Unit 8: Important Groups

Question 1

bonus marchers

Answer 1

world war 1 veterans who marched on washington DC to protest not being paid their bonuses from the war. happened during the depression

Question 2

flappers

Answer 2

essentially liberal girls/sluts. they where kinda looked down on for not following social norms.

Question 3

zoot suitors

Answer 3

popular clothing of american immigrants in the 40s.

Question 4

kkk

Answer 4

the klu klux klan, a hate group dedicated to putting blacks back in their place, ie back to when they where slaves.

Question 5

hoboes

Answer 5

the homeless who ‘rode the rails’ in search of work

Question 6

braceros

Answer 6

a program bringing in mexicans during ww2 to fill the jobs that where left empty by the soldiers going to war

Question 7

liberty leauge

Answer 7

an american organization comitted to opposing the new deal

Question 8

Brain trust

Answer 8

advisors to franklin Roosovelt, pulled from academic life to assist the president in making decisions

Question 9

roosovelt coalition

Answer 9

all of the various groups that voted for roosovelt

Question 10

merchants of death

Answer 10

the arms dealers who sold weapons during ww1, where blamed for making the war worse. part of the reason we banned selling weapons to warring countries after ww1.

Question 11

scottsboro boys

Answer 11

9 black hoboes acused of rape, and even though there was dick-all evidence, it was black word against white word, so they lynched the blacks.

Question 12

nye commision

Answer 12

a committee for investigating the munitions industry, essentially contributed to us not wanting to be in WW1. munition makers got crazy fuck rich, and nye exposed them, so people felt betrayed

Question 13

war production board

Answer 13

a government board to regulate the wartime production. essentially reassigned all production to war stuff, even if it wasnt totally related.

Question 14

office of price admin

Answer 14

an emergency management company for price control during ww2. essentially kept prices the same and wages the same so that we wouldnt get screwed by inflation.

Question 15

america first comitee

Answer 15

isolationist group, didnt want america to get involved in europe

Question 16

war labour board

Answer 16

a board to handle labour, essentially made striking illegal, controled wages and stuff.

Question 17

rome/berlin/tokyo axis

Answer 17

the alliance of germany, against the alles. duh, got defeated.

Question 18

committee to defend america by aiding the allies

Answer 18

obvously, a comitee interesed in getting involved in the war along side the allies.

Question 19

fair employment practies comitee

Answer 19

prevented race discrimination to get minorities into jobs back on the homefront

Question 20

congress of indsutrial organization

Answer 20

organizing industrial unions, prevented strikes and made sure people worked.