Chapter 8
Shares of companies
What were collectives?
Government owned farms
Which industry produced riffles, helmets, and artillery for the US Military?
the automobile industry
The Taft Hartley Act outlawed the closed shop or the
practice of only hiring union members
Which Supreme Court Case ended segregation?
Brown v. Board of Education
What year did the stock market crash?
1929
What helped to undermine the political systems of both Japan and Germany during the war?
Economic problems
What clothing became symbolic of riots in the United States during World War II?
Zoot Suit
Under Trumans fair deal congress passed
What was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. protesting in Selma, Alabama?
voter intimidation
What best characterized the period known as the Great Depression?
Americans suffered times of economic hardships.
The non aggression pact between Germany and the Soviet Union called for...
Which US territory was taken by the Japanese after the attack on Pearl Harbor?
the Phillippines
In 1955 Congress passed the Air Pollution Control Act. One major goal was to...
Investigate sources of air pollution.
Who headed up the Vietcong?
HoChiMinh
What was the goal of installment plans of the 1920's?
to enable consumers to pay for products over time
What Laws took citizenship away from Jewish Germans?
The Nuremberg Laws
Which World War II military leader was nicknamed the Desert Fox?
German general Erwin Rommel
Following WWII a growing number of people moved to the...
Suburbs
The Civil Rights Act of 1968 helped immigrants by
ensuring access to housing outside of immigrant neighborhoods
Who wrote the Grapes of Wrath?
John Steinbeck
What is the "night of broken glass", called?
Kristallnacht
The purpose of the Manhattan Project was to develop what?
an atomic bomb
Who created the Polio Vaccine?
James Salk
Why did protesters consider the draft system to be unfair?
Those who were unable to afford college were more likely to be drafted.