The Great Depression
What Is a Speculation
investors buying stock hoping to make quick profit
Name The Big Three
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Joseph Stalin
Name the countries that made up the French Indo- China
Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia
What was Iran-Contra Affair
Americans learned that US sold weapons to Iran in return for freeing hostages in middle east
What month did the stock market crash
October of 1929
What Was the Battle of the Bulge
German troops attacked Allied powers in Ardennes region in Belgium
What was the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
It gave the president power to use military force in Vietnam
What is information revolution
This Meant that technology had radically changed the way information was delivered
What were "Public Works Projects"
government funded projects to build public resources such as roads and dams
What was the Manhattan Project
A top secret program to build an Atomic Bomb
Explain The Twenty Sixth Amendment
It lowered the voting age from 21 to 18
Define Downsizing in factories
What were FDR's 3 R's
Relief
Recovery
Reform
What does WPB stand for
War Production Board
Who were the Hawks and Doves
Hawks - Supported war
Doves - Wanted peace and end war
What is a service economy
In a service economy, most jobs provide services instead of producing goods
Name Three "Second New Deal" programs
SSA, NYA ,WPA , REA , Wagner Act
Define Bracero program
The government hiring Mexicans to perform much needed labor
Who was the 38th President
General Ford
Define supply side economics
This theory held that if taxes were lower,people would save more money.