The USA in the aftermath of World War
One consequence of WWI for the USA
Isolationism
President in 1929
Herbert Hoover
When many people start moving to cities
Urbanisation
purpose of Washington Naval Conference
prevent a costly naval arms race in the Pacific
Explain FDR's Lend Lease Act
1930s United States foreign policy designed to aid Allied nations like Britain and France against Germany while keeping the U.S. officially neutral
One Republican Economic Policy
laissez faire
President that came after Hoover
FDR
New industry created in the 1920s due to consumerism
Advertising
What was the Dawes plan?
American banks loaned money to Germany so it could pay war reparations to Britain and France,
Famous gangster
Al Capone
Two long term causes of the Great Depression
Republican economic policy, speculation in the stock market, consumerism
Name of FDR's program to try and halt the depression
New Deal
What drink became popular during prohibition
Soda (Soft drink)
What was the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act
Designed to protect American agriculture and industry, this massive tariff worsened international trade and deepened the global depression
Policy driven by public disillusionment with World War I and a desire to focus on domestic prosperity
Isolationism
Party with more conservative politics
Republican
Which groups were impacted by the depression
workers, women, farmers, African-
Americans
Two social tensions from 1919-1941
immigration restrictions, religious fundamentalism, Prohibition,
crime, racial conflict, anti-communism and anti-unionism
What was the Good Neighbor Policy
Cooperation with Latin America
A period of rapid economic boom, mass consumerism, and pro-business government policies that ultimately ended in the 1929 stock market crash
Capitalism
One impact of the 1929 crash
Banks close, job losses, bad loans, homelessness
What was the emergency banking act
close all banks, secure deposits, centralise banking (Gov regulations)
Department stores
What was The Neutrality Acts
Congress passed laws forbidding arms sales, loans, or transport of goods to nations involved in war, aiming to prevent the triggers that pulled the U.S. into World War I
Explain domestic pressures that influenced foreign policy
immigration restrictions, religious fundamentalism, Prohibition,
crime, racial conflict, anti-communism and anti-unionism, isolationism, conservatism