WWI
American policy towards WWI at the start of the conflict.
Neutrality
Gave women the right to vote.
19th Amendment
Stock market crash of 1929 which marked the beginning of the Great Depression.
Black Tuesday
Series of economic and reform programs implemented by FDR in an effort to end the Great Depression.
New Deal
Japanese surprise attack which led to US entry into WWII.
Attack on Pearl Harbor
German policy of sinking merchant and military ships without warning.
Unrestricted submarine warfare
Invention which allowed for instantaneous access to news and helped create popular culture and consumerism.
Radio
Shanty towns across America created as a result of people loosing their homes during the Great Depression. Named after the President as an insult to his perceived lack of action.
Hoovervilles
(3 answers) The process by which the New Deal programs would achieve their goals. The 3 R's.
Relief, recovery, and reform
Secret US program to develop an atomic weapon.
Manhattan Project
Rationing, victory gardens, and liberty bonds are examples of:
Life on the homefront
Banned the production and sale of alcohol.
18th Amendment
The purchasing of stock on credit which led to the collapse of the stock market.
Buying on margin
New Deal program which provided pensions for elderly workers and the disabled.
Social Security
Highly decorated African American aviation unit which flew numerous missions in the European theatre during WWII.
Tuskegee Airmen
Secret message sent to Mexico by Germany seeking an alliance against America if the US entered the war.
Zimmerman Telegram
"Modern" women of the 1920's who frequented clubs, drank alcohol and lived a more liberated lifestyle.
Flappers
Great Plains area of the country which was destroyed due to poor faring techniques, lack of planting, and drought conditions.
Dust Bowl
Created to restore faith in banks by providing insurance on deposits.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Allied invasion of Normandy in an effort to retake France from the Germans.
D-Day
The mass movement of African Americans from the south to the north and west due to increased economic opportunities.
Great Migration
Fear of communism that resulted in paranoia and a series of raids against homes and labor organizations.
Red Scare
Name given to migrants moving from the Great Plains to the west coast looking for work.
Okies
Series of radio addresses given by FDR to help calm the public and gain support for New Deal programs.
Fireside Chats
Turning point in the war in the Pacific in which the US successfully defeated the Japanese navy.
Battle of Midway
Plan for peace proposed by US President Woodrow Wilson. Called for the creation of a League of Nations.
14 Points
Artistic and intellectual movement which examined the African American experience in the United States. Led to the birth of jazz music.
Harlem Renaissance
(2 answers) Producing too many goods along with the purchase of too few goods. Led to the Great Depression.
Overproduction and underconsumption
New Deal program designed to provide electricity to rural areas of the south.
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
US strategy in the Pacific theatre of moving from island to island to establish bases of operations in preparation for an invasion of Japan.
Island Hopping
(2 Answers) Laws designed to punish people who hindered the American war effort or spoke out against WWI.
Espionage Act and Sedition Act
New production method pioneered by Henry Ford which allowed for the mass production of consumer goods.
Assembly Line
President of the United States at the start of the Great Depression who believed the economy would fix itself and did little to provide direct relief to citizens.
Herbert Hoover
Plan by Roosevelt to add justices to the Supreme Court in an effort to ensure favorable legal rulings on New Deal programs.
Court Packing
1941 law which allowed the US to provide war materials to allies during WWII.
Lend-Lease Act
Lusitania
Increased as a result of prohibition.
Organized Crime
A lack of government interference in the economy which created conditions for the onset of the Great Depression.
Laissez-faire
Wife of FDR who redefined the role of First Lady by taking an active role in the running of the government.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Law requiring people of Japanese descent to relocate to internment camps for the remainder of WWII.
Executive Order 9066