Great Depression
What year was the Stock Market Crash that began the Great Depression?
1929
How many terms did FDR serve as President?
4
FDIC
During WWII, American scientists wanted the U.S. to press on Germany over anywhere else during the war - fearing that they had more time to develop ________
WMD's
Weapons of Mass Destruction
Who led the defense in the Pacific for the Americans?
General George MacArthur
In this Adam Sandler movie, Sandler goes back to school and repeats grades 1-12 in order to prove to his father that he is good enough to run his family business.
Billy Madison
What did Americans call the day of the Stock Market Crash? (Largest sell-off of shares in one day, in history)
Black Thursday - Oct. 24, 1929
What was the shutdown of all banking operations called?
Bank Holiday
This program helped construct dams and power plants in more rural areas - providing jobs and cheap electricity for those areas being built in.
TVA - Tennessee Valley Authority
British and American troops executed the '___________ ________' in 1942 - pushing German and Italian troops out of this region.
Africa Plan
What was the name for the 85-mile march with American and Filipino POWs conducted by the Japanese?
Bataan Death March
What is chronomentrophobia?
fear of clocks
What was the unemployment rate in the U.S. during 1933?
25%
FDR's radio broadcasts which addressed the nation's concerns:
Fireside Chats
This law was the New Deal's solution to farms in a decline. Limited the quantity of staple crops that farmers could grow, and paid farmers who voluntarily stopped growing crops.
AAA - Agricultural Adjustment Act
What granted the President authority to the President to 'conduct' the war effort?
(Just after Pearl Harbor attack)
War Powers Act (1941)
Executive Order
(9066)
Who is famously quoted for saying, "Women's rights are human rights"
(hint: ran for president)
Hilary Clinton
Banks failure was common because they lent their money for people to buy what?
Stocks/Shares - when the market crashed there was no money to pay back
This law gave the President power to reopen banks that were in solid enough shape to reopen, and assist those that were not:
Emergency Banking Act
FDR proposed this act to provide old-age insurance, unemployment, and financial-aid for the disabled:
Social Security Act (1935)
America dropped atomic bombs in what two locations during WWII?
Hiroshima, Nagasaki (Japan)
Fred Korematsu had what procedure done to himself, in order to evade being put into an internment camp?
Plastic surgery on his eyes, to make himself look less 'Asian'.
What method of food preservation was invented for the British Navy in 1813?
(something used to PRESERVE food)
Canning (use of cans)
The Banking Act of 1933 was signed by FDR, creating what? (incase there is another depression/bank failure)
FDIC
The 20th Amendment did what?
Changed presidential term dates - term ended in January as opposed to March
American Liberty League
Which two beaches were the Americans assigned to land on during D-Day?
Utah, Omaha
Ronald Reagan passed the _________ ___________ ____ - which meant the U.S. government had to pay reparations to Japanese-American families whose family prior to them were put into internment camps.
Civil Liberties Act (1988)
20,000$ tax free per family
The TV Show "King of the Hill" was based in what U.S. State?
Texas
The Works Progress Administration took over this project from Hoover, building this famous structure in the Bay Area:
Golden Gate Bridge
Who was FDR's main advisor for helping manage the New Deal?
Harry Hopkins
Eleanor Roosevelt was famous for her works in activism for __________ ____________
Women's Rights
When the Allies entered Berlin, how did they find Adolf Hitler?
Dead, in his bunker with a gun in his hand
Albert Einstein
What typewriter key was introduced by Remington in 1878, ending the need for two keys for each letter
(Hint: 1. it is on your computer right now2. You typically use it when typing the beginning of a sentence.)
Shift Key
List at least 3 social/cultural effects of the Great Depression:
Higher Education Admittance rates dropped
Less marriages/divorce rate dropped for a few years
Birth rates fell significantly
Mass migration
rapid rise in Crime rate
Suicide rates went up
Malnutrition
Prostitution
What were the three R's that FDR focused on?
Relief, Recovery, Reform
Relief - providing immediate assistance
Recovery - stimulating economic activity and creating jobs
Reform - Addressing systemic problems in the economy and society
The AAA did not help what group of people?
Sharecroppers
Tenant farmers were supposed to get a fair share government payments, but landlords usually did not pay.
What happened to Mussolini after he was arrested?
Killed, death by Firing Squad (Apr 28, 1945)
FDR and Churchill did not want to let _________ in the loop about their nuclear weapon developments.
Joseph Stalin
What is the name of the Cafe in the TV show, "Friends"?
Central Perk