The Great Depression
This event in 1929 helped trigger the Great Depression.
Stock Market Crash
This president created the New Deal.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
This dictator led Germany during WWII.
Adolf Hitler
This policy describes avoiding involvement in foreign wars.
Neutrality
This term describes limiting resources like food and gas during war.
Rationing
Name one major cause of the Great Depression besides the stock market crash.
Bank failures / Overproduction / Unequal wealth
The New Deal focused on these three goals.
Relief, Recovery, Reform
This dictator led Italy during WWII.
Benito Mussolini
This policy allowed countries to buy supplies if they transported them themselves.
Cash and Carry
This phrase describes civilian efforts to support the war.
Home Front
This president was in office when the Great Depression began.
Herbert Hoover
Give one example of a New Deal program and what it did.
CCC, WPA, FDIC
This country expanded militarily in Asia before WWII.
Japan
This program allowed the U.S. to lend equipment to allies.
Lend-Lease
Many women took these jobs during WWII.
Factory / Industrial jobs
Why did bank failures make the Depression worse?
People lost savings / Couldn’t access money / Businesses couldn’t get loans
How did the New Deal increase the role of the federal government?
Created jobs / Regulated banks / Provided aid
What is propaganda?
Information used to influence opinions
This event on December 7, 1941 brought the U.S. into WWII.
Attack on Pearl Harbor
These gardens helped families grow their own food during the war.
Victory Gardens
Explain how economic hardship during the Depression led people to support political change.
People wanted government action / Supported new leaders like FDR
Some critics argued the New Deal gave the president too much of this.
Power
Why did citizens support dictators during times of economic crisis?
Wanted stability / Jobs / National pride / Strong leadership
Why did Pearl Harbor quickly end American neutrality?
Direct attack on U.S. / Public anger / National security threat
Explain one major way WWII changed the U.S. economy.
Increased production / Ended unemployment / Expanded industry