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
