The Great Depression
Who was president during the start of the Great Depression?
Herbert Hoover
“A war to end all wars”
Woodrow Wilson
What was the first state to secede from the Union?
South Carolina
What year did Hitler invade Czechoslovakia?
1939
Created to reduce labor and increase supply/product
Cotton Gin
What were the podcasts called that FDR used to inform citizens about the bank failure crisis?
Fireside Chats
“A date that will live in infamy”
FDR
Who was the president in the south?
Jefferson Davis
What two countries first declared war on Germany?
Britain and France
Who invented the telegraph?
Samuel Morse
What did the RFC try to prevent?
More bank failures
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself”
FDR
When did the Confederates surrender?
April 9, 1865
What was the term used when others saw no military action from Britain after they declared war on Germany?
'Phoney War'
The assembly line was first introduced by...
Henry Ford
What did the Revenue Act of 1932 do?
increased the top income tax rate
“A house divided against itself cannot stand”
Abraham Lincoln
Where did Robert E. Lee and his troops surrender?
Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia
What was the bloodiest battle of WWII?
Battle of Stalingrad
Who invented the steel plow?
John Deere
Which agency apart of the new deal paid farmers to limit crops?
Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
"Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable"
Andrew Jackson
What was the deadliest battle of the civil war?
Battle of Gettysburg
What two countries fought in the Battle of Midway?
US and Japan
Elias Howe created the...
sewing machine