Final Flashcards
1
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what type of market describes an upward trend in stocks
A
bull market
2
Q
what are you doing while buying and selling stocks
A
playing the market
3
Q
the day the stock market crashed
A
black tuesday
4
Q
official date of the stock market crash
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october 29, 1929
5
Q
list one reason for the stock market crash
A
margin buying
easy credit
6
Q
where did people wait for soup and bread
A
breadlines
7
Q
who was the president when the stock market crashed
A
hoover
8
Q
president roosevelt closed all banks
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bank holiday
9
Q
gives benefits to people over 65, unemployment for workers who lost their jobs, and payments to the disabled
A
social security
10
Q
leader of germany during WWII
A
hitler
11
Q
leader of japan during WWII
A
hirohito
12
Q
leader of russia during WWII
A
stalin
13
Q
what party did hitler belong to
A
nazi party
14
Q
what did you join if you were a young man in nazi germany
A
hitler youth
15
Q
hitlers secret police
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gestapo
16
Q
hitlers attempt to kill europe’s jewish population
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holocaust
17
Q
when did hitler test new weapons
A
during the spanish civil war
18
Q
luftwaffe bombed london, england
A
battle of britain
19
Q
hitlers plan to invade the soviet union
A
operation barbarossa
20
Q
what did japan attack which caused the americans to get involved in WWII
A
pearl harbor
21
Q
who was in charge of all concentration camps
A
eichman
22
Q
who was i. charge of entire holocaust
A
himmler
23
Q
name one concentration camp
A
auschwitz
24
Q
largest battle between russia and germany
A
battle of stalingrad
25
the invasion of normandy france by allied nations
dday
26
where was hitler when he committed suicide
bunker in berlin
27
name the two cities we dropped atomic bombs on
hiroshima and nagasaki
28
where were the nazi leaders found guilty
nuremberg trials
29
nation formed in 1947
israel
30
have veterans benefits
GI bill
31
outlines truman’s policy on containment
truman doctrine
32
gave europe 12 billion dollars
marshall plan
33
what sent supplies to west berlin because of the berlin blockade
berlin airlift
34
who did we prevent from overrunning south korea in order to stop the spread of communism
north korea
35
accused many important americans of being communists
joseph mccarthy
36
where did many middle class families move in order to get away from the cities
suburbs
37
president for most of the 1950s
dwight eisenhower
38
joseph stalins attempt to fix the industrial system of russia
5 year plan
39
where stalin sent his enemies during stalin’s reign of terror
gulags
40
wealthy farmers in russia
kulaks
41
stalin started out 5-8 million ukrainians
terror famine
42
falls to communism when mao sedona takes power
china
43
we entered into this war when the north invaded the south
korean war
44
the korean war ends about where it started
along the 38th parallel
45
in 1952 the US tests this successfully
hydrogen bomb
46
name of the first satellite in space
sputnik
47
leads a communist revolution in cuba in 1959
fidel castro
48
refused to give up her bus seat
rosa parks
49
nine children who were the first african americans to attend central high school in little rock arkansas
little rock 9
50
famous boxer who converted to islam and refused induction into vietnam
muhammad ali
51
where did MLK give his “i have a dream” speech
lincoln memorial
52
killed MLK
james earl ray
53
makes it illegal to discriminate in employment and enforced school desegregation
civil rights act of 1964
54
campaign to register african americans voters in the south
freedom summer
55
brutally beaten and killed in mississippi. pictures of his open casket were printed in many newspapers
emmett till
56
two of the largest riots in american history
detroit and watts (los anglers)
57
failed attempt to overthrow the leader of cuba
bay if pigs
58
nikita krushchev put this up in order to prevent east berlin citizens from fleeing to west berlin
berlin wall
59
began when a U2 spy plane took photos of nuclear mussels located in cuba
cuban middle crisis
60
claims that only one person was involved in the kennedy assassination
warren commission
61
where was JFK when he was shot
dallas texas
62
who was charged for the assassination of JFK
lee harvey oswald
63
who was lee harvey gunned down by while being moved between prisons
jack ruby
64
krushchev agree to remove the middles from cuba if we removed jupiter mussels from where
turkey
65
what did lyndon b johnson declare war on during his first year in office
poverty
66
johnson’s vision for america
great society
67
johnson amended the social security act and added what
medicare and medicaid
68
supreme court in the 1960s and is considered the most liberal in US history
warren court
69
leader of north vietnam
ho chi minh
70
secretary of state people blamed for starting the war
robert mcnamara
71
takes office after kennedy dies
lyndon b johnson
72
a massive bombing campaign against north vietnam
operation rolling thunder
73
who soldiers fought most of the time in the south
vietcong
74
senator of arizona
| was once a vietnam POW for 5 1/2 years
john mccain
75
once one country falls to communism, many will follow
domino theory
76
resolution essentially gave lyndon B johnson war making powers
gulf of tonkin
77
a network of supply lines and dead ends hidden throughout the jungles of laos, cambodia and vietnam
ho chi minh trail
78
occurred when north vietnamese and vietcong attacked during the vietnamese new year
tet offensive
79
leaked to the press, suggesting the government misled the public about vietnam
pentagon papers
80
peace with honor occurred after there was an agreement to cease fire by this president
richard nixon
81
in the early 60s many great bands came over from great britain
british invasion
82
one of the headliners of woodstock
jimi hendrix
83
tried to change mainstream america by doing drug, listening to protest music, and ultimately creating an alternative lifestyle
hippies
84
event that truly celebrated the counter culture movement
| 1969
woodstock
85
where was the hippie movement believed to have originated
san francisco, california
86
much of nixon’s support came from non shouters and non demonstrators
silent majority
87
group of arab countries that controls the price of oil
OPEC
88
set air quality standards and tough emissions guidelines
clean air act
89
worst nuclear reactor spill in the US
three mile island
90
nixon’s foreign policy advisor
henry kissinger
91
who becomes president when nixon resigns
jimmy carter
92
what does carter give to vietnam draft dodgers
unconditional pardon
93
carter won a nobel peace price in 1978 by helping negotiate between egypt and israel
camp david accords
94
SDI was the nickname
star wars
95
october 1983
| 2000 US military personnel landed here and helped set up a new gov
grenada
96
ha promise mikhail gorbachev have to russians giving more freedom
glasnost
97
gorbachevs plan to restructure the soviet economy and government by increasing foreign trade and cutting military spending
perestroika
98
took most of the blame and responsibility for the iran contra affair
colonel oliver north
99
began because saddam hussein invaded kuwait
persian golf war
100
the american operation in the persian golf war
operation desert storm
101
what is timothy mcveigh known as
oklahoma city bomber
102
clinton lies under oath about a relationship with a young intern
monica lewinsky
