Great Depression
Buying on Margin
A practice that allowed people to buy stock with a down payment of a portion of the value
Name 3 Axis leaders
Adolf Hitler (Germany) Benito Mussolini (Italy) and Hirohito (Japan)or tojo
the containment policy
The result of the long telegram
North and South Korea are split here
38th parallel
What was Johnson's goal for the Vietnam War?
for U.S. troops to bolster South Vietnam's defenses until South Vietnam could take over
Black Tuesday
The day the stock market crashed, signaling the start of the Great Depression
Non agression pact
An agreement between two things for peace
containing communism
The Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan were essential for
allows a president to withhold information that he feels Congress doesn't need to know
executive privilege
Who was communist in Vietnam?
Ho Chi Minh
Hoovervilles
The nickname of groups of shacks in which homeless families lived during the Great Depression
Why was Germany so bitter after WW1
Because the treaty of Versailles limited them many things
Soviets blockaded West Berlin
The Soviet response when U.S., France, and Britain merged their zones in Germany
The U.S. entered the conflict in Korea under the authority of this agency
United Nations
When was the Vietnam War?
1959-1975
Smoot-Hawley Tariff
A 1930 piece of legislation passed under Pres. Hoover that raised import duties by as much as 50%, worsening the worldwide depression
Why did Englandas prime minister want to appease Germany
Because he was hired to keep England out of War
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were charged with
giving atomic secrets to the Soviets
The reason Truman fired MacArthur
insubordination
What was the Viet Minh?
A group whose goal was to rid Vietnam of their invaders- Japan and France
The New Deal
A series of government programs created by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to end the Great Depression
Name three allied leaders
Roosevelt (u.s.a) Churchill (U.K) Stalin (Russia) and Charles De Gaulle (france)
the result of the Truman Doctrine
commitment to fight communism
A war fought to achieve a limited objective, such as containing communism
Limited War
Why was France in Vietnam?
The French colonized Vietnam in 1859