Great Depression
Which industries struggled during the Great Depression?
What is agriculture industry
What was the Brain Trust?
A group of professionals (lawyers, doctors, professors, social workers) that helped FDR come up with the New Deal Program
What was the primary reason America got involved in WWII?
What is Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941
What was the name of the two plans in the US that gave aid to Europe during the Cold War in hopes that they wouldn't fall to communism
Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan
Where did people begin moving in the 1950s? Out of the city and into the __________.
Suburbs
What is an installment plan?
What is a plan where you can buy items on credit and pay for them later
What is the name of the radio shows that FDR used to communicate with the common people during the Great Depression?
What is "Fireside Chats"
What was the Manhattan Project?
What is the secret code name used to describe the making of the atomic bomb during WWII
Who occupied the North during the Korean War? Who occupied the South? North and South Korea were divided by what?
North--Soviet Union
South--United States
Divided by the 38th parallel
What is the largest generation in America history? Name two causes why so many babies were born after WWII
Baby boomers; decreasing marriage age, desire for large family, husbands returning from war, improved medicine, hopeful economy
What is a hobo?
What is a term created in the 1930s used to describe a "poor drifter" who often hopped trains. Many were teenagers
What was the New Deal?
What is an economic program created by President Roosevelt within his first 100 days intended to boost the economy by giving Americans jobs while improving the country
What is a U-boat? How did the Allied Powers respond to U-boats?
What is German boats in WWII--Allies had planes with improved tracking that were able to shoot down the U-boats
This term describes the anti-communist fervor, reckless accusations, and guilt by association that was invading the US during the Cold War
McCarthyism
What is White Flight?
Middle class white Americans began moving out of the cities and into the suburbs, depleting cities of resources and taxes.
What are impoverished shantytowns that popped up during the Great Depression? How did it get its name?
What is Hoovervilles. They got their name due to people mocking President Hoover because they blamed him for their current position.
Name 2 pieces of legislation inside the New Deal and tell what they did
answers will vary
Federal Emergency Relief Act, Civilian Concentration Corps, Agriculture Adjustment Act, Federal Housing Act, Civil Works Administration, Tennessee Valley Authority, National Youth Administration
Where and when did D-Day occur? What is D-Day known for?
Normany, France. June 6, 1944. Being the largest land-sea-air military operation in history
Helped returning veterans ease back into civilian life after WWII. Provided education and housing to vets
Why were African American troops angry after WWII? What did Truman do to fix this problem?
Because America went back to treating them unfairly. Truman decided to desegregate the armed forces, so they would now be combined
Name 3 Causes of the Great Depression
What is...
Consumer debt, Income Gap, Overproduction of goods, Global depression, Stock Market Crash, Bank failures, and business cycle
Name the 3 R's that were part of FDR's New Deal
Relief, Recovery, Reform
What is Kamikaze? How does kamikaze relate to the Battle of Okinawa?
Pilots in small bomb-laden planes would crash into Allied ships--Japanese suicide bombers. Then, during the Battle of Okinawa, the Japanese unleashed 1,900 Kamikaze attacks
1. The establishment of the UN
2. Division of Germany into 4 zones
3. Free elections allowed in the states of Eastern Europe
4. Russia's promise to join the war against Japan
Name 3 downsides to mobility (having cars on the road)
Stress, pollution, traffic jams, noise, accidents