Unit 6
1920s & Great Depression
1920s & Great Depression
Following WWI, America adopted the _______ , in which the US agreed to loan Germany money, with a long payback schedule and interest paid from Germany. Germany used this money to restart its economy and to pay off debts to France and Britain
Dawes Plan
homeless encampments that popped up during the aftermath of the Great Depression were nicknamed ___
Hoovervilles
Mr J has these bones that Mr J broke playing soccer....happened most recently?
L Ankle
R Wrist
L Wrist
Back
R wrist
Henry Ford's invention of the ______ ____car made buying a car more affordable option than ever before
model T
although Hoover is often blamed for the stock market crash, his one successful public works project was...
Hoover dam
Which team does Mr J follow most closely as a fan?
Illini tennis
Alabama football
Illini football
UI fball
During Great Depression, 32nd President Franklin Delano Roosevelt used the radio in order to deliver his ____ ______(s), which helped win over the popular opinion
fireside chats
banks and financial institutions make most of their money by charging
interest
What country did Trump order the USS Gerald Ford battleship to dock nearby....claiming that the US is at war with the drug cartels within the South American country
Venezuela
FDR promised to deliver public works programs in his successful presidential campaign. These programs provided jobs working on highways, schools and other public buildings to unemployed Americans and FDR called it the ___ ____
new deal
type of music that grew especially popular during the Roaring 20s
jazz
created to assist Americans who had lost retirement savings from the stock market crash of 1929
social security
FDR tried to promote confidence in the economy by insuring all bank accounts up to $5000 with federal money through the creation of the __
FDIC