WWI
American policy towards WWI at the start of the conflict.
Neutrality
Gave women the right to vote.
19th Amendment
Give one Cause of the Great depression besides the stock market
Gave young men jobs in forestry, but they had to send most of their earnings back to the family.
Civilian Conservation Corps
Japanese surprise attack which led to US entry into WWII.
Attack on Pearl Harbor
German policy of sinking merchant and military ships without warning.
Unrestricted submarine warfare
Invention which allowed for instantaneous access to news and helped create popular culture and consumerism.
Radio
Shanty towns across America created as a result of people loosing their homes during the Great Depression. Named after the President as an insult to his perceived lack of action.
Hoovervilles
(3 answers) The process by which the New Deal programs would achieve their goals. The 3 R's.
Relief, recovery, and reform
Secret US program to develop an atomic weapon.
Manhattan Project
Rationing, victory gardens, and liberty bonds are examples of:
Life on the homefront
Banned the production and sale of alcohol.
18th Amendment
The purchasing of stock on credit which led to the collapse of the stock market.
Buying on margin
New Deal program which provided pensions for elderly workers and the disabled.
Social Security
Symbol of the women war worker
Rosie the Riveter
Secret message sent to Mexico by Germany seeking an alliance against America if the US entered the war.
Zimmerman Telegram
"Modern" women of the 1920's who frequented clubs, drank alcohol and lived a more liberated lifestyle.
Flappers
Great Plains area of the country which was destroyed due to poor faring techniques, lack of planting, and drought conditions.
Dust Bowl
Daily Double
Program created to restore faith in banks by providing insurance on deposits.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Allied invasion of Normandy in an effort to retake France from the Germans.
D-Day
The mass movement of African Americans from the south to the north and west due to increased economic opportunities.
Great Migration
Fear of communism that resulted in paranoia and a series of raids against homes and labor organizations.
Red Scare
Name given to migrants moving from the Great Plains to the west coast looking for work.
Okies
Series of radio addresses given by FDR to help calm the public and gain support for New Deal programs.
Fireside Chats
Turning point in the war in the Pacific in which the US successfully defeated the Japanese navy.
Battle of Midway
Plan for peace proposed by US President Woodrow Wilson. Called for the creation of a League of Nations.
14 Points
Artistic and intellectual movement which examined the African American experience in the United States. Led to the birth of jazz music.
Harlem Renaissance
What is the name of the economic system in which business and government are involved directing the economy. It promotes social welfare, public owned institutions, and subsidies supported by the population’s taxes.
Keynesian Economics
New Deal program designed to provide electricity to rural areas of the south.
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Daily Double
US strategy in the Pacific theatre of moving from island to island to establish bases of operations in preparation for an invasion of Japan.
Island Hopping
Daily Double
(2 Answers) Laws designed to punish people who hindered the American war effort or spoke out against WWI.
Espionage Act and Sedition Act
New production method pioneered by Henry Ford which allowed for the mass production of consumer goods.
Assembly Line
President of the United States at the start of the Great Depression who believed the economy would fix itself and did little to provide direct relief to citizens.
Herbert Hoover
Plan by Roosevelt to add justices to the Supreme Court in an effort to ensure favorable legal rulings on New Deal programs.
Court Packing
1941 law which allowed the US to provide war materials to allies during WWII.
Lend-Lease Act
Lusitania
These two Italian immigrant men were executed for robbery and murder in 1927 after 3 trials.
Niccola Sacco and Bartolomew Vanzetti
A lack of government interference in the economy which created conditions for the onset of the Great Depression.
Laissez-faire
Court Case that determined the AAA to be unconstitutional or reason why the court decided the AAA was unconstitutional.
Schecter v United States
Congress did not have the power to control production
Law requiring people of Japanese descent to relocate to internment camps for the remainder of WWII.
Executive Order 9066