Domestic Politics
This thread of federal legislation provided work and aid to the millions of unemployed people during the Great Depression.
What was the New Deal?
What were Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and the U.S.A
Americans would often go to this location to rebel against prohibition and obtain illegal alcohol.
What is a Speakeasy
What is Social Darwinism
This controversial 1936 act was accused of being executive overreach and shot down.
what is the Supreme Court Packing Scheme of 1936
This event was referred to as a "Splendid little war"
What was the Spanish-American War?
This Federal Housing Agency policy led to a disproportionate separation of neighborhoods based on race and class.
What is Red Lining?
President FDR hid this ailment from the public.
What is polio?
This supreme court case ruling upheld that the incarceration of Japanese Americans was justified to protect the country from espionage
What is Korematsu v. United States
This conference between the allied leaders divided Germany into occupation zones and created the United Nations
What was the Yalta conference?
An mainstream revival of African-American music, dance, art, and leadership that began in the 1920s
What is the Harlem renaissance?
Agreement between the United States and Mexico that brought Mexican farmers to the US on short-term labor contracts
what is the bracero program?
This goal of business-friendly presidents during the Roaring 20s ended the progressive era of Labor Unions. Calvin "the business of America is business" Coolidge was president then.
What is "Return to Normalcy"?
These two acts were used to supply Great Britain with arms during WWII while maintaining isolationism and neutrality.
What were the Lend-Lease Act and the Cash and Carry Acts?
This group of American poets and writers who mostly lived in europe expressed the trauma caused by WWI
Who were the Lost Generation/
sensationalist journalism that relied on exposés and stories about corruption to attract readers
what is muckracking?
These are five policies that were implemented by FDR during the first 100 days of his presidency.
What was...
- Closure of the Banks
- The FDIC/Glass-Steagall Act
- PWA/Public Works Administration
- CCC/Civilian Conservation Corps
- SEC/Security and Exchange Commission
- FHA/Federal Housing Administration
- 18th Amendment Repealed
- National Recovery Administration (Repealed)
- Agricultural Adjustment Administration (Repealed)
Location of the first allied invasion in Europe in WWII
What is Italy
The 16th Amendment established this
What was an income tax on the wealthy?
This country had a bear serve in its army in WWII
What is Poland?