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World War 2
Quotes in History
The Great Depression
100
A political system which the government owns all property and dominates all aspects of life in a country.
Communism
100
Muckraker who exposed the abused of Rockefeller's Standard Oil Trust.
Ida Tarbell
100
Hitler's program of systematically killing the entire Jewish people.
Final solution
100
"I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past."
Thomas Jefferson
100
Black Tuesday
Stock Market crashed
200
An alliance formed in 1955 by the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe
Warsaw Act
200
This program, created by Roosevelt, focused on Progressive reforms designed to protect the common people.
The Square Deal
200
Deliberate extermination of a racial or cultural group.
Genocide
200
"A house divided against itself cannot stand"
Abraham Lincoln
200
The creator of the new deal. A plan too bring economic relief, recovery, and reform to the country.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
300
The practice of threatening an enemy with massive military retaliation for any aggression.
Brinkmanship
300
150,000 miners walked off the job because of low wages.
The Anthracite Coal Mine Strike
300
"Lightening war" type of warfare used by the Germans.
Blitzkrieg
300
"We are not makers of history. We are made by history"
Martin Luther King Jr.
300
A special market where shares of stocks are bought and sold.
Stock Exchange
400
An agreement signed by thirty-five nations saying that Europe's existing political frontiers could not be changed by force.
Helsinki Accords
400
This allows the federal government to collect income tax.
16th Amendment
400
Accepting demand in order to avoid conflict.
Appeasement
400
"History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce."
Karl Marx
400
Wrote a story of Dustbowl victims who traveled to California to look for a better life.
John Steinbeck
500
The development of or maintenance of military power to deter, or prevent an attack.
Deterrance
500
The process by which the people choose the candidates for public office rather than having them chosen by a party
The Direct Primary
500
Route by which the US was sending munitions to the Chinese who were resisting the Japanese
Burma Road
500
"Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still."
Harry S. Truman
500
Shanty towns that the unemployed built in the cities during the Depression
Hooverville