This is the popularly used nickname for the crash of the stockmarket, referencing October 24th, 1929.
What is "Black Tuesday"?
100
President elected in 1932, who took office in 1933 and helped install the New Deal.
Who is Franklin Delano Roosevlet (or FDR)?
100
The Premier of Russia during WWII, this man was a Communist dictator who would later lead Russia in the Cold War against the United States.
Who is Joseph Stalin?
100
This took place on December 7th, 1941.
What is the attack on Pearl Harbor?
100
German term for the Nazi army's "lightening war".
What is the blitzkrieg?
200
This was the term used for buying stocks "on credit", where a buyer could pay as little as 10% down for a stock.
What is buying "on margin"?
200
The legendary first session of Congress under FDR's administration , during which he and his Democratic allies passed over 15 major pieces of legislation., implementing much of the New Deal.
What is the "First Hundred Days"?
200
One of the founders of fascism, this man was the dictator of Italy during much of WWII.
Who is Benito Mussolini?
200
A system of conserving food and resources for the war effort, this was put into place all across America during WWII.
What is rationing?
200
Name given to the gardens of private citizens who tried to grow as many fruits and vegetables as possible to support conservation of resources for the war effort.
What is "Victory Gardens"?
300
This man was president during the outbreak of the Great Depression, and was mocked as a "do-nothing" by Democratic rivals.
Who is Herbert Hoover.
300
The Agricultural Adjustment Act offered government subsidies to farmers for doing this.
What is NOT growing food (wording may differ)?
300
This military leader of Japan, made Prime Minister early in World War II, approved the attack on Pearl Harbor, and was hanged to death for war crimes follwoing Japan's surrender.
Who is Hideki Tojo?
300
This iconic image of a female industrial worker flexing her muscles became one of the most famous peices of WWII propaganda.
What is "Rosie the Riveter"?
300
Adoption of this unofficial policy by the rest of the European community allowed Germany to both restore its military and expand its territoy, despite both being prohibited by the Treaty of Versailles.
What is appeasement?
400
Textbook term for when people panic and pull all their money out of a bank, causing the bank to then collapse.
What is a "bank run"?
400
This New Deal program, still part of the government today, provides senior citizens and other retired people a monthly pension.
What is Social Security (Administration)?
400
Prime Minister of England during WWII, this man was a close friend of FDR's, and is considered one of the greatest British politicians of all time.
Who is Winston Churchill?
400
The Selective Service and Training Act of 1940 required men to do this.
What is register for the draft?
400
This law, pushed through Congress by FDR before America joined the war, allowed the US to aid Allied countries like Britain and the Soviet Union by loaning them weapons.
What is the Lend-Lease Act?
500
The plight of "Okies" living through the Depression and the Dust Bowl was told through the story of the Joad Family in "The Grapes of Wrath", the classic novel by this author.
Who is John Stienbeck?
500
This New Deal Program called for the immediate hiring of 250,000 young men, being paid $30 per month, to work on outdoor projects like planting trees, building parks and other public works.
What is the Civilian Conservation Corps?
500
The fascist leader of Spain during and (long )after the Spanish Civil War, this man enjoyed the support of Hitler and Mussolini early on in his tenure as dictator. He was also the longest-tenured dictator in European history.
Who is Francisco Franco?
500
This piece of legislation, issued by FDR in 1941, prohibited racial discrimination in the national defense industry, though segregation remained intact until 1948.
What is Executive Order 8802?
500
One of Hitler's chief reasons for wanting to expand was to acquire this, the German term for "living space".