Economic Theories and Policies
Who is John Maynard Keynes?
He advocated for government spending to stimulate demand during economic downturns.
What is Pearl Harbor?
This surprise military strike led the U.S. to enter WWII.
What is Capitalism?
An economic system based on private property and profit.
What is Containment?
This Cold War policy aimed to prevent the spread of communism.
What is the GI Bill?
This law helped returning WWII veterans with education and housing.
What is Austrian Economics?
This school of economics promotes minimal state intervention and individual liberty.
What is the Lend-Lease Act?
This program let the U.S. send military aid to Allied countries before joining WWII.
What is Communism?
A system advocating collective ownership and the absence of class divisions.
What is the Korean War?
This war ended in a stalemate and a division at the 38th Parallel.
What is White Flight?
This postwar migration saw white Americans moving to suburbs.
What is the Social Security Act?
This 1935 law provided retirement pensions and unemployment insurance.
What are VE Day and VJ Day?
These are the names for the Allied victories in Europe and Japan.
Who is Karl Marx?
He co-authored The Communist Manifesto and inspired revolutions.
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
This mid-20th-century movement sought to end racial segregation.
What is Redlining?
This discriminatory practice denied mortgages to minority neighborhoods.
What is the Great Depression?
This 1930s crisis caused mass unemployment and bank failures globally.
What is the Manhattan Project?
This secret U.S. program developed the atomic bomb.
What is the League of Nations?
This failed organization was created after WWI to prevent further wars.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
He delivered the “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963.
What is Levittown?
This mass-produced suburb symbolized 1950s American life.
What are the Fireside Chats?
These informal radio addresses by FDR reassured Americans during crisis.
Who is Harry Truman?
This president authorized the use of atomic weapons on Japan.
Who is Adolf Hitler?
This dictator rose to power in Germany and led it into WWII.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This 1954 decision overturned school segregation laws.
What is Isolationism vs. Interventionism?
These opposing views debated U.S. foreign involvement before WWII.