Great Depression & FDR's three R's
overproduction, underconsumption, installment plans/credit caused people to go into debt. Panicked selling led to a massive decline in stock prices
Causes of the Great Depression
At the start of the war, the US declared itself
Nuetral
What was the Great Migration
many African Americans moved from the South to the North due to jobs in factories.
Strategically choosing islands to attack
Island Hopping
Allowed Allies to purchase war materials from US
Cash-and-Carry
October 29, 1929
Stock Market Crashed (Black Tuesday)
Germans started attacking all neutral and allied ships (commercial and military)
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
Why did African Americans moved from the South to the North?
Jobs in factories
A refueling point for ships and airplanes
Midway
Transfer of supplies w/o compensation to
Britian, China, the Soviet Union and other countries, still staying out of the war
Lend -Lease Act of 1941
The three R's of FDR's New Deal
Relief, Recovery, Reform
Germans sank this British passenger ship with 128 Americans on board.
Lusitania
What happened to production during the war?
The production rate increased. Production shifted to the war effort.
Code name for the creation of the Atomic Bomb
Manhattan Project
Enabled the U.S. to provide food, oil, and equioment to major allied nations during WWII
The Lend-Lease Act of 1941
Businesses could not pay workers due to
Stock Market Crash
Message from Germany to Mexico trying to get Mexico to join war against United States.
Zimmerman Telegram
Provided penalties for spying, sabotage, and obstructing the war effort.
The Espionage Act
The Japanese surrendered after these two events
The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
What allowed countries at war to buy weapons from the U.S. if they paid cash and transported the goods themselves?
Cash & Carry
Camps of shacks and tents in rundown parts of towns
Hoovervilles
The event that led the US to join the War
Zimmerman Telegram
A socialist that made speeches against war
Eugene Debs
The victory in Japan is known as
VJ Day
What is D-Day also known as?
The Battle of Normandy