Key Terms
The state of not supporting or helping either side of a conflict
Neutrality
Black Tuesday set off a series of events leading to this period of American History.
The Great Depression
He was President of the United States during most of World War I
Franklin D. Roosevelt
This crew of 80 pilots assembled by a World War I veteran, crashed in Japan occupied China in 1942. While their raid was of no strategic value, they gave the American people a boost in morale.
The Doolittle Raiders
The belief of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interists
Militarism
Intercepting the Zimmerman Telegram lead the U.S. to enter this conflict.
World War I
The Walterboro Army Airfield became a training ground for this famous group of African American Pilots.
The Tuskegee Airmen
This was designed to provide money to retired workers, unemployment payments to workers over the age of 65
The Social Security Act
A slowdown or period in decline of economic activity
Recession
FDIC, CCC, AAA, FSA were started with this program by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
The New Deal
This person served as a member of the Commission an Home Building and Home Ownership, and the National Urban League and the NAACP.
Mary McLeod Bethune
This was created to give people more confidence in banks
FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; part of The New Deal)
The state of being confined as a prisoner for political or military reasons
Internment
The Charleston Renaissance
Developed a new code used in World War II to send messages to allies without being read by the enemy.
Navajo Code Talkers
This movement promoted victory in World War II and victory at home over discrimination.
The Double V Campaign
The state of being successful in material or financial terms
Prosperity
Because of this many Jewish refugees came to South Carolina from Europe
The Holocaust
This famous trumpet player and band leader started a campaign to bring civil rights issues into the national conversation
Dizzy Gillespie
The unjust or prejudicial treatment of certain categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race
Discrimination