Great Depression
Which decade was the Great Depression in the United States?
The 30's
The King of England during the Colonial Era.
Who was King George III
At the end of the war, this city was the prize of whichever member of the allies could reach it first.
What is Berlin?
Leading up to the Civil War, this region was an economic powerhouse.
The South
The domino-effect collapse of these businesses was because of ___________ and _______________
lack of physical currency and poor business / cooking the books / loss of customer base
Colonists were shot in Boston one evening, the deaths angered the colonists and was called....
What is the Boston Massacre?
What Axis power attacked the United States and forced us into the war?
What is Japan?
Following the Civil War, former slaves were voted into political office.
True or False
True
Presidents Hoover and Coolidge both believed in this economic policy.
What is laissez faire economics?
This put a tax on almost anything that was printed on paper, and was one of the taxes that drove Colonists crazy.
What is the Stamp Act?
Which US military resource was the primary target for the Japanese bombing?
Pacific Fleet- ships
This program, designed to help the formerly enslaved transition into free society and learn to read (among other skills) was called the ___________ Bureau.
What is Freedmen's?
FDR ran on the idea of the _____ Deal, which created (name 2 government programs or agencies)
"New", FDIC, Social Security, Unemployment Insurance, etc.
Japan and Germany
Reconstruction is the period of time after which war:
Civil War
This is considered the central bank of the country, the "bank for the banks".
Federal Reserve Bank
Which main event forced the surrender of Japan and the end of WWII in the pacific?
Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Andrew Johnson became president after Lincoln's assassination. He was also anti-slavery, but while Lincoln considered slavery largely a moral issue, Jackson was anti-slavery for the sole reason that he....
What is did not like Southern land owners?