Who and What
"Any lack of economic confidence in the future. . . is foolish"
Hoover in response to the wavering confidence in the stock market and economy
What was one lasting impact of the Great Depression?
Increase in suicides, Increase in mental hospital admissions, less adults went to hospitals and dentists...
Who were the three main superpowers of the Axis and Allies?
Italy, Germany, and Japan. US, Great Britain, and USSR
a program for young men in which they would serve 6 month terms and had part of their pay checks sent home every month
CCC
Kamikaze
Type of war strategy which uses suicided planes
"You can not tame a tiger into a kitten"
FDR about Hitler
Of Japan attacking Pearl Harbor
US declared war on Japan
Creator of the New Deal
FDR
We described the New Deal as a tree because it did what?
was the base/start of many different programs and policies
Life like for children during the great depression?
Many suffered from malnutrition due to poor diets from lack of food
"it is fun, to be in the same decade as you"
Winston Churchill about FDR
Germany invading Poland
France and GB declared war on Germany
Whos wealth rose (about 60%) prior to the great depression?
The top 1% of Americans
the PWA did what
provided money for states to create jobs primarily in the construction of schools and other community buildings
Japan's goal during WW2?
To unite East Asian countries
"The enemy of my enemy is my friend"
Relationship between US and USSR
The rise of antisemitism
Lots of nations weren't accepting many Jews
known as the eyes and ears of FDR, fought for civil rights, was a women's rights activists
Eleanor Roosevelt
This legislation raised crop prices by lowering production and paying farmers to leave a certain amount of every acre of land unseeded
Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
One thing Fascists' believe
Power must rest with a single strong leader and a small group of devoted party members
“We just lay in our holes and froze, knowing that 24 hours later and 48 hours later we should be shivering precisely as we were now” refers to what battle?
Stalingrad
Easy access to credit
many people went into debt, one cause of the great depression
labor leader, organized a march on Washington, got FDR to make an executive order to provide for the full and equitable participation of all workers in defense industries, without discrimination because of race, creed, color, or national origin
A. Philip Randolph
What was later added onto the Neutrality Acts
Could not sell to countries at civil war
How the US got out of the Depression?
Production and job increase due to WW2