exam 3 Flashcards
What did the US do because of the growing powers of Italy, Germany, and Japan?
Formerly recognized the Soviet Union (1933).
What did the Neutrality Acts stipulate? (3 things)
- No Americans could travel on belligerent ships. 2. No Americans to sell munitions to belligerent nations. 3. No making loans to belligerent nations.
What helped establish the FDIC?
The Emergency Banking Relief Act (1933).
This was enacted in 1934 to ensure no further nations could borrow any more money until all debts were repaid, even if they were back in war?
Johnson-Debt Default Act
What is the infamous day that the stock market crashed?
Black Tuesday, Oct 21 1929.
What was established to give U.S. Government direct oversight of relations between big biz and laborers?
National Recovery Administration
What was a measure by the U.S. that gave back independence to the Philipines and was also used to keep Japan kind of happy?
Tydings-McDuffie Act aka Philipines independent act
What were the two measures that Hoover took in response to the market crash?
- TRICKLE DOWN APPROACH- giving money to top big businesses which would allow them to hire back workers. 2. Gave money to agricultural groups to feed livestock…
What is the term for investors who would take out a loan and invest on it, selling it back quickly after a rise by paying back the loan and pocketing the rest?
Investing on margin.
The 3 things FDR has to say upon entering office:
- Fuck the investors. 2. The economic crises must be treated like a war. 3. “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself”.
What did the Banking Relief Act do?
Gave the fed gov the temp direct control over the nations bank, allowed pres to oversee trade, and established the FDIC?
A project funded by government to give older men work?
Works Progress Aministration
The best time for the allies to have crushed Hitlers early beginnings would have been when he did this?
Marched his armies into the Rheinland (the area between France and Germany).
Major components to stock market crash and great depression?
-European allies had not payed back WWI loans. -American public access to easy credit—consumerism. -INFLUX OF SPECULATION (investors inflating a stock hoping to cash out and make a quick buck. -INVESTING ON MARGIN. -The money used by investors was the peoples’ money.
What was created to give retired and unemployed folks money and allowed younger folks oppurtunity for employment?
Social Security Act
How did Hitler first openly defy the treaty of Versailles?
Instituted compulsory military service.
What was the term for investors inflating a stock hoping to cash out and get a quick buck as the stock rose?
Influx of speculation.
What was a major project established to put young men back to work and was sponsored by the government and helped build many bridges, dams and shit like that?
Civilian Conservation Corps (1933).
First major implementation of FDR office:
The Emergency banking Relief Act (1933)
Which president succeeded president coolidge and took on a lezaais fair capitalist approach?
Hoover
What was the new policy with Latin America to ease tensions and make trade easier?
The Good Neighbor Policy
What was passed to allow the sale and purchase of alcohol?
21st amendment.
A gov funded project to bring work to people in the Appalachian area?
Tennessee Valley Authority
What was the first action that resulted in the declaration of WW2?
Germany and Russia invade Poland. Brit and France declare war.
What was the operation that Germany wanted to take against Great Britain to take over the isles?
Operation Sealion
Hitler’s mission to invade Russia is known as….
Operation Barbarosa
In an effort to gain a common ally against Soviet Russia, Hitler organizes this in 1940.
Tripartite Pact between Germany Japan and Italy
What did the Lend-Lease Act of 1941 did what?
Allowed trade between US and allies against the Nazis.
What was the thing that caused Hitler to go to war with the US?
His treaty with Japan and their attack on Pearl Harbor.
What was the Yalta conference, who was involved and what was it regarding?
It was a meeting between Stalin-Churchill-FDR
it was a post war conference. self determination. countries should act together to deal with world problems. they wanted their own spheres of influence.
Whats the Potsdam Conference?
A meeting between Churchill and Truman to rehash the Yalta conference.
This dude sent a secret telegram from Soviet Russia to US saying that Russia did not believe there could ever be peace between a socialist society and a capitalist society.
George Kennan
The components of the Truman Doctrine:
- Economic Containment.
- Military Alliance
- National Intelligence
Economic containment of the Truman Doctrine did what and what was it’s other name?
Infused the western European allies to help rebuild. The Marshall Plan.
The military alliance of the Truman Doctrine lead to the organization of this:
The NATO
What did national intelligence of the Truman Doctrine led to this?
National Security Act, leading to the CIA and Joint Chief of Staff.
This established America as being permanently in a war-time posture in the Cold War time:
NSC-68
This was signed by hundreds of congressman, in opposition of desegregation:
Declaration of Constitutional Principles
