World War I
This committee's primary objective was to foster public opinion in favor of the war.
Committee on Public Information (CPI)
This term refers to writers and intellectuals who grew up during WWI and felt profound disillusionment
Lost Generation
This practice allowed investors to purchase stocks using only 10% of their own money while borrowing the rest
Buying on the margin
Before the New Deal, this prevailing philosophy suggested that the government should stay out of the economy entirely
Laissez-faire
This battle is considered the turning point of the war in the Pacific.
Battle of Midway
This 1918 Act made it a crime to speak, write, or publish anything "disloyal" or "abusive" about the government.
Sedition Act
Lost Generation writers believed the "American Dream" had shifted from a quest for freedom to this:
Pursuit of consumer goods ("crass pursuit of things")
In industry, this phenomena led to a gradual decline in the economy over the 1920s, setting the foundation for the Great Depression
overproduction and underconsumption
This 1935 Act established a permanent "safety net" for the elderly, disabled, and unemployed.
Social Security Act
This massive invasion on June 6, 1944, opened a "Second Front" in Western Europe.
D-Day (Operation Overlord)
In the case Schenck v. United States, the Supreme Court ruled that free speech could be restricted if it created this.
"Clear and present danger"
This novel by F Scott Fitzgerald is a classic example of the Lost Generation literature.
The Great Gatsby
This trend in employment led to the underconsumption of goods in the years was in part caused by the fact that wages ______ while prices_______
This New Deal program turned the President into the nation's "Boss" by hiring millions for public works
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
This successful test of the atomic bomb gave President Truman the confidence to take a "tougher" tone with Stalin at Potsdam.
Trinity Test
These two events were the immediate catalysts for the U.S. shifting from neutrality to engagement in WWI.
The resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare and the Zimmermann Telegram
agriculture
These were the shanty towns established as people lost their housing after the crash
Hoovervilles
This New Deal Program sent young men to complete public works projects and sent money home to their families
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
This was Hitler's last-ditch counter-offensive that exhausted Germany's remaining resources.
Battle of the Bulge
The U.S. Senate refused to ratify the Treaty of Versailles because of concerns that this "Article" would violate U.S. sovereignty.
Article X
The 1920s saw the ratification of the 19th amendment which did what.
Women's right to vote
What happened on Black Tuesday
stock market crash
This Act gave the federal government the power to protect workers' rights to join unions.
Wagner Act
During the Yalta Conference, Joseph Stalin promised he would hold these in Poland and Eastern Europe (though he later broke this promise).
Article X of the Treaty of Versailles would have established:
The League of Nations
This amendment was largely ignored in the 1920s and contributed to the rise of speakeasies and the mafia.
18th Amendment or Prohibition
This 1930 tariff led to a "trade war" and the halt of international trade
Hawley-Smoot Tariff
The New Deal replaced the philosophy of "Rugged Individualism" with this concept of the federal government's role.
Guarantor (or safety net)
This was the name of the operation that planned for an invasion of Japan (and was later avoided with the dropping of the atomic bombs).
Operation Downfall