US History EOC STAAR Review Day 5 & 6

Allowed the sending of supplies and materials to any country that "the president deems vital to the defense of the U.S."

Lend-Lease Act

Government deportation of nearly a half-million Mexican immigrants

Mexican Repatriation Act

The chart below supports the idea that-- Accomplishments of the Tuskegee Airmen Combat Missions 1,578 Enemy Aircraft Destroyed 262 Enemy Ships Destroyed 41 Ground Transport Vehicles Destroyed 950

Minorities contributed to Allied combat missions

Oppressive ruling government of Germany under Adolf Hitler

Nazi Party

Laws passed by Congress prior to the U.S. entry into World War II to prevent Americans traveling on the ships of nations at war

Neutrality Acts

FDR's plan of relief, recovery, and reform during the Great Depression

New Deal

Located on Wall Street, it is the largest institution of buying and selling stocks

New York Stock Market

Series of court cases against Nazis for their role in mass genocide

Nuremberg Trials

The following is an excerpt from The Grapes of Wrath in 1939 "Houses were shut tight, ad cloth wedged around doors and windows, but the dust came in so thinly that it could not be seen in the air, and it settled like pollen on the chairs, and tables, on the dishes" What was the cause of the event Steinbeck is describing?

Over-farming of land coupled with prolonged drought

Leader of Nazi Germany

Adolf Hitler

Policy of allowing Germany small concessions to an attempt to avoid war

Appeasement

In what context did physicist Robert Oppenheimer say the following: "We [cannot] forget that these weapons as they were in fact used dramatized o mercilessly the inhumanity and evil of modern war." - Robert Oppenheimer, 1947

As scientific director of the Manhattan Project

New weapon that caused the surrender of the Japanese

Atomic bomb

Forced the U.S. to enter World War II

Attack on Pearl Harbor

Closing all the nation's banks until government inspectors found the bank to be financially sound

Bank Holiday

Forcible movement of American prisoners in the Philippines by the Japanese, resulting in the deaths of 5,000 soldiers

Bataan Death March

Fascist leader of Italy

Benito Mussolini

Term given to the stock market crash on October 29, 1929

Black Tuesday

German military tactic of advancement combining rapid speed and overwhelming force

Blitzkrieg

Gave jobs to young men, such as planting trees and cleaning up forests; workers lived in camps, provided with free food

Civilian Conservation Camps

Locations of inhuman containment of Jews by the Nzais

Concentration camps

"How much healthy, permanent business will be done is a man must plant his own or borrowed dollars today in the full knowledge that...Mr. Roosevelt, by a stroke of his pen, can but in half the value of the dollars that he will collect three months hence or six months hence?" - The Baltimore Sun, 1934 This criticism is a result of what action of President Roosevelt?

Controlling money through executive orders

What was not a characteristic of the leadership in Germany, Italy, and Japan in 1940?

Preferred diplomacy over forceful action

Coupon stamps, were required during World War II to purchase gas. What was the reason for this Government regulation?

Ration fuel so it may be used for the military

Limits placed on public food supplies during World War II

Rations

The internment of Japanese Americans in World War II under executive order 9066 can be seen as--?

Requiring all able men to serve in the military

President Roosevelt's attempt to replace all supreme court justices over 70 1/2 years old

Court-Packing scheme

Term given to the allied assault on German Forces in France in June 1944

D-Day

Devastating drought coupled with over farming of land in the Great Plains

Dust Bowl

American general who commanded the invasion on German-help France

Dwight Eisenhower

National figure who inspired women to hold their families together during the Great Depression

Eleanor Roosevelt

Ability to create operational policy solely on the authority of the president

Executive Order

Presidential directive to place Japanese Americans in internment camps

Executive Order 9066

New Deal program that insured the value of personal bank accounts

FDIC

What completes the statement below? Cause U.S. supreme court ruled the national industrial recovery act was unconstitutional because it gave President Roosevelt more power than granted in the constitution Effect ?

FDR proposed to appoint a new Justice for each Justice over 70 1/2 years old. Congress rejected his plan

Reliance on the federal government, acting through its policies and programs, to recover the U.S. economy from the Great Depression is a central belief of---?

FDR's New Deal

What statement best describes the migration patterns during the Dust Bowl?

Farmers from the Great Plains moved to California

Central banking system that controls the flow of money into and out of the federal government

Federal Reserve

Conversational-type radio addresses by FDR during the Great Depression to help restore public confidence

Fireside Chats

Volunteer American pilots who assisted the British in defending supply routes to China against Japanese attack

Flying Tigers

Supreme court case that ruled against the President's ability to exercise power not granted to him in the Constitution

Schechter v. U.S.

What was the context in which President Franklin D. roosevelt said the following: "As Commander-in-Chief of the army and Navy I have directed that all measures be taken for our defense, that always will our whole nation remember the character of the onslaught against us. No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people, in their righteous might, will win through to absolute victory" - President Roosevelt, 1941

Following the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese

The Mexican Repatriation act----?

Forcibly sent 500,000 Mexican-American immigrants back to Mexico, many of whom were lawful U.S. citizens

President that advocated for direct government action to help recover the U.S. from the Great Depression

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Adolf Hitler's desire to ethnically cleanse Europe from people he viewed as biologically inferior led to what Nazi action of World War II?

Genocide of millions of jews

U.S. commander who invaded North Africa and Italy, freeing it from Axis control

George Patton

Economic policy that directly ties the value of currency to gold reserves

Gold Standard

What was not a contributing factor to the Great Depression?

Government-funded projects employed a large number of workers

Severe economic downturn that began in 1929 and lasted nearly a decade

Great Depression

President who made the decision to use the atomic bomb

Harry Truman

President during the onset of the Great Depression, often criticized for his inaction

Herbert Hoover

Term given to the murder of millions of Jews, elderly, and the disabled by the Nazis

Holocaust

The U.S. unemployment rate indicates the percentage of Americans without a job. 1932- 24% 1936- 17% 1940- 16% 1944- 2% What statement best summarizes these rates?

Increased government spending during World War II helped recover the economy from Great Depression

What is the purpose of the "ATTACK ON ALL FRONTS" poster?

Inspire women to support the war effort at home

Belief that the U.S. should avoid conflict in Europe

Isolationism

The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act was signed into law in 1930 and was intended to protect farmers and industry from foreign competition. What was the result of the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act?

It led to a decrease in international trade

Supreme court decision that allowed for limited constitutional liberties during wartime

Korematsu v. U.S.

New Deal program that created a pension and insurance system for all workers

Social Security

President Roosevelt explained the New Deal proposals in terms of three R's--- Relief, Recovery, Reform. What "reform" policies were designed to financially protect individual bank accounts and provide guaranteed retirement pensions?

Social Security Act (1935), and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (1933)

Act of buying stocks on potential value, not actual value

Speculation

What was not an action to support the war effort from home?

Talking openly about military information

What implies about the Federal Reserve Board at the beginning of the Great Depression?

The federal reserve was too restrictive on the flow of money

What completes the statement? Cause President Truman believes a million American soldiers will die if the United States has to invade Japan to end World War II Effect ?

Truman authorized the use of the atomic bomb on Japan

Squadron of African-American pilots known for their courage and skill

Tuskegee Airmen

Provided home-grown sources of food during the war

Victory Gardens

Provided funding for much of the war expenses incurred by the U.S. government

War Bonds