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President from 1933-1945, helping end the Great Depression
Franklin D. Roosevelt
What was surprise attack from Japan on the U.S. ?
Pearl Harbor
The U.S. agency that provides mortgages and expands home ownership
FHA
side of US politics that wants limited government intervention, religious influence, and heavily funded military
Conservative
Policies established to successfully attempt to end the great depression
FDR New Deal
Civil Rights Movement activist that focused on aggressively confronting the flaws of society in order to make change.
Malcolm X
What was movement where African Americans protested to end racial segregation exclusion?
Civil Rights Movement
First international organization for world peace
League of Nations
theory that keeping communism limited to communist countries will prevent other countries following their ideology
containment
provides educational benefits like tuition and and book allowances, and also housing stipends to veterans after WWII
GI Bill
Founder of Peoples Republic of China, shaping the Chinese communist revolution
Mao ZeDong
Divide between two nations due to the spread of communism
North Korea vs South Korea
Communist organization that is made up of multiple countries
Soviet Union
informal conversation, modernly used for unscripted Q&A format interviews
fire-side chats
Allowed US to lend and lease war materials like weapons and food to its allies
Lend-lease act
US President following FDR, decided to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Harry Truman
Secret program that developed atomic bombs
Manhattan Project
Organization assisting black Americans during the civil rights movement, fighting against segregation, discrimination, and advocating for public education
NAACP
political philosophy that advocates for free-market capitalism, deregulation, free trade
neoliberalism
system where the value and production of a product is determined by its demand
Free Market
German philosopher and economist known for founding modern communism, and critiquing capitalism
Karl Marx
Event that marks the end of World War II
VE and VJ Day
Military alliance between 32 countries
NATO
theory that tax breaks, financial deregulation, and other benefits to wealthy large corporations will eventually cascade down to the working middle class
Trickle down theory
provided benefits and security to the retired, disabled, and to spouses and children of deceased workers.
Social Security Act