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| 360545578 | LIST: Causes of Great Depression | 1. overproduction 2. misdistribution of purchasing power 3. lack of diversification in American economy 4. credit structure 5. international trade 6. debt | |
| 360545579 | LIST: What Klu Klux Klan was against | 1. foreigners 2. Catholics 3. blacks 4. pacifists 5. communist 6. revolutionist 7. bootlegging 8. gambling 9. adultery 10. birth control | |
| 360545580 | Problems with Politics | •Democrats sensed an opportunity to regain the White House •Republicans were devastated by the Depression •Made references to the President in "poor" terms | |
| 360545581 | Other Acts Under Hoover | •Glass Stegall Act: allowed loans for businesses •Federal Home Loan Act: Created discounts for home mortgages •Emergency Relief Construction Act: made relief available to the states; & made more money available for public works andconstruction | |
| 360545582 | The Bonus Army | •Congress had approved a long-term pension plan in 1924 for World War I veterans •Veterans want their pensions and they march on Washington •Congress refused to pay the bonus early | |
| 360545583 | Douglas MacArthur | •Ordered to have the Army help the Capital Police •Pushed to Bonus Army out of DC •Some marchers were injured and one baby died | |
| 360545584 | Who was in the election of 1932 | •Herbert Hoover (Democrat) •Franklin D. Roosevelt (Reublican) | |
| 360545585 | LIST: Challenges Facing the New Deal | 1.Revive the economy 2.Relieve the human misery 3.Restore agriculture | |
| 360545586 | What was the Brain Trust | •A group of men who were Ivy Leaguers •Trying anything to see if it works •Used propaganda to spin things in a positive light | |
| 360545587 | What were Fireside Chats | •Engaged the American people by using the radio •FDR was trying to explain his policies to the American people | |
| 360545588 | Pre-World War II: Disarmament | •This was the desire after World War I •Didn't want to have a naval arms race | |
| 360545589 | Five Power Naval Treaty | •Adopted a tonnage agreement on battleships •All five promised not to fortify holdings in the Pacific | |
| 360545590 | Four Power Naval Treaty | •Agreed to respect each other's possessions in the Pacific •Agreed to defer any disputes to outside consultation | |
| 360545591 | Nine Power Naval Treaty | •Pledged to support the Open Door Policy to China •All nations could compete for trade in China | |
| 360545592 | Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928 | •Agreement between France and the United States: agreement to never go to war with each other (France and U.S.) | |
| 360545593 | Battle of Britain | •Tried to bomb England into submission •Winston Churchill was the Prime Minister •Hitler's blunder: did not focus on the airfields; & wanted to destroy London | |
| 360545594 | Lend-Lease Act | •The U.S. supplied goods to Britain, France the Soviet Union, China, and other Allied Nations •U.S. got military bases in return | |
| 360545595 | Pearl Harbor | •December 7, 1941 •Japanese goal was to take as much of the Pacific Rim as possible •Primary goal was to take out American Aircraft Carriers •Secondary goal was the American Battleships | |
| 360545596 | LIST: Reasons why Pearl Harbor was a Japanese Failure | 1.Failed to sink aircraft carriers 2.Forced the aircraft carriers into its primary role 3.Did not attack oil storage facilities 4.United the people of America | |
| 360545597 | Operation Torch | •Invasion of Northern Africa •A strategic move designed to liberate North Africa •Trying to prevent Hitler from gaining access to oil in Africa and the Middle East | |
| 360560371 | Pact of Paris | - Opened to all other countries - Condemned war as a Foreign Policy | |
| 360570297 | Rehabilitation of European Countries | - Josef Stalin (Russia/Soviet Union) - Charles de Galle (France) | |
| 360570298 | The American and British Alliance | •Focus on the war in Europe first •No substitution for victory •All American war plans were organized by George C. Marshall (everything) •Dwight D. Eisenhower placed in charge of Europe (only Europe) •Britain did not want an immediate invasion of Europe | |
| 360570299 | Battle of Britain | •Tried to bomb England into submission •Winston Churchill was the Prime Minister •Hitler's blunder: did not focus on the airfields; & wanted to destroy London | |
| 360570300 | World War II | •United States avoided the War •War starts up again in the Spring 1940 - Hitler attacks Belgium, the Netherlands, and Norway -Hitler reaches the English Channel -By May 1940, France had fallen to the Germans | |
| 360570301 | Adolf Hitler | •Leader of the National Socialist Party •Duplicated Fascism in Germany •Claimed Germany had been stabbed in the back by the Treaty of Versailles •Said the Germany military did not lose World War I •Blamed Germany's problem on the Jews -Jews were hated because they crucified Jesus -Jews runs banks and charge interests rates to Catholics | |
| 360570302 | Benito Mussolini | •Came into power in Italy •Nickname was "Il Duce" •Made promises to the Italians -wanted to restore pride and order -wanted to bring all Italians together | |
| 360570303 | Leading to War | •Russia and China started fighting over lands -fighting over Manchuria •Japan steps in to secure the Southern Manchurian Railway -they eventually gained all of Manchuria and renamed it Manchukuo •This was an undeclared war and violated the Nine Power Treaty •In 1932, Japan bean bombing civilians in Shanghai -China protested to the League of Nations | |
| 360570304 | Japan | •Began acquiring more land -took Shan Tung Peninsula from China -Gained former German colonies in the Pacific •Fought with the Americans during World War I | |
| 360570305 | The First 100 days | •Banking Relief Act: closes down banks for 4 days...4 day bank holiday •Slashed government pensions •21st amendment: repeal prohibition •Farm Credit Administration: refinances farm mortgages •Securities and Exchange Commission: created by Federal Securities Act which puts more restrictions on stock market | |
| 360570306 | The Great Depression: By the Numbers | •Unemployment Rates -Cleveland- 50% unemployed -Akron- 60% unemployed -Toledo- 80% unemployed •Dust Bowl -1929-1932 -Temperatures soared and the rain stopped -people moved to California | |
| 360570307 | Is Depression Over? | •Indicators were showing that the Depression might be over •Hoover cleared all debts from World War I •Europeans left the Gold Standard •Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC) : made federal loans to banks, life insurance companies, saving and loan companies, mortgage associations, and the railroad | |
| 360570308 | Herbert Hoover's Reaction | •Believed in laissez faire economics •Tried to change the economic outcome through positive statements •Authorized public work programs •Had the Federal Reserve loosen credit restrictions •Had Congress pass tax reductions •Authorized the Federal farm Board •Urged Congress to pass the Hawley-Smoot Tariff (first tariff to protect farmers) | |
| 360576837 | what does TVA stand for | Tennessee Valley Authority | |
| 360576838 | what does CCC stand for | Civillian Conservation Coprs | |
| 360576839 | what does WPA stand for | Works Progress Administration | |
| 360576840 | what does NRA stand for | National Recovery Administration | |
| 360576841 | what does AAA stand for | Agricultural Adjustment Administration | |
| 360576842 | what does NATO stand for | North Atlantic Treaty Organization | |
| 360774127 | Scopes Trial | high school biology teacher was prosecuted for teaching evolution | |
| 360774128 | nativism | hostility to things foreign | |
| 360774129 | National Origins Quota Act | limited immigration from Europe | |
| 360774130 | Wagner Act | provided federal support for efforts to unionize workers, and extended collective bragaining to the auto and steel industries | |
| 360774131 | court-packing scheme | FDR asked congress to apooint a new justice for each member of the Court over 70 | |
| 360774132 | who were the Axis Powers | germany, italy, and japan | |
| 360774133 | neutrality acts | the U.S. would not sell war equipment to warring nations, wouldn't give them loans, and wouldn't sail on their ships or in their waters | |
| 360774134 | D-day | Eisenhower led troops into France to try and defeat Hitler | |
| 360774135 | Nazi Holocaust | slaughter of 6 million Jews and others Hitler saw unfit | |
| 360774136 | Yalta Conference | FDR, Winston Churchiil, and Stalin met and decided on final WWII plans | |
| 360774137 | Manhattan Project | top secret project to develop the atomic bomb | |
| 360774138 | iron curtain | Stalin surpressed individual rights of people in Eastern Europe | |
| 360774139 | containment | U.S. tried to stop the spread of communism | |
| 360774140 | Truman Doctrine | President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology | |
| 360774141 | Marshall Plan | a United States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe | |
| 360774142 | National Security Act | established a Department of Defense | |
| 360774143 | Taft-Hartley Act | outlawed "closed shops and required union leaders to sign loyalty oath and required 80 day cooling off period before strike | |
| 360774144 | McCarthyism | The act of accusing people of disloyalty and communism |
