DCUSH

Question 1

What were the 3 R’s of the New Deal in order?”

Answer 1

Relief, Recovery, Reform

Question 2

What were FDR’s intentions with the New Deal?

Answer 2

To provide relief to the unemployed and poor, recover from the Great Depression through economic reforms, implement regulations to stop another depression.”

Question 3

What is the FDIC

Answer 3

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, created to insure bank deposits and help restore confidence in the banking system after many banks failed during the Great Depression.”

Question 4

What was the significance of the Battle of Midway?,

Answer 4

Naval battle in June 1942 where US beat japan, stopped japan from expanding pacific

Question 5

What message were political cartoons often sending?,

Answer 5

Critiqued new deal and FDR power expansion

Question 6

Why did Japan want to imperialize China?,

Answer 6

“raw materials, labor, territory and industrialization for regional dominance

Question 7

What was FALSE about the attack on Pearl Harbor?

Answer 7

It is false that the Japanese hit American aircraft. The Japanese focused on battleships and aircraft were largely spared.”

Question 8

Know the Lend-Lease Act.

Answer 8

“Allowed the U.S. to lend or lease military equipment to Allied nations to aid their war efforts against the Axis powers.”

Question 9

Know Cash and Carry

Answer 9

Allies could buy non-military goods from the U.S. if paid cash upfront and used non-U.S. ships for transport.”

Question 10

What was the purpose of Cash and Carry?

Answer 10

“To allow the U.S. to aid the Allies by selling them supplies while trying to avoid being drawn into the war itself.”

Question 11

How did some of FDR’s speeches differ from his typical fireside chat perspective?

Answer 11

were more forceful and more toned rather than reassuring

Question 12

Why was Eleanor Roosevelt an important First Lady?,

Answer 12

activist position, advocating for civil rights, workers, the poor and becoming an influential voice.”

Question 13

What were fireside chats?,

Answer 13

“FDR’s periodic evening radio addresses to explain his policies and calm public fears during the Depression and WWII.”

Question 14

What were the causes of the Great Depression?,

Answer 14

unequal wealth distribution,

excessive bank loans, overproduction,

and stock market speculation/crash.”

Question 15

What did the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) do?,

Answer 15

flood control, electricity generation, economic development, job creation

Question 16

Why was court packing a thing?

Answer 16

FDR packed supreme court to get favorable rulings, was controversial

Question 17

What caused the Dust Bowl and what were its effects?,

Answer 17

Caused by drought and poor farming practices that led to soil erosion, severely impacting agriculture and causing migration from Great Plains states.”

Question 18

What parts of the government did FDR think had too much power?,

Answer 18

Supreme Court had too much power to strike down his New Deal programs, so he tried to reshape the Court to limit its ability to do so.”

Question 19

What is isolationism?,

Answer 19

Americans isolate from interfering in wars, came a term in world wars

Question 20

How did America feel about the Lend-Lease Act?

Answer 20

America was divided, some supported allies some didnt want war involvement.

Question 21

What was the purpose of war bonds?

Answer 21

Loan from citizens for military operations to the government during WW2

Question 22

Know “Korematsu v. US”

Answer 22

Sent Japanese Americans to internment due to the war, could not be trusted.

Question 22

How did women’s roles change based on photographs?

Answer 22

Women went into manufacturing and men jobs and encouraged other women to do so. Men fought.

Question 23

What was the Manhattan Project?

Answer 23

The top-secret research program that produced the first nuclear weapons, which were used to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. Led by oppenheimer

Took place mainly in Los Alamos, NM but also took place in Oak RIdge and Hanford

Question 24

What was the Good Neighbor Policy? How did it reflect the general foreign-policy mood of the US?

Answer 24

The Good Neighbor Policy was FDR’s policy of non-intervention and non-interference in the affairs of Latin American countries. We stopped intervering in the countries to build trust.

This reflected the overall isolationist and non-interventionist foreign policy mood in the U.S. at the time.

Question 25

Discuss the Japanese invasion into China during the 1930s, How did this aggression impact the future for peace in the world?

Answer 25

In 1937, Japan launched a full-scale invasion of China to gain resources and establish dominance in Asia. This act of aggression undermined the sovereignty established after WWI and exposed the weaknesses of the League of Nations.THis then eventually led to WW2

Question 26

How was the Treaty of Versailles a cause of WW2?

Answer 26

The harsh terms of the Treaty of Versailles caused despair and resentment in germany after WWI. Economic issues enlisted by the treaty caused allowed the Nazis to capitalize on anger. Ultimately, the desire to overturn the treaty was a major driving force behind Hitler’s aggression that led to WWII.

Question 27

Describe the Yalta Conference and its importance to the postwar world.

Answer 27

At Yalta in 1945, the U.S., Britain and Soviet Union made plans for postwar Europe and Germany.

Formed UN, and Soviet entry into the Pacific war. However, disagreements over Eastern Europe caused conflicts and escalated into the cold war.

Question 28

What were the effects of the war on American women? Positive, negative, or mixed?

Answer 28

WWII had mixed effects on American women in the short and long term. It opened up new job opportunities but also discrimination. In the postwar period, women had to leave those jobs but their wartime experiences raised awareness of gender inequalities, which thus caused women to fight for equality afterwards.