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20 Cards in this Set
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The good times of the 1920's ended in October 1929 when
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The New York Stock Exchange crashed on Black Tuesday
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Rural families were better off during the Depression becuase
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raised their own food, had gardens, hunted, fished
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People without food or money during the Depression could
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go to soup kitchens
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Franklin Roosevelt was elected President in 1932 becuase he promised people
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a New Deal
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List three ways that the dams built by the Tennessee Valley Authroity improved Alabama:
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1) built dams to control flooding
2) provided power 3) improved navigation |
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Three goals of the New Deal were:
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1) relief
2)recovery 3)reform |
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During World War II, the
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Allies: France, Britain, Russia, US
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The US entered the war after the Japanese bombed
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Pearl Harbor
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People at home helped the war effort by
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working in war factories, bought bonds, and planted victory gardens.
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The ___________________ were African American pilots who served during the war.
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Tuskegee Airman
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World War II ended in
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1945
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A place where sticks and bonds are traded
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stock market
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Fought on same side as US during WW II
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Allies
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Embankments created to control flooding
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Levees
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A period of economic limitation
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recession
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Treating someone in a cruel or harmful way to cause suffering
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persecuting
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Member of the Fascist party that controlled Germany from 1935-1945
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Nazis
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Germany, Italy, Japan
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Axis
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Officials who read or review materials for the purpose of controlling information
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Censors
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Built part of Alabama Archives building
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WPA
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