Great Depression/New Deal
This was the name of the plans and programs FDR created to help the economy.
What is the New Deal
The foreign policy the United States had leading up to WWII
What is isolationism
The goal of this was to stop the spread of communism
What is the Containment Policy
Most Americans in the 1960s relied on this as their primary source of entertainment and information
What is television
A government that exerts total control over a country.
What is a totalitarian government
the day the stock market crashed was known as this
What is Black Tuesday
The policy that other European nations adopted in dealing with Germany before WWII
What is appeasement
A group of nations that are under political and economic control of the USSR
What are satellite nations
With more money to spend and an increased numbers of products to buy, this became a way of life
What is consumerism
This country was divided into 4 zones
What is Germany
This person was blamed for not helping struggling Americans during the beginning of the Depression.
Who is Herbert Hoover
The executive and legislative branches began preparing the United States for war by passing this which required men between 21 and 35 to register for a military draft.
What is the Selective Service Act
An imaginary boundary that separated east and western Europe
What is the Iron Curtain
The massive increase in America's population after World War II
What is the Baby Boom
DAILY DOUBLE: This man overthrew China during the Cold War and created a Communist government there.
Who is Mao Zedong
This is how FDR addressed the people while he was the president
What is fireside chats
The code name for the development of the Atomic Bomb
What is the Manhattan Project
This was meant to give financial aid to European nations to rebuild after WWII and turn Europe away from communism
What is the Marshall Plan
Migration of white residents out of urban areas led to the rise of these
What are suburbs
This federal law outlawed literacy tests, poll taxes, and other requirements that made it difficult for southern blacks to exercise their right for suffrage
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965
Women's role in government was expanded during the Roosevelt administration as he appointed this woman to his cabinet, making her the first woman in that position.
Who is Frances Perkins
In this document, countries pledged collective security, disarmament, self-determination, economic cooperation, and freedom of the seas
What is the Atlantic Charter
As a part of this, money was sent to Europe to support nations trying to resist soviet control.
What is the Truman Doctrine
DAILY DOUBLE: Johnson's plan to improve social welfare by offering programs to end poverty and racial injustice.
What is the Great Society
This legislation provided congressional support for escalating military action in Vietnam
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution