Great Depression
The stock market crash of 1929 led directly to
the Great Depression of the 1930s
Main goal of the New Deal
create jobs
War began in Europe when Germany invaded...
Poland
Turning point of the Pacific War
research and development undertaking during World War II that produced the first nuclear weapons
Manhattan Project
European countries reacted to the U.S. Hawley-Smoot Tariff by
Taxing American imports
FDR's attempt to expand the membership of the Supreme Court
court-packing plan
Allied strategy to regain Pacific Islands held by Japan
island-hopping
Truman's plan to promote economic aid to Europe after WWII
The Marshall Plan
Executive Order 9066
Set up war zones- sending Japanese to internment camps
Farmers contributed to the problems that led to the Dust Bowl by
Using intensive farming practices that removed protective grasses
New Deal program was created to offer payments to people who could not support themselves
result of prejudice against Japanese-American citizens during WWII
internment camps
Axis Powers & Allied Powers
Axis: Germany, Japan, Italy
Allied: U.S., Great Britain, U.S.S.R.
civilian grown gardens to reverse national food sources for the war effort
Victory Gardens
During the Great Depression, expressions such as Hoovervilles and Hoover blankets showed that President Hoover
was blamed for the suffering of the poor
Relief, Recovery, Reform programs- explain each
Relief - immediate help (banks)
Recovery - temporary; get people back to work
Reform - permanent; prevent another Depression
Long term causes of WWII
Facism, Appeasement, Treaty of Versailles, Imperialism, Great Depression
Event made an Allied invasion of Japan unnecessary
the development & use of the atomic bomb
How Americans best supported war efforts on the home front
conserving and recycling materials
After the Crash, thousands of American banks closed, because they
could not return depositors’ money
New Deal programs would be most helpful to a farmer who can't sell his crops at a high enough price to pay his expenses in raising them
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The Nazis practiced genocide toward Jews, Gypsies, and other “undesirable” peoples in Europe. What does the term “genocide” mean?
Deliberate extermination of a specific group of people
geno = race
cide = killing
Under this policy, the United States was able to supply military aid to its foreign allies during World War II while still remaining officially neutral
Lend-Lease Act
During World War II, posters of Rosie the Riveter were used to
recruit women to work in wartime industries