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- Hoover believed that American "rugged individualism" would keep the economy moving and that the government should not step in to help individuals.
- After WWI, many European countries implemented a form of socialism, which Hoover felt contributed to their lack of economic recovery.
- Where was the first united nation conference held?
- Due to the chaotic ending to WW1 what did many German people believe about the end of the war
- Which nations controlled a portion of Germany and Berlin after the war ended?
- what is the phrase FDR used to describe the attack on Pearl Harbor
- Prior to the US entrance into WW2 how did they offer support to other nations?
- Select all the following statements that are true about the gov cutbacks of 1937 and the Roosevelt recession?
- How did many businesses respond to consumers spending less during the great depression?
- which nation did the allies decide to deal with first
- What British prime minister guided great britian through most of the war?
- Slums of ramshackle housing around big cities and empty pockets were names blank and blank in critique to the president at the beginning of the Great depression?
- Select all of the following statements involving the bonus expeditionary force that are true?
- President Hoover's decision to provide limited gov aid at the depressions onset reflects what goal of his
- What is the name given to the start of the Great Depression?
- Jobless people often stood in breadlines or lined up outside soup kitchens for free food. Homeless people put up shacks forming communities called Hoovervilles. Homeless stayed in homes till evicted- illegal housing. Movies and radio as entertainment.
- Which natural resource, which seemed to have an unlimited supply, powered steam engines?
- Where were children primarily used as a source of labor?
- They wanted to lobby for the passage of the $1,000 bonus for each veteran of WWI.
- Which invention allowed wool to be spun 8 times faster than by hand?