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WWII continued
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What caused bank failures? | banks borrowing money to speculate in the stock market and running out of cash |
| What did SC people do because they had no cash? | They bartered- trading goods for other goods or services |
| SC depression caused made people continue to do what to get goods? | Bartered |
| Who was the president at the start of the depression? | Herbert Hoover |
| What was President Hoover's policy on the government role in the depression? | He believed the government should not get involved |
| Who was the president who was elected during the depression? | Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| Which president led during WWII? | Roosevelt |
| Which program did FDR create during the 1930's? | The New Deal |
| What did the New Deal Programs do for Americans? | provide jobs for workers and improve American’s lives and the country's infrastructure |
| What people made up the axis of evil? | Hirohito, Hitler, and Mossolini |
| When was Pearl Harbor? | December 7, 1941 |
| SC Military Bases, Colombia Air Force Base, Charleston Naval Shipyard, Camp Croft, Fort Jackson | no clue why you need to know these. it was not on the guide |
| What did Fair Employment Practices do? | Began the process of desegregation in the Armed Forces |
| Who made up the Doolittle Raid and what did they do | 80 men who trained in Columbia SC-surprise attack on Japan on April 18, 1942 |
| What American General pilot led the Doolittle Raid | James Doolittle |
| A group of native Americans created an unbreakable code called what were they called? | Navajo code talkers |
| what is Rationing? | armed forces needed goods- the government made Americans use ration stamps to make sure there was enough goods |
| How did everyday Americans help with the war? | collected scraps to recycle, grew gardens, and made knitwear |
| the governement borrowed money from people, even celebrities, to help pay for the war. what was this called? | War bonds |
| what are POW camps? | a place where prisoners were kept- often helping with farm work |