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British passenger ship that was sunk by a German U-boat. Made Americans anti-German
Lusitania
a government policy that requires citizens to perform compulsory military service, particularly in a time of war
Conscription
New Deal program that built highways, airports, bridges, playgrounds, hospitals, and schools
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Set up codes (laws) for industries that would regulate prices for consumers and hours and wages for workers
National Recovery Act (NRA)
important South Carolina statesman, served as head of war mobilization under President Roosevelt and as Secretary of State under President Truman
James F. Byrnes
German telegraph to Mexico asking Mexico to declare war on the United States and enter WWI on the side of Germany.
Zimmerman Note
material intended to persuade or invoke an emotional response, often through distortion or misrepresentation
Propaganda
New Deal program that built schools, libraries, courthouses, and United States Navy aircraft carriers
Public Works Administration (PWA)
Leader of a country who has absolute power
Dictators
a restriction on the amount of goods available to purchase
Rationing
Woodrow Wilson’s plan for peace after World War I.
Fourteen Points
a temporary suspension of hostilities in a war, often while a peace treaty is being negotiated
Armistice
a public works project intended to promote environmental conservation and to build good citizens through vigorous, disciplined outdoor labor
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
an agreement between Britain and the US in 1941 that stated their hopes for the world once the war would end
Atlantic Charter
a loan to the government to help finance a war
War Bond
an intense form of patriotism that involves a belief in the superiority of one’s own country and that its interests should always come before other nations
Nationalism
payments of money or goods as compensation for deaths, injuries and destruction inflicted during a war
Reparations
A law which reduced agricultural production by paying farmers subsidies not to plant on part of their land and to kill off excess livestock
Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
June 6, 1944 the Allies landed in Normandy in France to open a second front against Germany
D-Day
Disarmament
giving up military weapons
a policy where the military occupies a privileged and influential position in society and government and its needs are prioritized
Militarism
a group of government programs and policies established under President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1930s designed to improve conditions of the Great Depression
The New Deal
Largest New Deal program in South Carolina.
Built dams on the Santee and Cooper Rivers that created lakes Moultrie and Marion.
Provided electricity to the region and provided jobs
Santee Cooper Electricity Project
during WW II a secret US project to develop an atomic bomb
Manhattan Project