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The New Deal
After WWII
WWI
100
This was the main cause of the Great Depression
What is excessive use of credit and overproduction
100
He decided to use the atomic bomb on Japan after fearing that an invasion on the main island in Japan would result in excessive casualties
Who is Harry Truman
100
This Archdukes assassination was a spark that caused WWI
Who is Franz Ferdinand
200
Many people were angry with this President during the Great Depression because he felt that the government should not be involved in solving the financial problems of the people
Who is Herbert Hoover
200
Martin Luther King Jr. Refers to what issue in the following quote, “Despite feeble protestations to the contrary, the promises of the Great Society have been shot down on the battlefield of Viet Nam”?
What is the reduced domestic spending because of Vietnam
200
Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer is referencing the fear of this group during WWI in the following quote, “The blaze of revolution was...eating its way into the homes of the American workmen, its sharp tongues of revolutionary heat were licking the altars of the churches...burning up the foundations of society.” The Case Against the Reds
Who are Communists
300
This could be a cause of inflation
What is an increase in the money supply
300
The Marshall Plan sent money and aid to the governments in this area to help stop the spread of Communism
What is Europe
300
The following quote describes what kind of foreign policy view? “The dangers of American participation in another war must not be ignored. Every consideration, self-interest, wisdom, the need for a strong moral influence towards peace, makes it imperative (essential) that the United States stay out of this war” - George Bender
What is isolationism
400
The WPA (Works Progress Administration) that put people to work on public works projects was a key part of this government policy in the late 1930’s
What is the New Deal
400
This doctrine provided aid to Greece and Turkey in hopes they would not fall to Communism
What is the Truman Doctrine
400
Because of this organization the US Congress never ratified the Treaty of Paris following WWI
What is the League of Nations
500
This is why many of the New Deal acts were declared unconstitutional
What is too much power in the Federal government
500
This conference in 1945 decided how Europe would be restructured following the war
What is the Yalta Conference
500
Actions taken by Germany that caused Wilson to ask Congress to declare war on Germany
German u-boats (submarines) sinking U.S. ships