The Great Depression
Who was the US president when the Great Depression began?
Who is Herbert Hoover?
During what time period was Franklin D. Roosevelt the President of the U.S.?
When is 1933 – 1945?
In what year did World War II begin?
When is 1939?
Franklin D. Roosevelt belonged to which political party?
What is Democrats?
What Asian country was divided into North and South after the war and is still divided today?
What is Korea?
When did the stock market crash occur?
When is 1929?
Who succeeded Roosevelt as President of the United States?
Who is Harry S. Truman?
What prompted the start of World War II?
What is Hitler (Germany) invading Poland?
Franklin D. Roosevelt won the presidential election in 1932 against which president?
Who is Herbert Hoover?
What happened to the country of Germany after World War II?
What is the division of the country?
What "ended" the Depression?
What is the start of World War ll?
As World War II prolonged, Roosevelt gave strong diplomatic and financial support to what two countries?
What are China and Great Britain?
What two countries were already involved in a military conflict before the beginning of World War II?
What are Japan and China?
What did the three "R's" represent in The New Deal?
What is Relief (to the poor), Recovery (of the economy), and Reforms that would improve society and avoid future depressions.
What is the name of the speech given by President Truman announcing aid towards European countries threatened by communism?
What is the Truman Doctrine?
What was the economic program FDR launched to try to boost the US economy?
What is The New Deal?
What is the name of FDR's radio addresses?
What are Fireside Chats?
What is the treaty that ended WWI that laid some of the unrest that would later explode into WWII?
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
This was one of Roosevelt's first promises to the American people?
What is Action, and Action Now?
What is the court case between the US and a Japanese-American arrested for refusing to turn himself in for internment?
What is Korematsu v. United States?
What was the nickname given to the little rows of makeshift shacks that people lived in throughout the Great Depression?
What are Hoovervilles?
What is the term for FDR trying to increase the number of Supreme Court Justices from 9 to 15 and appointing 6 new justices that shared his views?
What is Court Packing?
What was the name of the planned full-scale landing of American troops on the Japanese island of Kyushu?
What is Operation Olympia?
After the 1929 stock market crash many banks were unable to repay their depositors and closed. The 1933 Banking Act was passed to protect both banks and consumers. What was this part of the act called?
What is the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation?
What is the full name of NATO?
What is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization?