History (ch.24-25) Flashcards
new deal was initiated
1933
the stock market crashed
1929
black tuesday
october 29, 1929
supported public works projects that did not involve outright grants by the federal governement
president hoover
congress passed the smoot-hawley tariff
1930
turned out to be the highest in the nation’s peace time history
smoot-hawley tariff
what is the motion picture production code known as
hays code
aimed at social reforms and economic recovery; congress approved all of his proposals without question.
new deal
a british left wing economic theorist who advocated central planning and massive economic and social intervention on the part of the government to bring a nation out of depression
john maynard keynes
secretary of labor; first women to be appointed a cabinet position
francis perkins
one of roosevelt’s chief advisors
eleanor roosevelt
roosevelts three r’s
relief, recovery, reform
increased prices for agricultural products by reducing the supply of food; government paid farmers not to plant or butcher
agricultural adjustment act
established to control wages and prices and to limit competition among businesses
national recovery administration
erected dams and hydroelectric plants along the tennessee river and its tributaries
tennessee valley authorities
what was the most far-reaching of all the new deal undertakings
tennessee valley authorities
created work for young men on conservation projects
civilian conservation corps
legalized the sale of liquor repealing the 18th amendment
21st amendment
when did the US recognize the communist government of Russia
nov. 1933
called for heavy estate taxes that would redistribute wealth
huey long
established a government fund for unemployment and old-age insurance
social security act
established a national labor relations board
national labor relations act
protected the stated rights of unions and mediated labor-management disputes
national labor relations board
d-day
june 6, 1944
great britian and france declared war on germany
september 3, 1939
japan attacked pearl harbor; US entered the war
december 7, 1941
ww2
1939-1945
v-e day
may 8, 1945
v-j day
september 2, 1945
united nations charter adopted
june 1945
assumed full control of the communist party and the soviet union
stalin
marched on rome and was allowed to become prime minister in 1922
mussolini
the three main aggressors in ww2 would be known as
axis powers
the fascist general in the revolution against spain
franco
ethiopian leader that fought italy with spears and guns
haile selassie I
led the flying tigers
chennault
a volunteer squadron of american airmen who flew sorties against the japanese and fought them in the air
flying tigers
where did hitler’s troops seize without a shot
austria
sep. 29, 1938; dismembered czechoslovakia by giving the sudetenland to germany
munic pact
partitioned between germany and russia
poland
continued the terms of the earlier legislation and adopted the important cash-and-carry principle for dealing with warring nations
neutrality act of 1937
secretary of state that kept peace in america at the beginning of the war
cordell hull
the head of the nazi puppet government
vidkun quisling
required all men 18-65 to register with their local draft board
selective training and service act
field marshall of the afrika korps; reconquered all of the territory in africa that was lost by italians
rommel
said that any means of defense which belonged to a friendly belligerent could be refitted or repaired in the US
lend-lease act
appointed supreme allied commander in europe
eisenhower
the turning point of ww2 in europe
d-day
became the squadron’s first black-american commander
george s. roberts
sent to the philippines in 1936
macarthur
the most decorated infantry unit in all of the US army
442nd
led 16 american bombers to bomb japan which showed that america was in range to attack japan
doolittle
the first naval battle where opposing ships did not see eachother
battle of the coral sea
the turning point of in the pacific
midway
the marines began recruiting who for their code talking program becasue of their discreet language
navajo code talkers
the japanese lost almost all of their remaining ships and planes
battle of leyte gulf
was a necessary base for american fighters in preparation for an invasion of japan
iwo jima
calling upon the japanese to surrender unconditionally and to withdraw to the home islands
potsdam declaration
US possessed the atomic bomb because of what project
manhattan
scientist that help invent the atomic bomb who was a jewish immigrant form hungary
edward teller
first place we dropped an atomic bomb
hiroshima
the plan to invade the japanese homeland that consisted of two phases
downfall
the slaughtering of 6 million jews by the nazis in ww2
holocaust
many of the nazi leaders were put on trial here
nuremburg
where was the charter of the UN drafted
san francisco
