The Great Depression
Shantytowns sprang up all over the country - sad collections of shacks, lean-to's, and tents. These were also known as....
Hoovervilles.
Some Americans saw FDR's attempted changes to the Supreme Court as an attack on the Constitutional idea of "separation of powers."
EXPLAIN!
The President, in this case FDR, was a part of the Executive Branch. The Supreme Court is part of the Judicial Branch, and as such, is a separate authority in the US gov't. The Executive cannot make changes to the other branches of gov't to get what it wants.
Prohibition, which occurred throughout the 1920s, made selling alcohol illegal. Still, people wanted to drink. Someone who wanted to buy alcohol illegally could acquire it at one of these....
Speakeasy
The US entered the war after this surprise attack on a naval base in Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
The purpose of this military operation was to bomb North Vietnam back to the stone age, forcing their leaders to recognize the gov't of South Vietnam and end their war against that country.
Operation Rolling Thunder
Explain how a bank failure occurs.
People (customers) put their money in a bank. That bank loans money to companies. When those companies fail, they cannot pay back their loan to the bank. At a certain point, the bank does not have enough money to cover withdrawals from its customers. When that happens, many people might make a "run" on a bank to get their money back before it is all gone...
This government agency was created to help the elderly retire and provide for them even though they were no longer earning a wage.
The Social Security Administration
This author wrote the defining work depicting the Great Depression, "The Grapes of Wrath." (He also wrote a book we all read your freshman year...)
John Steinbeck
In this political system, the weak must obey the strong, and the government is run by a single party which is equally hostile to democracy and communism.
Fascism
The US followed this policy starting in the 1950s and pursued it even into the 70s, as a way to keep Communism from spreading around the globe.
Containment
How did the Dust Bowl contribute to Mexican Repatriation?
Define Dust Bowl.
Define Mexican Repatriation.
Dust Bowl - environmental disaster in the Midwestern US caused by poor soil conditions.
Mexican Repatriation - the US gov't forcefully shipping back to Mexico thousands of Mexicans & Mexican-Americans.
The Dust Bowl led to Mexican Repatriation because the farmers in the Midwest moved west and wanted jobs occupied by Mexicans....
This was FDR's first priority upon becoming president in 1933.
-Creating jobs.
-Reducing unemployment.
Marcus Garvey believed that African Americans could not receive justice in America under the white power structure. What did he call on African Americans to do instead?
Return to Africa.
The Office of War Information encouraged Americans to do this during war time to help the war effort...
-ration gas/food/metal
-join the Armed Forces
-stop gossipThis war, in which the US fought alongside a coalition of allies against two Communist countries, ended with both sides in the exact position as when they started.
The Korean War