History Test Flashcards
The program that involves governmental projects that paid Americans to do work was called the __________.
New Deal
Franklin D Roosevelt to have a disease called __________ which attacks the nervous system.
polio
Roosevelt gave many radio talks called the __________ during his three terms as president.
Fireside Chats
The national Labour relations Board allowed workers to form __________ to bargain with company owners for better wages and working conditions.
labor unions
FDR’s new programs were known as the __________ because they were called by the first letters of their names.
alphabet agencies
The fee charged by a lender is called __________.
Lender
America was not the only country to supper from the depression. Countries in __________ also suffered.
Europe
Hitler and__________ were dictators.
Mussolini
Germany and Italy formed the __________ powers.
Axis
Why didn’t everyone get money from the bank.
The bank had invested the People’s Money in stocks.
why did the lenders of the treasury department declare a bank holiday?
it was so they could close the banks because the banks did not have money.
The years following the stark market crash were called__________.
The Great Depression
The dust bowl was located in the __________ United States
Central
What caused the dustbowl?
When the drought came the crops could not put down the dry plowed soil so the wind whipped the topsoil.
he promised to put an end to prohibition?
Franklin D Roosevelt
he took most of the blame for the Great Depression.
Herbert Hoover
The chief business of the American people is business
Calvin Coolidge
he signed into law a very high tax on imported goods.
Herbert Hoover
The only thing we have to fear is fear it so.
Franklin D Roosevelt’s
he was in office when the stock market crashed.
Calvin Coolidge
What does bear market mean?
failing stock prices
what does invest mean?
to use money to make a profit
What does with draw mean?
remove money from a bank account
what does dividend mean?
profit receive from stock market investments
