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AmericansWomen
This term means a fear of immigrants
and belief in the superiority of U.S. born Americans
Nativism
This new Deal reform agency
protected against bank
failures
FDIC (Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation)
This federal program was designed to
bring Mexicans to work farms in the Southwest
Bracero program
Part of Truman’s
“Fair Deal” platform dealt
with what minority issue
Segregation or discrimination
Name of LBJ’s program that created Medicare, Medicaid, Head Start and other welfare programs to
help the poor
The Great Society
The crash of the stock market
was caused by speculation and ____________.
Buying on Margin
Reason the Hawley-Smoot
tariff is so historically important
Highest tariff rates in U.S.
history – slowed trade nearly to a
halt
FDR created many agencies to convert
the economy to wartime. This
process is called ______________.
Mobilization
This new technology helped create a national
culture, especially through
advertising.
Television
This government agency was
created to help with pollution
and waste issues.
EPA (Environmental
Protection Agency)
Name one of the entertainment mediums that
helped create a national culture
Radio or Movies
Geographic disaster that
contributed to the misery of the
Depression in the Great Plains
Dust Bowl
As in WW1, these provided a source of food for many
households.
Victory Gardens
Because of the Space Race and Arms race, these two subjects got
more emphasis in schools
Math and Science
The term rock-n-roll originated in
this city
Cleveland, Ohio
Civil rights organization that
used legal action to
achieve its goals
NAACP (National
Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
Unemployment for African Americans
reached this % during the
Depression
67%
What did the 2 “V”s in Double V
Campaign stand for?
Victory against Nazis in Europe
and victory against
discrimination and racism at home
Martin Luther King, Jr. and the SCLC believed
in this technique for achieving
civil rights
Passive resistance, non-
violent civil disobedience
Law that prohibited discrimination in
housing, education, employment, voting
and public accomodations
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Amendment that gave women the
right to vote
19th amendment
Why were married women fired during the
depression?
To make more jobs for men
Industry where most women
worked during WW2
Defense industries
Reason for feelings of
discontent by women during the years after WW2
Forced out of jobs and
encouraged to return to
homemaking
Organization created by middle
class white women to push for
equal rights
NOW (National Organization for
Women)