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New Deal Acts
Terms
Organizations
Rights
Wars
100
The Rural Electrification Administration was made to bring this to rural areas like farms.
What is electricity
100
The moment of the people is
Populism
100
What is NOW stand for?
National Organization for Women
100
What was passed to ensure no discrimination against the disabled?
The Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990
100
The war fought between the U.S. and the Soviet Union
What is the Cold War
200
What does CCC stand for?
The Civilian Conservation Corps
200
This is something that looks nice on the outside, but is actually bad/rotten on the inside.
What is Gilded
200
Who were the flying tigers?
They are a group of volunteers who defended China against Japanese forces and gave hope to the U.S.
200
This amendment abolished slavery.
What is the 13th?
200
Truman sent troops to aid the "north" after their invasion (because of the Truman Doctrine)
What is the Korean War?
300
What did the Works Progress Administration and Civilian Conservation Corps create?
Jobs
300
This is when people paid in small percentages of the stock's prices for a down payment and borrow the remaining amount. As stock value declined, this led to people not being able to pay it off.
What is Buying on Margin
300
This organization's members were from Western European nations, the U.S., and Canada. This military alliance was created in 1949.
What is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization?
300
What were the amendments that granted suffrage?
The 15th and 19th
300
Why did the Spanish-American War happen?
It was a war due to the U.S. wanting Cuba to be free from Spain's control but the Spanish wished to keep it.
400
Which act was made to get rid of dishonest practices in the stock market?
Securities and Exchange Commission
400
These people were rich industrialists who believed in Social Darwinism.
What are Robber Barons
400
This is a government agency that delivers propaganda to homes and abroad through radio, posters, newspapers, pictures, and films.
What is the Office of War Information?
400
This amendment was put in place after Lyndon B. Johnson served several terms in a row.
What is the 22nd?
400
What strikes and riots occurred during the Gilded Age?
The Great Railroad Strike of 1877, Haymarket Riot, Homestead Strike, and Pullman Strike.
500
Name five out of the 10 New Deal Acts
What is the: Emergency Banking Relief Act, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Civilian Conservation Corps, Agricultural Adjustmeent Administration, Tennessee Valley Authority, National Industrial Recovery Act, Securities and Exchange Commission, Social Security Act, Rural Electrification Administration, or Works Progress Administration
500
Who wrote the Gospel of Wealth and what did it encourage?
Andrew Carnegie wrote it and encouraged philanthropy.
500
What were the beliefs of the Industrial Workers of the World and the American Federation of labor?
The IWW worked for the government control of business and property as they wanted equal distribution of wealth. They were the most radical with their socialist beliefs. In contrast, the AFL was formed on nonradical ideas where membership was open to any race, gender, or skill-leveled worker. They wanted equal pay between genders and an 8-hour work day.
500
The Civil Rights Act of 1957
What was the act passed during Eisenhower's presidency in response to events such as Little Rock?
500
Describe the Invasion of Normandy (plan, strategy, outcome, accomplishment).
This event occurred during World War II (1944) as the British and American forces started the D-Day invasion. They landed on the coasts of France, where the Germans occupied the land. The Germans fleeted and Paris of liberated.