SSUSH18
President FDR created this program when he entered office to provide relief, reform, and recovery for the country after the Great Depression.
New Deal Programs
Wartime mobilization of the economy played a key role in the U.S. recovery from the ________ ___________.
Great Depression
Overturned the decision in Plessy v. Ferguson. The court stated that segregation was unequal and a violation of the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment.
Brown v. Board of Education
Created to regain public confidence in the banking system.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Name the individual who:
-convinced the President to appoint women to positions in the administration
-improved the lives of unemployment during Great Depression
-fought against racial discrimination
-Very active in addressing social issues
Eleanor Roosevelt
This New Deal program was created to regulate the US stock market and prevent another stock market crash.
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
The turning point in which the U.S. began to take back the islands of the Pacific.
Battle of Midway
The U.S. created this program in response to the intensification of the space race with the Soviet Union.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
President responsible for the decision to drop two bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during WWII.
Harry Truman
This New Deal Program hired thousands of workers to construct dams, reservoirs, power houses, and work to control flooding and erosion.
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
The code name given to the first day of the Allied invasion of France (in order to take it back from Germany).
D-Day
This theory was the idea that communism could become "contagious" and spread to other countries. It contributed to U.S. support of containment.
Domino Theory
The name given to the secret project to create a new weapon, the atomic bomb.
Manhattan Project
One of FDR's biggest critics, this individual believed the New Deal needed to focus on supporting the poor and working classes.
Senator Huey P. Long
This law provided for old-age pensions, unemployment insurance, and aid to the disabled.
Social Security Act (SSA)
This event prompted the U.S. to enter WWII.
Pearl Harbor
This helped to protect and reward returning serviceman. Included:
-low interest loans for homes and new business
-grants to attend school
*Meant to solve the issue of jobs not being available for American soldiers.
G.I. Bill
After the attach on Pearl Harbor, Japanese individuals living in the U.S. were forced to go to __________ __________ on the West Coast.
Internment Camps
A black labor organizer who fought against racial discrimination in government programs/jobs in the U.S. during WWII. Met with President FDR and urged him to take action to desegregate the armed forces and to end discriminatory hiring practices.
A. Philip Randolph
FDR proposed reorganization of the federal _______________ system to ensure support for upholding his New Deal programs.
Judicial
WWII ________ __________ were issued to civilians to conserve resources needed for the war effort.
ration books
The long-term goals of the _________ __________ was to use the U.S. military to stop the spread of communism into free countries.
Truman Doctrine
The Soviet Union man-made earth satellite launched in October 1957. The launching of this satellite caused the U.S. to increase funding for Science and Math education.
Sputnik I
Embraced the fear of communism as the main focus on his re-election campaign. Accused the Truman administration of being "soft on communism" and even stated that communist had infiltrated the U.S. Department of State.
Senator Joseph McCarthy