“Rape of Nanjing”
What compounded problems for western farmers during the 1920s that eventually led to the Dust Bowl
Soil exhaustion
What group of veterans protested in Washington, D.C. in 1932?
Bonus Expeditionary Force
What type of company was Andrew Carnegie most associated with?
Steel
Germany invaded what country in 1939
Poland
What did the US do to Japan that led to the attack on Pearl Harbor?
Establish a trade embargo
What problem did American farmers face beginning in the early 1920s?
Declining prices and overproduction
What did the Fair Labor Standards Act establish?
minimum wage
What major economic transformation occurred during the 1870s and 1880s?
Rapid industrialization and urban growth
Who rose to power in Germany following the collapse of the Weimar Republic?
Adolf Hitler
Battle strategy for the US forces in the pacific
Island hopping
How were Americans buying stock during the 1920s
On Credit
Employed young men in conservation work
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
JD Rockefeller was famous for what natural resource
Oil
The planned German invasion of Britain was known as what?
Operation Sea Lion
Date of the attack on Pearl Harbor
Dec. 7, 1941
What was the 1st business to fail/close after the stock market crashed
Banks
What new labor organization was led by John L. Lewis?
Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)
What economic policy is associated with the Second Industrial Revolution?
Laissez-faire government approach
Where did Stalin, FDR, & Churchill meet to agree on the invasion of France?
Tehran Conference
What puppet state did Japan establish in Manchuria?
Manchukuo