Economic Ideas
This economist’s theories on government spending inspired FDR’s New Deal.
Who is John Maynard Keynes?
This Axis leader rose to power in Germany before WWII.
Who is Adolf Hitler?
This act established pensions and unemployment insurance in 1935.
What is the Social Security Act?
The U.S. policy to stop the spread of communism.
What is containment?
He succeeded JFK and expanded civil rights and welfare programs.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
This type of economy emphasizes minimal government interference.
What is a free market?
This U.S. project developed the atomic bomb.
What is the Manhattan Project?
This Supreme Court decision upheld segregation under “separate but equal.”
What is Plessy V. Ferguson?
The division between North and South Korea is along this line.
What is the 38th Parallel?
This president’s “fireside chats” calmed Americans during the Great Depression.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
Frederick Hayek was a major figure in this school of economics that opposed central planning.
What is Austrian Economics?
These days mark the Allies’ victory in Europe and Japan.
What are VE day and VJ day?
This post-war suburb became a symbol of white flight.
What is Levittown?
This Chinese leader launched the Cultural Revolution.
Who is Mao Zedong?
He was a conservative icon and president during the 1980s.
Who is Ronald Reagan?
This system is based on private property and profit incentives.
What is capitalism?
This harbor was attacked on December 7, 1941, drawing the U.S. into war.
What is Pearl Harbor
This leader advocated nonviolence and civil disobedience in the Civil Rights Movement.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK)?
This U.S. president ordered the Marshall Plan.
Who is Harry Truman?
This liberal president created the Peace Corps and faced the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Who is John F. Kennedy? (JFK)
This man wrote The Communist Manifesto and inspired socialist revolutions.
Who is Karl Marx?
This program allowed the U.S. to send supplies to Allied countries before officially joining WWII.
What is the Lend-Lease Act?
This artist critiqued American life and war through photomontage.
Who is Martha Rosler?
This organization was founded after WWII to promote global peace, replacing the League of Nations.
What is the United Nations?
This president was known for his response to the energy crisis and human rights policies.
Who is Jimmy Carter?