Shared Flashcard Set

Details

blah social blah studies
blah blah blah7...............
34
Social Studies
11th Grade
02/03/2012

Additional Social Studies Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
during the great depression this made farmers unable to repay their debts for land and machinery
Definition
falling farm prices
Term
allowed investors to purchase a stock for only a fraction of ots price(10-15%)and borrow the rest
Definition
buying on margin
Term
the severe economic decline that lasted from 1929 until the u.s. entry into wwii in 1941
Definition
great depression
Term
houses made out of cardboard paper or scrap metal
Definition
hoovervilles
Term
a region in the great plains where drought and dust storms took place for much of the 1930s
Definition
dust bowl
Term
during his first 100 days franklin d. roosevelt pushed this program
Definition
the new deal
Term
this new deal program insured bank deposit up to $5,000
Definition
federal deposit insurance corporation (fdic)
Term
.this public work project was created in 1933 to help farmer and create jobs and hydroeletric power
Definition
tennessee valley authority (tva)
Term
this program put over 2.5 million unmarried men to work
Definition
civilian conservation corps (ccc)
Term
this program gave jobs building or improving roads, parks, airports, and other facilities to the unemployed
Definition
civil works administration
Term
this program provided old age pensions , disability payments and unemployment benefits
Definition
social sercurity
Term
fdr created this in response to critics who said he was not doing enough for ordinary americans
Definition
the second new deal
Term
name the axis powers in ww2
Definition
germany, italy, japan
Term
name the allies
Definition
u.s, britain, france , ussr
Term
giving in to someones demands in order to keep the peace
Definition
appeasement
Term
conference in which britain and france agreed to let hitler have the sudetenland
Definition
munich conference
Term
on sept.1,1939 hitler invaded this country creating ww2
Definition
poland
Term
a german tactic in which tanks soldier and moving trucks rapidly attack and are there before the foe has time to react
Definition
blitzkrig
Term
this coutry began to expand in thye pacific controlling most of china by 1940
Definition
japan
Term
on dec.7,1941 the japanese attacked
Definition
pearl harbor
Term
women participated in the military during the war by beonging to which organization
Definition
wasps waves and wacs
Term
this battle was the turning point of the war in the east
Definition
stalingrad
Term
leader of the u.s. during the war
Definition
f.roosevelt
Term
leader of the ussr during the war
Definition
stalin
Term
leader of germany during the war
Definition
hitler
Term
leader of great britain during the war
Definition
churchill
Term
leader of italy during to war
Definition
mussolini
Term
after this battle japan was unable to launch any more offensive operations in the pacific
Definition
midway
Term
japanese suicide planes
Definition
kamikazes
Term
top secret project to create the atomic bomb
Definition
manhattan project
Term
u.s. military leader in europe
Definition
eisenhower
Term
u.s. military leader in the pacific
Definition
mcarthur
Term
places where prisoners of war and political prisoners are confined, usually under harsh conditions
Definition
concentration camps
Term
where did the u.s. drop the atomic bomb
Definition
hiroshima and nagasaki
Supporting users have an ad free experience!