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Ch 14+15 Nauman
Ch 14 and 15 Nauman test review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was the day the stock market crashed called? | Black Tuesday |
| Which Flight crashed in PA? | 93 |
| FDR communicated with people over the radio called? | fireside chats |
| 2 types of stock market? | Dow Jones and Nasdaq |
| What does EPIC stand for? | End Poverty in California |
| What does CCC stand for? | Civilian Conservation Corps |
| Clark Gable was in what famous movie? | Gone with the Wind |
| How many stories high was the Twin Towers? | 110 |
| Name of the blimp that caught fire | Hindenburg |
| Who wrote War of the Worlds? | Orsen Wells |
| 2 names for the twin towers after they came down? | The Pile and Ground Zero |
| How many hijackers took over the planes on 911? | 19 |
| What does social security deal with? | retirement |
| What did FDR promise the people? | A New Deal |
| What percent of the country was unemployed during the depression? | 25% |
| What is another word for blimp? | zeppelin or durigible |
| You would never see FDR pictured how? | in a wheelchair |
| book written by Upton Sinclair | The Jungle |
| there were one and a half million of these | hobos |
| the lowest amount of money that the law will allow a worker to be paid | minimum wage |
| FDR failed to pass this | poll tax |
| the reason people went to movies | escape |
| the taking of mortgaged property by the lender because the borrower cannot make the payments on the loan | foreclosure |
| long period of low rainfall results in this | drought |
| this removes the topsoil of large amounts of land | strip mining |
| this insured you money when it was in the bank | FDIC |
| How long did FDR close the banks? | 4 days |
| What were Bob Hope, George Burns, Jack Benny and the Marx Brothers? | comedians |
| This tower was HIT first | North tower |
| This tower COLLAPSED first | South tower |
| How many planes did the US ground across the country on 911 | 4000 |
| Has Osama bin Laden been caught? | yes |
| Where did the 4th plane go? | Pennsylvania |
| What did the NRA abolish? | child labor |
| How many planes were hijacked on 911/ | 4 |
| What is another name for Hoovervilles? | shantytowns |
| What fed people for free? | soup kitchens and bread lines |
| What does TVA stand for? | Tennessee Valley Authority |
| Did Eleanor Roosevelt follow the tradition role of the first lady? | no |
| Where did homeless families move to? | west to California |
| Who helped to write the Hollywood code? | Martin Quigley |
| What is is called when the government spends more money than it takes in? | deficit spending |
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