Great Depression
The gap between Rich and Poor lessened. True or False?
False! They Widened
What was the Dust Bowl?
What is A severe drought combined with overproduction of crops gripped the Great Plains in the early 1930s.
FDR was democrat or republican?
What is Democrat
What started WWII?
What is Germany invading Poland
What was D-Day known as?
What is The largest Land-Sea-Air battle in History.
What was buying on margin?
What is Paying a small percentage of a stock’s price as a down payment and borrowing the rest.
What was the Patman Bill?
What is $2.4 billion World War I veterans bonus bill sponsored by Wright Patman of Texas.
What year was Roosevelt elected?
What is 1932
Where did the Japanese attack the US?
“Yesterday, December 7, 1941, (is) a date which will live in infamy”
What is Pearl Harbor
What was the Battle of the Bulge?
What is The last German offensive and the beginning of the end for the Nazis.
What was Black Tueday?
What is 16.4 million shares were sold that day – prices plummeted
What were Hoovervilles?
What is shantytowns and homeless encampments that emerged during the Great Depression in the United States
Roosevelt was a 2 term governor of what state?
What is New York
What was Blitzkrieg?
What is Lightning warfare, The goal was to bomb England into submission
What was V-E Day?
What is Germany surrendered on V-E Day (Victory in Europe day): May 8, 1945.
What signaled the beginning of the Great Depression?
What is The Stock Market Crash
What was the Tennessee Valley Authority(TVA)?
What is Built dams to generate electricity which created jobs for thousands of people.
What year did he win his 3rd term?
What is 1940
What was Operation Torch?
What is an invasion of Axis-controlled North Africa--was launched in 1942
What were the two turning point battles?
What is the Battle of Stalingrad and Battle of Midway
Unemployment leaped from __ in 1929 to __ 1933.
What is 3%, 25%
What was "Cash and Carry"?
What is provision that allowed nations to buy U.S. arms and transport them in their own ships.
What group was he a leader of with Churchill and Stalin?
What is The Big Three
Who were Tuskegee Airmen?
What is Pilots of the all-black 99th squadron
What ended the war between the US and Japan?
What is the Atomic Bomb/Manhattan Project