The Great Crash
This October 1929 event saw stock prices plummet, caused panic and massive loss of wealth
Stock Market Crash
what new deal focused on providing jobs for young men in environmental conservation projects.
What is the CCC?
This group was especially affected by high unemployment and discrimination during the Depression.
Who are minorities (African Americans, Mexican Americans)?
This "Day of Infamy" event on December 7, 1941, pulled the United States directly into World War II.
What is the attack on Pearl Harbor?
These were sold by the government to the public to help finance the massive cost of the war.
What are War Bonds?
What are Liberty Bonds?
What are Victory Bonds?
What was the main cause of the Great Depression
What is Overspeculation
This agency helped farmers by paying them to reduce crop production.
What is the AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Act)?
Shantytowns built by homeless people were often called this, mocking the president.
What are Hoovervilles?
This June 6, 1944, invasion of Normandy opened a second front in Europe and led to the liberation of France.
What is D-Day?
To ensure enough supplies for the military, the government required citizens to limited the amount of goods people could or use to buy sugar, meat, and gas and other goods.
What is rationing?
What are Ration Books/Stamps?)
This 1930 tariff was intended to protect American farmers but backfired by shrinking global trade.
What is the Smoot-Hawley Tariff?
This New Deal program gave jobs building roads, parks, and public buildings.
What is the WPA (Works Progress Administration)?
Many families moved west, especially to this state, looking for jobs.
What is California?
This 1942 naval battle was the "turning point" in the Pacific, ending Japanese expansion.
What is the Battle of Midway?
This group of African American pilots served with distinction, helping to pave the way for integration in the military.
Who are the Tuskegee Airmen?
Severe drought, poor farming practices, and the removal of native grasses led to this environmental disaster in the Great Plains
What is the Dust Bowl?
This new agency was asked to tackle important problems facing the valley, such as flooding providing electricity to homes and businesses, and replanting forest.
What is TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority)
Critics said the New Deal did this to the federal government’s power.
What is increased/expanded government power?
This term describes the U.S. strategy in the Pacific to bypass fortified islands and seize those closer to Japan.
What is Island Hopping?
These Native American soldiers used their traditional language to create an unbreakable secret code in the Pacific.
Who are the Navajo Code Talkers?
Who were the two presidents during the Great Depression and explain how they responded to the Great Depression
What is Hoover and FDR
Hoover waiting to late to help the people,
Hover bel
FDR came up with New Deals to hep the American people
Name all three of the new deals that still exits today and explain what each does
What is the FDIC? was created to insure bank deposits and restore public confidence in the banking system.
What is the SEC? was established to regulate the stock market and prevent fraud.
What is the Social Security Act? provided retirement benefits for elderly Americans.
The Supreme Court often clashed with FDR over the New Deal, leading him to propose this controversial plan to add more justices.
What is the Court-Packing Plan?
This Supreme Court case ruled that the internment of Japanese Americans was a "military necessity" and constitutional.
What is Korematsu v. United States?
This top-secret program was responsible for the development of the atomic bomb.
And where was it located at
What is the Manhattan Project?
Locations:
Alamos, New Mexico,
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
& Hanford, Washington