Roaring Twenties — definition?
A period of rapid US economic growth in the 1920s.
Mass production consumer goods — role?
Made household items widely available and affordable.
Expanded credit — mechanism?
Borrowing supported by banks enabled more spending.
Fordist assembly line — function?
Increased car production and lowered costs.
Wall Street Crash 1929 — date?
October 24–29, 1929.
Buying on margin — meaning?
Investing with 10–20% down, borrowing the rest.
Black Thursday — significance?
Stock market fell sharply, triggering panic.
Black Monday — date?
October 28, 1929.
Black Tuesday — date?
October 29, 1929.
Causes of Depression — main factor?
Stock market collapse and banking failures.
Smoot-Hawley Tariff — year?
1930.
Dust Bowl drought — impact?
Destroyed crops in 23 US states.
Great Depression in America — icon?
Migrant Mother photograph.
FDR’s first address — focus?
Described crisis and called for action.
Hoover’s response — approach?
Laissez-faire, limited government intervention.
New Deal — main goal?
Reduce unemployment through government projects.
The Blitz — what?
German air raids on Britain during WWII.
British home front — challenges?
Bombing, shortages, government measures.
London — role as a city?
Financial, political, cultural, and tourist hub.
Irish border issue — solution?
Northern Ireland Protocol and Windsor Framework.
Good Friday Agreement — purpose?
Peaceful border, power-sharing between communities.
Malta — strategic role?
Crossroads in Mediterranean, rich history.
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