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- American History
- 1913-1945
- 1913
- Federal Reserve Act of 1913 was a major reform of U.S. Banking & Finance.
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- True
- True-Creating 12 Federal Districts & Banks to speed the flow of currency.
- 1914
- The Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914 dealt with the Trusts.
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- True
- True-The Trade Commission was expected to crush monopoly in the cradle.
- 1919
- The American Legion was founded in Paris in 1919 by Colonel Theodore ________.
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- Roosevelt
- Roosevelt set it up for the Veterans of World War I.
- 1920
- First Transcontinental Airmail route
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- New York
- New Hampshire
- Rhode Island
- Washington D.C
- New York
- New York-private companies were given Airmail contracts by Washington
- 1927
- Charles A. ___________, first to fly non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean.
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- Lindbergh
- Lindbergh, so-called the flyin' fool, electrified the World by his flight
- 1929
- Oct 29, 1929 Black ___________, the day the stock market crashed.
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- Monday
- Tuesday
- Thursday
- Friday
- Tuesday
- Black Tuesday-the world's worst economic collapse.
- 1931
- FDR's New Deal program, Relief-Recovery-Reform, was known as the _____ _____
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- Three R's
- Roosevelt Platform
- New Deal
- Market Miracle
- Three R's
- The Three R's-Immediate Relief-Permanent Recovery-Reform of current Abuses
- 1945
- The official surrender of Japan took place aboard the U.S.S. ______________.
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- Missouri
- Piedmont
- Praire
- Salt Lake City
- Missouri
- Aboard the battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay, Japan surrendered to MacArthur.
- 1941
- Dec 7th, 1941, Black Sunday, the Japanese attacked
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- Pearl Harbor
- The attack on Pearl Harbor virtually wiped out our Battleship Fleet
- 1934
- FHA-Federal Housing Administration-on of the New Deals was established in 1934
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- True
- True-Hoping to stimulate the Building Industry by small loans to homeowners
- 1917
- U.S. Declares War against _________.
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- Japan
- Russia
- Germany
- Italy
- Germany
- Germany's U-boat attacks on U.S. ships pushed Wilson to Declar War
- 1924
- Nellie Taylor Ross was 1st women elected Governor of Wyoming
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- True-She was elected Oct 2nd, after the death of her Husband
- 1926
- Dr. Robert H. Goddard demonstrated practicality of Rockets Mar 16 1926
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- True
- True-In Auburn, Mass. the 1st liquid fuel rocket flight was 184ft in 2.5 sec
- 1943
- June 10,1943 the Pay-as-you-go Income Tax Bill was signed by
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- Roosevelt
- Wilson
- Harding
- Taft
- Roosevelt
- Roosevelt-starting Jul 1 wages & salaries were subject to 20% Withholding Tax
- 1941
- Hitler ordered-Policy of Genoside-as a solution to the __________ problem.
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- Jewish
- Catholic
- Protestent
- English
- Jewish
- Persecution of the Jewish people was to insure Germany was the Master Race
- 1921
- The Jack Dempsey-Georges Carpenter fight produced the 1st Million Dollar Gate
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- True
- True-The first of many million dollar gates as sports became more popular
- 1944
- The 32nd President F.D.
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- Roosevelt
- Roosevelt-Foreign policy a deciding factor, voters decided experience was best
- 1945
- On May 7, 1945 the German Government surrendered unconditionally
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- True
- True-The next day was officially proclaimed V-E Day (Victory in Europe Day)
- 1940
- Conscription Law of 1940 was first peacetime draft in American History
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- True
- True-it made provisions for training 1.2 million troops & 800,000 reserves
- 1920
- Nov 1920-First radio station-KDKA-broadcast the news of the Harding landslide
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- True
- True-like other marvels the radio created a new industry
- 1930
- The __________ Dam was built creating lake Mead in the process.
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- Hoover
- Hoover Dam-creating manmade lake for irrigation-flood control-electric power
- 1939
- The Neutrality Act of 1939-Allies could buy U.S. war materials cash-carry only
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- True
- True-after paying cash they had to transport the munitions in their own ships
- 1944
- Legislation is signed preventing any president from serving more than twice.
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- True
- True-Roosevelt is the only President to serve more that two terms.
- 1937
- League of __________ is disbanded.
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- Armies
- Nations
- Countries
- Peoples
- Nations
- As war approaches the League dies, it is later resurrected as United Nations.
- 1945
- The United _________ replaces the League of Nations.
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- Nations
- The United Nations is resurrected from the ashes of the League of Nations.
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