Final Flashcards

1
Q

The _____ _____ act was designed to help those that could not work

A

Social Security

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2
Q

Group of veterans that demanded early payment of a bonus by Congress were called

A

Bonus army

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3
Q

German subs sank US supply lines as a result of what policy?

A

Lend lease

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4
Q

Unemployed artists were helped by the _____ _____ administration

A

Works progress

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5
Q

What group of Americans faced the most significant racial discrimination during World War II

A

Japanese

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6
Q

Which administration made loans to tenant farmers?

A

Farm security

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7
Q

US strategy to defeat Japan

A

Island hopping

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8
Q

Fear of this was high during both the Cold War and the Korean War

A

Communism

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9
Q

Which organization insured bank depositors savings? (int.)

A

FDIC

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10
Q

What country had to dismantle the military after World War II

A

Japan

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11
Q

Roosevelt’s policy toward Latin America was called

A

Good neighbor

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13
Q

Who said the Great Depression was caused by the collapse of the economy abroad?

A

Hoover

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14
Q

These were hit hard during the Great Depression because they loaned money to Brokerage houses

A

Banks

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15
Q

Communist leader of China after World War II

A

Mao zendong

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16
Q

Italy Germany and Japan were the _____ powers

A

Axis

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17
Q

Last major German offensive

A

Battle of the bulge

17
Q

FDR in formal chats

A

Fireside chats

18
Q

Which new deal included the social Security act and Wagner act

A

Second

19
Q

Fear of communism in America was called

A

McCarthyism

20
Q

What conference detailed what would happen to Japan after World War II

A

Potsdam

21
Q

Hitler wanted to defuse France and Britain’s alliance by signing the?

A

Nonaggression pact

22
Q

Which new deal program had a crisis because of its cost? _____ _____ administration

A

Civil works

23
Q

Japanese bombing of the US on December 7, 1941

A

Pearl Harbor

24
Q

Policy designed to prevent the spread of communism was called

A

Containment

25
Q

$To rebuild Europe after World War II was offered to all nations including the Soviet union, this plan was called?

A

Marshall plan

25
Q

Name given to the Stock market crash of October 29, 1929

A

Black Tuesday

26
Q

Name given to area where topsoil is exposed and dust storms occurred in the Great Plains

A

Dust bowl

27
Q

Hoover won the election of 1928 because he was associated with what political party

A

Republican

28
Q

What did unemployed people sell during the Great Depression

A

Apples