U.S. History: Sem. 2 (Ch 14-16) Vocab Flashcards
term specifically referring to paying a small percentage of a stock’s price as a down payment and borrowing the rest
buying on margin
this Republican won the presidential election 1928
Herbert Hoover
little towns consisting of shacks
shantytowns
organization set up to loan money to smaller banks trying to stave of bankruptcy
National Credit Corporation
term refers to the stock market crash of October 29, 1929
Black Tuesday
this is the period from 1924 to 1940 in which the economy plummeted and unemployment skyrocketed
Great Depression
in an effort to curb the financial loss farmers were suffering, COngress tried to pass the McNary-Haugen bill, which would have mandated this on key crops
price support
organization set up to provide 2 billion dollars in loans to big businesses to try and end the Depression
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
this Democrat lost the presidential election of 1928
Alfred Smith
this term is the name of the most widely used measure of the stock market’s health
Dow Jones Industrial Average
this arrangement in which consumers agree to buy now and pay later for purchases, often on an installment plan that includes interest charges
credit
organization that attempted to create farm cooperatives
Federal Farm Board
this term refers to making extremely risky business transactions on the chance of making quick or considerable profits
speculation
organization set up to help lower mortgage rates for homeowners and allow farmers to refinance their farm loans
Federal Home Loan Bank
this reduced the flow of goods into the United States and prevented other countries from earning American currency to buy American exports
Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act
this required corporations to provide complete information on all stock offerings, with the greater goal of restoring public confidence in the stock market
Federal Securities Act
this established the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) with the greater goal of restoring public confidence in the banking system
Glass-Stegall Act
this helped to create prosperity in a poverty-stricken region by providing funds to build and repair dams, flood-control, the aged and the ill.
Tennessee Valley Authority
this put almost 3 million young men to work building roads, developing parks, and helping in soil-erosion and flood-control projects
Civilian Conservation Corps
this paid farmers to lower production and, in some cases, to destroy crops, with the greater goal of raising crop prices and farm income
Agricultural Adjustment Act
this authorized the Treasury Department to inspect banks and to close those that were unsound, with the greater goal of restoring public confidence in the banking system
Emergency Banking Relief Act
this created an administration that set fair prices on many products and established labor standards, with the greater goal of ensuring fair business practice and promoting industrial growth
National Industrial Recovery Act
this provided direct relief in the form of food and clothing to the neediest people hit by the Depression- the unemployed, the age and the ill
Federal Relief Administration
One of the most popular movies of all time, this sweeping drama about life among Southern plantation owners starred Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable
Gone With the Wind
Author of the play “Our Town”
Thorton Wilder
his famous painting, American Gothic, depicts two stern-faced farmers standing stiffly in front of their farmhouse
Grand Wood
this actor, director, producer, and writer created one of the most famous radio broadcasts of all time, “The War of the Worlds”
Orson Wells
this classic novel written by John Steinbeck focuses on the difficulties faced by people who, forced off the Great Plains during the Dust Bowl, moved to California
The Grapes of Wrath
most popular singer and songwriter of the Depression era
Woody Guthrie
this British prime minister signed the Munich Pact
Neville Chamberlain
About the Munich Pact, he said, “Britain and France had to choose between war and dishonor. They chose dishonor. They will have war.”
Winston Churchill
prior to the invasion of Poland, this is what Germany and the Soviet Union agreed to
Nonaggression Pact
this nation ceased to exist after it was divided between Germany and the Soviet Union
Poland
after the fall of France, he set up a government in exile in Britian
Charles de Gaulle
the result of this led Hitler to call off the invasion of Britian
Battle of Britian
this German military strategy of “lightening war” was first used in Poland
biltzkrieg
by signing the Munich Pact, Britain and France agreed to take this policy toward German agression
appeasement
French defense build-up after WWI along the French-German border
Maginot Line
German defense build-up after WWI along the French-German border
Siegfried Line
Mussolini’s followers
Black Shirts
political philosophy that advocates a strong, centralized, nationalistic government headed by a powerful dictator
fascism
book written by Adolf Hitler in which he outlines his basic beliefs
Mein Kempf
title used by Hitler meaning “the leader”
De Fuhrer
Hitler’s followers
Brown Shirts
Government established by Hitler
Third Reich
complete control over citizens and ruthless suppression of opposition
totalitarian
Austria-Germany union
Anschluss
German brand of fascism, based on extreme nationalism
Nazism
After promising his emperor that he would try to maintain peace, Japanese prime minister —– ordered the Japanese navy to prepare for an attack on the U.S.
Hideki Tojo
After promising his emperor that he would try to maintain peace, Japanese prime minister —– ordered the Japanese navy to prepare for an attack on the U.S.
Hideki Tojo
Congress boosted defense spending and created the first peacetime —– in U.S. history
Draft
Germany, Italy and Japan were called the —- powers
Axis
Japan launched a surprise attack on the naval base at ——
Pearl Harbor
Japan took over a French military bases in Indochina. In response, the U.S. placed a —– on Japan
Trade embargo
The —– passed, allowing the president to lend or lease arms and other support to “any country whose defense was vital to the U.S.
Lend-Lease Act
Churchill and Roosevelt met secretly aboard the U.S.S. Augusta. Together they drafted the —–
Atlantic Charter
