Alphabet soup
The AAA
What is the Agricultural Adjustment act, paid farmers to plow more acreage to increase crop prices
Attended the Atlantic and Yalta Conferences, figurehead of America
Who is President Roosevelt
At this time, America joined WW2 and why
When was 1941, due to Pearl Harbor
Authorized the interment of over 110,000 Japanese Americans, primarily from the west coast
What was Executive order 9066 (1942)
The desert fox, tank commander for German Military
Who is Rommel
TVA
What is the Tennessee valley Authority, Hired people to build dams, power plants, and flood / erosion control in the Tennessee valley
Attended the Yalta and Potsdam conferences, was the figure for the SOVIET UNION (not Russia yet)
Who is Stalin?
At this time, WW2 Ended
When was 1945
Upheld the constitutionality of Executive order 9066, arguing that internment was justified during wartime
What is Korematsu v. United States (1944)
How were women affected?
What is WAACS, WAVES, WASPS, began to be recruited to fill the spots left empty by men going to war, work af
NIRA(NRA)
What is the National Recovery Administration, regulated business profits, prices, wages, and hours, gave workers the right to organize and bargain collectively
Creator of the share our wealth program
Who is Huey Long?
At this time, Hitler broke shifted his focus to the east and broke the non-aggression pact between Germany and The Soviet Union
When was 1941
Established a global organization to promote peace, human rights, and international cooperation
What is the United Nations
The turning point of battle in the east
What is Stalingrad?
WPA
What is the Works Progress Administration, Hired people to build infrastructure and to create culture
Attended the Atlantic, Yalta, and Potsdam conferences, was Britain's figurehead
Who is Winston Churchill?
At this time britain is the only remaining democracy in Europe, Battle of Britain
When was 1940
Plan to control atomic weapons through international oversight and disarmament (rejected > led to cold war)
What is the U.S. Proposal for Atomic Weapons Control (1946)
Tuskegee Airmen > segregated units in army's, 2nd great migration, FDR agreed to desegregate all contracts, double V campaign, A. Phillips Randolph
FERA
What is the Federal emergency relief administration, provided direct monetary assistance to poor people
Who is Mussolini?
At this time, Roosevelt and Churchill met up on a yacht to come to decisions about what to do at the end of the war
When was 1941 (The Atlantic Conference)
Prohibited racial discrimination in the defense industries and government jobs that received federal contracts > created the Fair Employment Practices Committee
What sacrifices were made by civilians?
Peacetime draft (1940), taxes, rationing, shift to war production > war production board, war bonds, victory gardens, tires > carpool, no gas