1920s & 30s Gov't & Policies
This is what the 1920s Republican party policy toward business was called.
What is LAISSEZ FAIRE?
This act provided military and other aid to Allied nations during WWII; allowed U.S. to lend and lease (not sell) military supplies over to countries that were vital to US defense.
What is the LEND-LEASE ACT of 1941?
The purpose of this project was to secretly create an atomic weapon before the Germans did.
What is the MANHATTAN PROJECT?
The rebirth of African American culture is called this.
What is The HARLEM RENAISSANCE?
Americans blamed this president for the Great Depression and so this is what they called the shantytowns they were forced to live in as a result of the economic disasters .
What are HOOVERVILLES?
This New Deal Program attempted to address the problem of improper farming techniques that caused the Dust Bowl, a drought in the Great Plains/Midwest.
What is the Civilian Conservation Corps?
This set of Acts outlawed armed sales or loans to nations at war or engaged in a civil war (1935-37, 1939)
What are the NEUTRALITY ACTS?
In order to support WWII at home, US government encouraged Americans to restrict consumption and usage of certain products that were valuable to the war effort. This is called ______________.
What is RATIONING?
Frontier life was difficult so equality in the form of suffrage was granted for this group of westerners.
Who are WOMEN?
When prices are rising over an extended period of time and they are expected to rise further the market is called this.
What is a BULL STOCK MARKET?
This is referred to as the time when the U.S. feared communism spreading so the government enacted quotas on immigration.
What is the RED SCARE?
What was the direct result of the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor?
What is the US declared war on Japan and brought the US into WWII.
In an effort to discourage Japanese militarism and their invasion of China, the U.S. placed this restriction on trade with Japan.
What is an EMBARGO (of oil and scrap metal)?
FDR wanted to pack the Supreme Court, by adding 6 justices, for this reason.
What is to add justices to the court who would approve his New Deal Programs?
(Review: He wanted 6 more justices after the the original ones voted down 2 parts of his program - NIRA and AAA - do you remember what those are?)
In response to the economic effects of the Great Depression, there were many long-term impacts of the New Deal including the following: Social Security, FDIC, & the SEC. This president was a creator and advocate of these programs.
Who is FDR?
Hoover sent in federal troops and used tear gas to disperse this group of individuals
What is the BONUS ARMY?
This Supreme Court case upheld the internment of Japanese Americans during WWII; the order was justified because of military necessity.
What is the case of KOREMATSU vs. UNITED STATES (1944)
This entity struggled to accomplish the following postwar goals: 1.) depending on member nations to supply troops 2.) quelling Cold War differences between U.S. and Soviet Union 3.) Security Council has nations with veto power
What is the UNITED NATIONS?
The Three Rs of the New Deal are:
What are RECOVERY, REFORM, and RELIEF?
(Remember...Recovery is to provide jobs; Relief is aid/$ to people/citizens; Reform equals policy changes to eliminate and prevent certain issues)
These two were critics of the New Deal.
Who is FATHER COUGHLIN, HUEY LONG, and FRANCES TOWNSEND?
These two election years/elections were significant for the Democratic Party because they were able to secure more of the south than in previous elections
(Hint: The Election of 19-- and 19--)
What are the Elections of 1932 and 1936?
In this 1940 deal, the U.S. provided 50 old destroyers to Great Britain in exchange for 99 year leases on British bases in the Western Hemisphere.
What is the DESTROYTERS for NAVAL BASES Deal of 1940?
The world responded to the atrocities of the Holocaust in these two ways.
1. NUREMBERG TRIALS
2. CREATION of ISRAEL
These TWO trials reflected the social conflicts that occurred during the 1920s as a result of the perceived shift from traditional to modern values.
What are the SACCO and VANZETTI & SCOPES Trials?
Two causes of the Great Depression include:
Buying on Margin
Unequal distribution of wealth
Farmers and Industries overproducing
(**Review what Buying on Margin means before continuing the game:)