Kahoot ch 23-25
The cold war between the US and USSR came down to differences between ___ and ___
capitalism and communism
By 1932 how many Americans were out of work?
1 in 4
When the UN forces got close to Yalu River the ____ army attacked
Chinese
American and Australians forces in the Pacific were under the command of
Douglas MacArthur
He was placed in command of US forces in Korea.
Douglas macArthur
The Hawley - Smoot Tariff was intended to protect _ from foreign competition.
Farmers
The first woman cabinet member in American history was
Frances Perkins
WWII started when
Germany invaded Poland
By the end of 1942 US industrial output exceeded ___ combined
Germany, Italy, and Japan
IN 1937 why did FDR try to add more justices to the Supreme Court ?
He wanted to change the court to aid his politics
The first atomic bomb was dropped on
Hiroshima
The Louisiana native known as the "kingfish" who criticized president Roosevelt was
Huey Long
Who is best associated with the second red scare's hunt for communists?
Joseph Mccarthy
who was arrested for helping smuggle atomic bomb plans to the Soviets?
Julius Rosenberg
The reconstruction finance corp was created to do what?
Make loans to banks, life insurance companies, and railroads
"Radio Priest" and Roosevelt critic Charles E. Coughlin created ___ in 1935
National Union for Social Justice
The Allied invasion of Europe was known as
Operation Overlord
in 1949 the Chinese nationalist government fled to
Taiwan
who made up the so-called bonus expeditionary force?
WW1 veterans
What was the name of the policy proposed to combat the growing soviet threat after the war?
containment
The purpose of the Works Progress Administration was to
employ out of work Americans
By the end of 1936 the Supreme Court had proven to be an ___ of FDR
enemy
Thanks to WWII American workers
experienced a better life
this form of gov involves a dictator who controls all aspects of his nation's life
fascism
The Wagner Act
guaranteed workers the right to organize
What decision did FDR make in Sep 1940 that even his wife disagreed with
he called for a peacetime draft
At the start of WW2 citizens of US
maintained their isolationist stance
what was the financial and technical assistance package provided to war-ravaged Europe
marshall plan
British prime minister ___ met with Hitler in Munich and declared "Peace for our time"
neville Chamberlain
the depression started, the government had ____ programs to deal with the homeless and jobless
no
President Hoover believed the best way to help the needy was
self reliance and voluntarism.
The first large scale federal experiment with work relief was?
the CWA
how did the cold war change in 1949
the soviets detonated a nuclear bomb