US Homefront
The US Government used these to pay for the war.
War bonds
This event caused the US to officially declare war on Japan. War was declared on Germany and Italy two days later.
Attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii
Also known as the "Forgotten War", this was the first "hot" conflict of the Cold War
Korean War
The biggest difference between Hoover and FDR was their belief in this directly helping the American people in times of need
The Government
Despite some Constitutional controversy, President Jefferson is credited with doubling the size of the nation with this purchase
Louisiana Purchase
The US government encouraged people to do this to help preserve supplies for the war effort.
Ration
This was the name given to the government program that created the atomic bomb.
The Manhattan Project
This became the official US foreign policy regarding communism during the Cold War
Containment
This environmentally driven program created millions of jobs for young men around the country
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote this novel about the horrors of slavery
Uncle Tom's Cabin
The second wave of the Great Migration saw large numbers of this ethnic group moving to Northern cities to help with the production of wartime goods.
African Americans
Mussolini and Hitler practiced this type of political system, which promotes extreme nationalism and militarism while stressing the importance of the nation over individual rights
Fascism
This organization, headquarted in Manhattan, was created to prevent future wars after WWII
The United Nations
The Supreme Court
During British colonial rule, this natural barrier served as the boundary for American Colonists on their western border
The Appalachian Mountains
This "character" / expression became the slang term for women who worked in wartime factories.
Rosie the Riveter
Germany, Italy and Japan were known as the ____ Powers
Axis
This was the military alliance created among Western European nations and the US to contain communism and combat against Soviet aggression
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
FDR was elected this many times, which paved the way for the addition of the 22nd Amendment
4 Times
President Teddy Roosevelt was nicknamed this, for breaking up big businesses
The Trust-Buster
This Supreme Court case affirmed the US Government's ability to imprison thousands of Japanese-Americans in internment camps in the name of national security.
Korematsu v. United States (1944)
This was the name of the formal US Marine strategy in the Pacific Theatre
Island Hopping Campaign
This plan provided economic assistance to Europe after WWII with the intention of preventing countries from turning to communism or fascism
The Marshall Plan
To combat bank runs, FDR created this, which protects and provides insurance for people's bank accounts
Federal Deposit Insurance Cooperation (FDIC)
This individual led a rebellion in Western Massachusetts that eventually exposed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
Daniel Shays
This act passed in early 1941, gave weapons to England and China to fight against the Germans and Japanese despite American "neutrality"
Lend-Lease Act
This minority group used their native language to give the US Marines an advantage while fighting in the Pacific Theatre.
Navajo Code Talkers
This WWII hero was fired after ignoring orders from President Truman and pushing to invade China during the Korean War
General MacArthur
FDR proposed this constitutionally controversial solution to his problem with the judiciary
Court-Packing
This individual was different from other abolitionists in that he used a violent strategy to address slavery; most famously during his raid of Harper's Ferry
John Brown
This nation lost a total of 18,000,000 million people while fighting in WWII. AFTER the war, brutal domestic policies led to at least 10,000,000 more deaths.
The Soviet Union