US History US History Review Review Day 3 Day 3
Mar 26, 2015
US HistoryUS HistoryReviewReview
Day 3 Day 3
Early in the Depression, Early in the Depression, the Hoover Administration the Hoover Administration established the Reconstruction established the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to Finance Corporation to
to banks, to banks, insurance companies, and other insurance companies, and other depressed businessesdepressed businesses
loan money
Franklin Roosevelt’s immediate Franklin Roosevelt’s immediate response to the banking crisis response to the banking crisis after becoming president was after becoming president was to to in the in the United States for several days. United States for several days.
close banks
Social Security was a New Deal Social Security was a New Deal program designed to program designed to
provide a minimum retirement income
was the was the author of the author of the Grapes of WrathGrapes of WrathJohn Steinbeck
During the Dust Bowl many During the Dust Bowl many farmersfarmers in the Great Plains in the Great Plains migrated to migrated to ..California
The Indian Reorganization Act The Indian Reorganization Act to to Indian Tribes.Indian Tribes.restored some land
The The Good NeighborGood Neighbor policy policy included a plan to increase included a plan to increase
to the to the nations of nations of Latin AmericaLatin America
economic aid
““Yesterday, December 7, 1941 – a Yesterday, December 7, 1941 – a date that will live in infamy…” date that will live in infamy…” President President Roosevelt is referring to the Roosevelt is referring to the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor
Partly because Partly because Japanese Japanese Americans living on the West Americans living on the West Coast during WWII were Coast during WWII were considered security risks, they considered security risks, they were moved from their homes to were moved from their homes to
internment camps
The outstanding record of African The outstanding record of African Americans who served in the Americans who served in the military forces during WWII was military forces during WWII was one reason President Truman one reason President Truman decided in 1948 to order an decided in 1948 to order an
. .end to racial segregation in the military
The federal government initiated The federal government initiated the the program during program during WWII in an effort to address the WWII in an effort to address the urgent urgent need for agricultural need for agricultural laborerslaborers..
bracero
During WWII, the primary duty of During WWII, the primary duty of the the was transmitting secret messages was transmitting secret messages to US forces during combat.to US forces during combat.
navajo code talkers
The purpose of the The purpose of the Manhattan ProjectManhattan Project was to develop was to develop for the US for the US military.military.atomic weapons
The meetings at Yalta and The meetings at Yalta and Potsdam were focused on Potsdam were focused on issues issuespostwar (WWII)
The The statement of principles was based statement of principles was based on the belief that an international on the belief that an international peacekeeping organization could peacekeeping organization could settle disputes without warfaresettle disputes without warfare..
United Nations
The The Truman DoctrineTruman Doctrine was a was a formal statement of intention of formal statement of intention of the United States to aid any the United States to aid any country threatened by country threatened by ..communist aggression
President Eisenhower supported President Eisenhower supported the establishment of the the establishment of the Southeast Asia Treaty Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (Organization (SEATOSEATO) as an ) as an attempt to restrict communist attempt to restrict communist aggression in aggression in ..Asian countries
The Korean War began when The Korean War began when North KoreanNorth Korean forces, with Soviet forces, with Soviet approval, approval, ..invades South Korea
BrinkmanshipBrinkmanship is the idea that the is the idea that the United States might have to United States might have to
..go to the edge (brink) of war
The The crisis crisis raised the possibility of a third raised the possibility of a third world war.world war.
Suez Canal
was an was an early example of early example of preplanned and preplanned and mass-produced housing mass-produced housing development.development.
Levittown
was the was the woman whose refusal to give up woman whose refusal to give up her seat to a white man her seat to a white man sparked sparked the Montgomery bus boycottthe Montgomery bus boycott..
Rosa Parks
The Supreme Court in The Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of EducationBrown v. Board of Education (1954) outlawed(1954) outlawed racial segregation racial segregation in in ..public schools
In 1957, President Eisenhower In 1957, President Eisenhower used federal troops in Little Rock, used federal troops in Little Rock, Arkansas to Arkansas to
.. integrate the public schools