The Great Depression
The economy crashed on October 29, 1929, resulting in the Great Depression. What was the name of that date?
Black Tuesday
The SSA. This administration gave money to states for aid to dependent children, established unemployment insurance through payroll deduction, set up old-age pensions for retirees
Social Security Adminstration
This was FDR's plan to add 6 seats to the Supreme Court in an attempt to push his New Deal programs through.
The Court Packing Plan
This man rose to power in 1933 as the dictator of Germany.
Adolf Hitler
Depicted in many movies like Saving Private Ryan, this US led invasion was the largest sea-based invasion in history and resulted in the retaking of France and the eventual victory in the war.
D-Day
At the height of the Great Depression, what percentage of the population was unemployed?
25%, 1 out of every 4 people.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Give ONE reason why conservatives and people in the opposite party to FDR criticized the New Deal.
It was socialism (killed individualism)
It added to the national debt ($35 billion)
It wasted money on relief and encouraged idleness
It violated the constitution & states rights
It increased the power of the Presidency
This was the policy of Britain and France with Germany wherein they made political, material, or territorial concessions to Germany in order to avoid conflict.
Appeasement
This was the strategy of the US in the Pacific front of World War 2 against Japan.
Island hopping.
This was a severe economic drought in the Great Plains region that compounded the economic effects of the Great Depression.
The Dust Bowl
The NLRB. This board sets standards and regulations on businesses to protect organized labor unions and the rights of workers
National Labor Relations Board
Which group posed the largest threat and resistance to FDR's New Deal programs?
The Supreme Court
At the beginning of World War 2, whose side was the United States on?
No-one's. We promised to remain neutral.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Why did banks fail during the Great Depression?
They also invested savings accounts into the stock market. Additionally, too many people tried to withdraw their savings accounts and banks didn't have enough cash on hand.
The SEC. This commission regulates and monitors stock trading on Wall Street.
The Securities and Exchange Commission.
Explain why the New Deal began to decline in popularity following 1937.
Court-packing plan made Congress irritable.
Recession of 1937-38 weakened confidence in New Deal measures. Republicans gained strength in both houses.
Attempted purge of Democratic party failed.
Conservative Democrats were elected to office. Resentful of attempted party purge, they joined ranks with Republicans to block New Deal legislation.
Increasing focus on foreign affairs.
The US entered World War 2 after Japan attacked here.
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Give one example of total war strategies in the US during World War 2.
Conversion of factories to war industries, rationing of key supplies, propaganda and control of the media, mobilizing women to work in factories.
This is the act of buying stocks and bonds with the intent of selling them for a quick profit.
Speculation
The AAA. This law paid farmers who agreed to reduce production of basic crops such as cotton, wheat, tobacco, hogs, and corn in an attempt to raise farm prices.
The Agricultural Adjustment Act
Senator Huey Long of Louisiana proposed a guaranteed income of $5000 a year in this plan.
The Share the Wealth Plan
Prior to entering the War, the US sold arms and weapons to Britain, France, and Russia with the passage of this law.
Lend-Lease Act
This decision upheld the internment of 120,000 Japanese Americans throughout World War 2.
Korematsu v United States