The Great Depression and The Second World War

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The Great Depressionand The Second World War

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Overproduction and a drop in foreign demand led
to trouble in this growing industry in the
1920s.

• Agriculture

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Angry homeless people referred to their
shantytowns by this term.

• Hoovervilles

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What was Roosevelts main reason for rejecting
the idea of federal aid to individuals?

• Nothing! Hoover objected to it, but FDR did not.

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Name three specific details about the New Deal
given by FDR in the 1932 campaign.

• There
• Were
• None

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For what reason was the Bonus Army protesting?

• Payment of bonuses promised to them as veterans
  of WWI

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This labor organization formed during the 1930s
in response to a desire by workers to form
industry-wide unions.

• Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)

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In order of implementation, what are the three
Rs of the New Deal?

• Relief
• Recovery
• Reform

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A key objective of the National Recovery
Administration was to develop codes of fair
competition in business. What congressional act
created the NRA?

• National Industrial Recovery Act

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Which Supreme Court case ruled the NIRA (NRA)
unconstitutional because it regulated intrastate
commerce?

• Schechter v. U.S.

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This act provided for collective bargaining for
labor.

• National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act)

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Under this program, farmers were paid to destroy
crops and livestock to increase farm prices.

• Agricultural Adjustment Act

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What term was given to FDRs attempt to reform
the Supreme Court?

• Court Packing

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Although he did not fully embrace the economic
philosophy of this man, FDR did reluctantly adopt
his concept of deficit spending.

• John Maynard Keynes

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This Louisiana political boss wanted to soak the
rich and make every man a king.

• Huey Long

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Which two New Deal programs were ruled
unconstitutional?

• NIRA (the NRA portion)
• AAA

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What action by FDR would have most troubled the
Founding Fathers on legal grounds?

• Attempting to pack the court to better serve his
  needs

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What, specifically, did the Kellogg-Briand Pact
outlaw?

• Offensive war as a foreign policy tool

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Against which country was the Stimson Doctrine
aimed?

• Japan
• For its aggressive expansion in Asia during
  1931-32

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Isolationists in America became concerned with
FDRs motives after he gave a speech calling for
the containment of aggressor nations. What was
this speech known as?

• The Quarantine Speech

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According to the Neutrality Acts of 1935-37, when
would the U.S. transport goods to belligerent
nations?

• Never, because countries purchasing goods did so
  on a cash and carry basis.
• This protected U.S. shipping but also conceded
  freedom to the seas during wartime.

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What did the U.S. and Britain exchange in a
September 1940 executive agreement?

• Surplus U.S. destroyers for British airfields and
  naval bases in the Western Hemisphere

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Which two countries were the primary recipients
of Lend-Lease aid from the U.S.?

• Britain
• USSR

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What 1940 campaign promise was FDR unable (or
unwilling) to keep?

• Keeping the U.S. out of the war

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She was the fictitious symbol of American women
who worked in the war industries.

• Rosie the Riveter

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What was the name of the official order that
placed Japanese-Americans in internment camps?

• Executive Order 9066
• This was the only major violation of civil rights
  during the war.

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Kamikaze pilots and fanatical defenders were the
hallmarks of the struggle for this last major
island before the Japanese home islands.

• Okinawa

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When the U.S. finally entered the war, who was to
be eliminated first according to official allied
strategy?

• The Germans

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Where did the American forces strike first in an
attempt to satisfy Stalins call for the opening
of a second front?

• North Africa

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Harry Truman replaced the ultra-liberal Henry
Wallace as the Democratic vice-presidential
candidate in this election year.

• 1944

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What system was used during the war to control
the distribution of goods?

• Rationing

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What did Americans purchase to assist in the war
effort?

• War Bonds

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Robert Oppenheimer was the scientist in charge of
a secret program to develop the atomic bomb. What
was the code name of the project?

• The Manhattan Project

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This was the most controversial of all of the
wartime conferences. Critics charged that FDR
gave too much to Stalin to convince him to join
the war against Japan.

• Yalta
• secret agreements included extra representation
  in a postwar UN and spheres of influence in Asia
• Including occupation zone in Korea

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In which battle did the Japanese lose 4 aircraft
carriers, turning the sea war in favor of the
U.S. for the first time?

• The Battle of Midway

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This was the chief complaint by those who were
critical of Trumans decision to use the Atomic
Bomb.

• Japan would soon have surrendered without using
  the bomb

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Where was the first non-test atomic bomb dropped
and on what date?

• Hiroshima, Japan
• August 6, 1945
• First shot of the Cold War?

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This battle was the first in history to be fought
entirely by carrier-based aircraft. It was an
early defeat for the Japanese.

• Battle of the Coral Sea
• paves way for 1st offensive action at Guadalcanal

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Who was the commander of U.S. ground troops in
the Pacific theater of war?

• General Douglas MacArthur

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What was the date of the D-Day Invasion?

• June 6, 1944

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Of Japan and Germany, which surrendered first and
when?

• Germany
• May 8, 1945

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Who were the allied leaders at the Potsdam
Conference?

• Atlee
• Truman
• Stalin

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This presidential policy stated that the U.S.
would halt the spread of communism anywhere in
the world. It was prompted by events in Turkey
and Greece.

• The Truman Doctrine

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The bone of contention between the U.S. and
U.S.S.R. during the Truman years was the future
of this region.

• Eastern Europe

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16 European countries accepted aid as a part of
this U.S. sponsored plan to relieve postwar
suffering in Europe.

• The Marshall Plan (1947)
• U.S. aid would serve to halt the spread of
  communism

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What incident in Europe convinced the U.S.
Congress to approve the Marshall Plan?

• The Soviet take-over of Czechoslovakia (1948)

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War in this country was an expression of the U.S.
policy of containment against communism. This
limited police action ended in a stalemate.

• Korea

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He was the reckless anti-communist crusader whose
accusations ruined many lives.

• Senator Joseph McCarthy (R-WI)

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What veiled threat did Eisenhower make to
encourage talks ending the Korean Conflict?

• The use of nuclear weapons