Herbert Hoover
What was Black Tuesday?
When the stock market crashed
What was the dust bowl?
When the land dried up in the Great Plains, people had to move because they couldn't farm anymore
What was the cold war?
Tensions between communist and democratic countries.
What was the name of the first satellite?
Sputnik
Who took control of Cuba after the revolution?
Fidel Castro (not Gracie)
How long did the Great Depression last?
10 years
What three things did the New Deal try to do?
Relief, Recovery, and Reform
What is one problem with communism?
People don't get any choice, if you work hard or are lazy, you get the same amount, the leaders had almost total power
What was one benefit of more highways?
easier travel, better roads for defense vehicles to travel, more people moved out to the suburbs, and boosted the economy
Because Cuba let the Soviet Union put a bunch of missiles in the country aimed at the U.S.
What benefits were there from the Hoover Dam?
1) It created jobs
2) It created electricity
What was the Civilian Conservation Corps?
A federal program that gave jobs to men doing things like planting trees and working on trails
What did the Truman doctrine say?
That the U.S. would help any country that was trying to resist communism.
Why did France and Britain get mad about the Suez canal?
Because they were getting the money before and Egypt said they couldn't have it anymore.
Why were black people fighting for civil rights?
Because there was still segregation, violence, unfair voting practices, and unfair laws
Why didn't Hoover immediately do things to help stop the depression?
He thought things would fix themselves
What does Social Security do?
Gives money to old people and poor people
What was the Korean War about?
The North was communist and the southern half wasn't. The North invaded the south to try to make them communist, too.
What was the Little Rock Crisis?
Nine black kids were trying to go to school but the governor stopped them so Eisenhower sent in troops to stop him
Who was supposed to fight Castro?
People who had fled Cuba to the U.S., been trained to fight and then sent back to Cuba
What was the bonus army?
A bunch of veterans who had been promised a bonus but wanted to get it early... when they didn't, they all went to Washington and set up camps there.
Without looking, what was one way WW2 helped to end the depression?
It made a bunch of new businesses because we needed stuff to fight the war, it gave people jobs (they could join the army or work in factories)
Without looking at your book, name one communist country.
Russia (the Soviet Union), China, North Korea,
Without looking, tell me what a boycott is.
When people refuse to use a business until the business changes something that they are doing
Without looking, what is a sit-in?
When people go to a place, ask for service and refuse to leave unless they are served.