Very Happy & Very Sad Times
What were the three 'R's'
Relief, Recovery, Reform
Where is Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
NATO stands for
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
US senator; claimed that there were Soviet spies and Communists within the government but had no evidence; discredited by the US senate.
This teacher rebuilds super computers out of recycled computer parts
Mr. Hall
Who were the 'Okies'
Had to move due to the Dust Bowl
Another name for the attack on Pearl Harbor
Day of Infamy
American policy of limiting further expansion of communism around the world
Containment
Communist dictator of the Soviet Union.
Joseph Stalin
This teacher played rocket football
Mrs. Pitsenberger!
What was the impact of the New Deal?
It inspired hope for many unemployed Americans
Name 1 Fascist Leader
Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini, Hirohito...
A United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe after WWII to prevent nations from turning to communism
Marshall Plan
Civil Rights Leader that led the Black Panthers
Malcolm X
This teacher lived in the Dominican for a semester
Mrs. Vanderwood
What was significant about FDR's Fireside Chats?
He spoke directly to the citizens through radio
Effort by the United States to build an atomic bomb
Manhattan Project
First artificial Earth satellite, it was launched by Moscow in 1957 and sparked U.S. fears of Soviet dominance in technology and outer space. It led to the creation of NASA and the space race.
Sputnik
Cuban socialist leader who overthrew a dictator in 1959 and established a Marxist socialist state in Cuba.
Fidel Castro
This teacher was the valedictorian of her class
Mrs. Scott
Describe one of FDR's New Deal Programs. What was it and how did it help Americans?
Agricultural Adjustment Act AAA 1933 Protected farmers from price drops by providing crop subsidies to reduce production, educational programs to teach methods of preventing soil erosion. Civil Works Administration
Civilian Conservation Corps CCC 1933 Sent 250,000 young men to work camps to perform reforestation and conservation tasks. Removed surplus of workers from cities, provided healthy conditions for boys, provided money for families.
National Industrial Recovery Act NIRA 1933 Created NRA to enforce codes of fair competition, minimum wages, and to permit collective bargaining of workers.
Public Works Administration PWA 1933 Received $3.3 billion appropriation from Congress for public works projects.
Social Security Act 1935 Response to critics (Dr. Townsend and Huey Long), it provided pensions, unemployment insurance, and aid to blind, deaf, disabled, and dependent children.
Tennessee Valley Authority TVA 1933 Federal government build series of dams to prevent flooding and sell electricity. First public competition with private power industries Wagner Act
Works Progress Administration WPA 1935 Employed 8.5 million workers in construction and other jobs, but more importantly provided work in arts, theater, and literary projects.
Example of Blitzkrieg
Invasion of Poland in 1939
President Richard Nixon's strategy for ending U.S involvement in the vietnam war, involving a gradual withdrawal of American troops and replacement of them with South Vietnamese forces.
Vietnamization
United States physicist who directed the project at Los Alamos that developed the first atomic bomb.
Robert Oppenheimer
This teacher tried out for American Idol in high school
Miss Koch