Great Depression
This 1929 event began the Great Depression
Stock Market Crash
These are the 3 "R's" as part of Roosevelt's New Deal
Relief, Recovery, Reform
America declared war against Japan after this horrible event
The attack on Pearl Harbor
This group of people took a huge step backwards in the 1950s
Women
This was the first direct tax placed on all paper goods throughout the 13 colonies
Stamp Act
too much of this type of buying led to deb
credit
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) was created to restore confidence in America's...
Banks
Americans were asked to buy these so that the government could bring in a lot of quick cash
War Bonds
This phrase meant that you had to have the shiny new item that your neighbor had
Keeping up with the Joneses
This Act forced Native Americans onto reservations and children into schools where they were assimilated.
The Dawes Act
Many of these failed as many Americans panicked to get their money
Banks
The Fair Labor Standards Act, which is still with us today created the first...
minimum wage
To save food for troops, the government asked Americans to grow their own food by planting a...
Victory Garden
This form of entertainment became the technology that Americans wanted most in the 1950s
The Television
This constitutional principle allows each branch of government to keep each other line
Checks and balances/Separation of powers
This was Franklin Delano Roosevelt's plan for America that included relief, recovery and reform
The New Deal
The Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) serves as the "police" over...
The Stock Market, Wall Street
Due to executive order 9006 all persons of Japanese ancestry were ordered to report to these places
Internment camps
This individual became the most popular musical icon in the 1950s
Elvis
George Washington chose this individual as his secretary of treasury to create a financial plan that included a tax on whiskey, national bank and tariff on imported goods.
Alexander Hamilton
This FDR safety net was created to pay for the elderly/retired, unemployed and disabled
SSA, Social Security, Social Security Administration
FDR explained his New Deal and gave confidence to Many Americans when he spoke to them over the radio in what came to be known as his...
Fireside Chats
This was the names of the two atomic bombs dropped on Japan that ultimetly ended the war and saved American lives.
Fat Man, Little Boy
This Long Island town offered affordable homes to American families through the use of mass production.
Levittown
John Adams violated people's right when he urged congress to pass the laws to "keep the country safe"
Alien Act/Sedition Act