WW2, 1920's, WW1

Guaranteed women the constitutional right to vote

They were attempts by the US department of justice to arrest and deport radical leftists, and anarchist from the USA.

Al Capone was a Chicago Bootlegger who sold illegal liquor during prohibition

Was indicted for teaching evolution in Tennessee.

A famed criminal defense lawyer for Scopes, who supported evolution

Was against the teachings of evolution in schools, he was supposed to be an expert on the bible

1925; Teacher John Scopes on trial for teaching evolution; raised countrywide debate on whether people believed in evolutioni or creation

emphasized literal truth of the bible and opposed the modernist who tried to reconcile the bible with the scientific knowledge

Historical and critical view of bible and believed Darwin theory of evolution

Pioneered assembly line production and developed the infant auto industry

System that used conveyor belts to move parts and partly assembled cars from one group of workers to another

Leader of Birth Control Movement

Argued that sexual repression was responsible for several nervous and emotional ills

Purchasing stock with little money down with the promise of paying the balance at some time in the future

He had a mediocre mind, inable to detect moral weaknesses in his associates, unwilling to hurt people's feelings, administrative weaknesses

Group of WW1 veterans who marched to DC in 1932 demanding immediate payment of their government was bonuses in cash

rose the rates on imported goods in the hopes that domestic manufacturing would prosper. This prevented foreign trade

charged a high tax for imports thereby leading to less trade between America and foreign countries along with some economic retaliation

Spending enormous sums on the origional atomic bomb project was spurred by the belief that Germans might acquire such a weapon first

During WW2 most Americans economically experienced prosperity and a doubling of personal income

FDR's insistence of Japan to withdraw from China led Japan to believe that it had not alternative to war with the US

By 1940, a strong majority of American public opinion had come to favor providing Britain with "All aid short of war"

FDR's New Deal was most notable for providing moderate social reform without radical revolution of reactionary fascism

As a result of the 1937 Roosevelt recession, FDR adopted Keynesian economics

After FDR's failed attempt to pack the courts, they began to rule that New Deal programs were constitutional

First days of FDR presidency, pushing through his New Deal programs

Repeal of prohibition (18th amendment)

By 1938 the New Deal had lost most of its momentum

ETHIOPIA

CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Poland, Norway, Denmark, France

FDR closes banks for 4 days; congress meets to discuss legislation; sense of relief for public.

FDR took America off the gold standard and adopted a managed currency policy designed to stimulate inflation

They ensured that US policy would be strictly neutral if war broke out in Europe

Authorized president to prohibit all arms shipments and forbade US citizens to travel on ships of belligerent nations

Forbade the extension of loans and credits to belligerents

forbade the shipment of arms to the opposing sides in the Civil War in Spain

Coughlin- simplistic schemes for ending evil conspiracy, Townsend- guaranteed economic security to the elderly, Long- redistributing wealth

Roman Catholic priest who used his radio programs to attack FDR; known for his antiseministand support of fascism

Louisiana governor and US senator who supported a redistribution of wealth from the rich tothepoor.

proposed an Old Age Revolving Pension Plan to give every retiree over age 60 $200 per month;help retired workers and ended depression

took charge of food administration, encouraged American households to eat less meat and bread so that more food could be shipped abroad for

Steel, Glass, Rubber, Gasoline, and Highway construction

League of Nations' investigation into Japan's invasion and occupation of Manchuria initiated a boycott of Japanese goods

A range of influences like the changing role of women caused ppl to define their faith in new ways; historical and critical view of bible

emphasized the literal truth of the Bible and opposed the modernists who tried to reconcile the Bible with scientific knowledge

Droughts, high winds, overproduction of crops

Also known as the “lame duck amendment,” shortens the period between presidential electionsand inaugurations. Start each term on January20

Uneven distribution of income, Stock market speculation, Excessive use of credit, Weak farmeconomy, Overproduction of consumer goods

Tariffs at their highest tariff on foreign goods in history; Worsened depression

government lending bank. Designed to prove indirect relief by assisting banks, companies. Help bring back recovery

3 leaders met in Germany and agreed to demand that Japan surrendered and to hold war-crimetrials of Nazi leaders

He won because many people felt that, in the war emergency, there shouldn't be a change inleader

WW2 strategy of conquering only certain pacific islands that were important to the allied advance towards Japan.

A country at war could buy US arms if it used its own ships and paid cash

forbade the export of goods from the US in order to hurt the economies of the warring nations of France and Britain.

Law passed by congress in 1941 providing that any country whose security was vital to U.S interests could receive arms and equipment from th

1933 where a group built 21 government owned dams along the Tennessee River, controlling floods and producing electricity.

New Deal agency established to provide a public watchdog against deception and fraud in stock trading

Foreign Policy stating that the US would not intervene in LatinAme or in domestic affairs ofLatinAme nations

to offer federal assistance to businesses and banks but not individuals.

Retreated further into isolation

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required promoters to transmit to the investor sworn information regarding the soundness of their stocks and bonds.

a balanced budget

African Americans shifted from their Republican allegiance and became vital element in democratic part.

Victory in Europe, May 1945. Germany surrenders unconditionally. The end of WWII.

Victory in Japan, August 1945. Japan surrender at atomic bombs are dropped, by US, onHiroshima and Nagasaki. Over 200,000 civilians killed

Organization founded by pacifists in 1942 to promote racial equality through peaceful means.

African-Americans demanded a "Double V" slogan—one for victory over fascism abroad and onefor equality at home.

The increase in factory jobs; Mechanical cotton pickers came into use

Harding's interior secretary, convicted of taking bribes for leases on federal oil reservesin the Teapot Dome scandal

Sep1939; Germany began invasion of Poland. Britain and France declare war with Germany, also start war w/ Axis alleys. WW2 in Europe begins

The "Fighting Quaker", used a series of raids to arrest suspected communists during Red Scare

raids by the United States Department of Justice intended to capture, arrest and deportradical leftists, especially anarchists, from the US

regrouped the American troops and began an effective counteroffensive against the Germans.

General of the Allied land forces in the Pacific, who created a plan to storm unarmed islands close to Japan by using the “Island Hop” tacti

American General who launched Operation Torch, allowing more than 100,100 troops, composed of mostly Americans in Morocco and Algeria on Nov

Controversial but highly influential and innovative silent film by D.W. Griffith. Demonstrated the power of film propaganda/Revival of KKK

American Jazz music emerges from African American church and community, becomes international, uniquely American, white America and Europe

Led by Eisenhower, a million troops storm the beaches of Normandy and begin the process of retaking France

In this battle the US destroyed Japanese aircraft carriers and ended Japanese offensive inthe Pacific Theater; turning point

Authorized the War Department to remove any Japanese person from their homes. 112,000 Japanese-Americans forced into camps

A letter from Stalin to Hitler, giving Germany permission to wage war on Poland, an agreementof neutrality between the Soviet union & Germ

Poland

mail contracts with the federal government