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Eleanor Roosevelt
Person known for helping poor & minorities
Glass-Steagall Banking Act
created FDIC
Workers Progress Administration
A relief program that gave jobs for unemployed & White-collar workers (Artists)
Franklin Roosevelt
1932 that promised bold new reform
Social Security Act
Reform program that provided help to the elderly & other groups
Agricultural Adjustment Act
Law aimed to reduce Farm surplus
Civil Conservation Corps
Most popular new deal program that provided work for young men
National Recovery Administration
Most complex New Deal program designed for all three R's (Relief, Recovery, and Reform) to assist industry, labor, & unemployed people
Dust Bowl
Caused by dry farming techniques, drought, & soil erosion
1932 Presidential Election
Event in which African Americans became a vital part of the Democratic Party
21st Amendment
Amendment that ended prohibition
Public Work Administration
A long term recovery & unemployment relief program; "pump-priming"
Tennessee Valley Authority
Most radical New Deal program, providing electricity & dams to a poor area (socialism)
20th Amendment
Amendment that shortened time between the Presidential election and inauguration (Lame-Duck)
Indian Reorganization Act
Law that attempted to reverse forced assimilation (1880's Dawe's Act)
California
Dustbowlers went here
Munich Pact
Agreement that marked the appeasement between Britain and France
Deficit Spending
Economists believed it would cure the Depression
Japanese-Americans
The group most adversely affected by U.S. war policies
China
Japan believed they were forced into war by FDR insisting they evacuate here
Great Britain
1940: Americans began to provide many supplies here except war materials
Non-Aggression Pact
After Hitler signed this, he invaded Poland
Lend-Lease Program
Law that allowed the President to send war materials to Britain when France fell
Conscription Law
law that was passed immediately after the fall of France
"Court-Packing" Scheme
Shared FDR's desire to make Supreme Court more supportive of the New Deal program
Good Neighbor Policy
policy used by FDR to defend Latin America to help defend Western Hemisphere against dictators
France
Brought about effective end of neutrality
Wagner Act
Law giving labor right to enter into collective bargaining
Europe
Theater of warfare that U.S. decided to focus on first
Malaya or Phillipines
Sight where FDR believed more attacks by Japan would occur
War Production Board
Agency that established priorities for war materials
Quarantine Speech
Alarmed isolationists (FDR speech)
Battle of Sicily
After this, Mussolini resigned & Italy surrendered
Battle of Atlantic
Battle in which Allies made use of radar
Island-Hopping
Strategy used by U.S. to fight Japan
Potsdam Conference
Conference in which Japan was issued an ultimatum by U.S.
Midway
Turning point in Battle of Pacific
National Debt
Increased the most during WWII
Battle of Leyte-Gulf
Battle that marked the end of Japan's naval power
War Labor Board
Agency that imposed top limit on wage increases
Northern Cities
Location of heart of African American communities at end of the war
Fair Employment Practices Commission
Agency that ensured that no discrimination in war industries
Battle of Coral Sea
First naval battle in history in which all fighting was by aircraft
Indians
Group whose population moved significantly during war
OFfice of Price Administraion
Agency that controlled inflation by controlling goods (rations)
Unconditional Surrender
Policy that was modified to keep Hirohito on the throne
Eisenhower
Commander of Normandy Invasion
Stalingrad
Peak of Hitler's invasion
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US History Review Chapters 34-36
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