US History

Chapter 36 Outline The Allies Trade Space for Time US: demand was higher than WWII- had to supply themselves and transport, as well as providing for the Allies The Shock of War Japanese concentration camps: Japanese in the US (2/3 American born) were placed into concentration camps for fear that they would support the US enemy Japan Korematsu v. US: SC constitutionally upheld Japanese relocation during wartime ?Dr. Win-the-War?: FDR left behind New Deal reforms in order to focus on the war Opinion polls of 1942: revealed that the majority of US citizens did not know what the war was about despite their efficiency Building the War Machine

Chapter 34 Outline FDR: Politician in a Wheelchair Eleanor Roosevelt: first lady, Roosevelt?s cousin and wife, more active first lady, fought for the impoverished and oppressed Presidential Hopefuls of 1932 New Deal: for the ?forgotten man? ?Brains Trust?: small group of reform-minded intellectuals, credited for writing FDR?s campaign speeches ?The Worst is Past?: Hoover?s campaigning tried to cover up the depression Hoover?s Humiliation in 1932 FDR: won the presidential election, wouldn?t accept Hoover?s burdens while not yet in office Hooverites: blamed Roosevelt for allowing the depression to worsen after the results but before his inauguration FDR and the Three R?s: Relief, Recovery, Reform ?Money changers?: declared that gov. must wage war on the GD, denounced by FDR