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