us history final

What year did the stock market crash occur in?

1929

approximately what percent of workers were without work in 1929

25% (1/4)

during the 1920s half of the nations' families made less than \_____ annually

$1500

Who was our countries first female cabinet member

Francis perkins

What was the name of the individual that was a strong critic of roosevelt (he was accused of being anti- semitic and a Nazi sympathizer)

Father Charles Coughlin

Britain and France declared war in response to the \_____

Where did the great purge take place

Soviet Union

Axis powers

Germany, Italy, Japan

How many European Jews died in Nazi concentration and extermination camps?

6 million

In following a policy of appeasement, Britain and France were \_____

What does the FDIC stand for

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

what does the fdic do

it insured your money in the bank

How many new supreme court justices were nominated during FDR's terms?

7

who won the 1936 election

FDR

Who lost the 1936 election

Kansan Alf Landon

How much votes did Alf Landon lose to FDR

27.7 million to 16.6 million

What made FDR think he could start his new deal

winning the 1936 election

what was established in the first 100 days of FDR's presidency

FDR promised his new deal- 15 new pieces of legislation got passed

fireside chats

radio broadcasts made by FDR to the American people to explain his initiatives

what did FDR do to fix the banks

he shut down every single bank, inspected them, and only let the ones that were doing strongly re-open

how far did the dust travel during the dust bowl

as far as the east coast

result of WWI veterans protesting

the infantry used gas to disperse the remaining veterans; an 11 month old baby dies, two people were shot, and many were injured

why were WWI veterans protesting

they had not gotten their bonus yet

who won the 1932 election

Roosevelt

how much did FDR win by in the 1932 election

a landslide

what were shanty towns

communities of homeless people who lived on public land consisting of shacks

nickname for shanty towns

hoovervilles

what was white flight

When blacks moved to the mainly white cities, white people left the cities to live in the suburbs

what type of construction was down 25% during the depression

housing

What does buying a stock on margin mean?

borrowing money to help pay for the stock

what was black tuesday

The day the stock market crashed

who won the 1924 election

Calvin Coolidge

what was Calvin Coolidges motto

the business of America is business

Typical Prohibitionist

WASP
Middle class
rural or small town inhabitant
fearful of blacks, immigrants, jews, and catholics

who is benjamin "bugsby" siegal

2nd generation russian
spread the mob into hollywwod and vegas
opened the flamingo hotel

purpose of the selective service act

(aka the draft) to ensure that if the country goes to war, we have enough troops to win

reparations

Payment for war damages

who won the election of 1920

Warren G. Harding

the teapot dome scandal

corruption by a Harding cabinet member who took bribes to allow oil drilling on public lands

how many nations came out of WWI

nine

who payed for the reparations of WWI

Germany

How much did germany pay in the reparations for WWI

$33 billion

arthur zimmerman

was the German foreign secretary that sent the Zimmerman Telegram to Mexico encouraging them to invade the USA- brought the USA into WWI

when did the US join WWI

April 1917

selective service act

law requiring men to register for military service

nicknames of the American Troops during WWI

"doughboys"

What year did WWI end

1918

6-13 points of the 14 points speech

boundary changes and "self-determination"

Who were the Allies in WWI

France, Russia, Britain, Serbia, and USA

Trench warfare

Consisted of charges and retreats- fronts were virtually deadlocked and casualties mounted because there was little protection

no mans land

Territory between rival Trenches, very dangerous

Enola Gay

Airplane that dropped the first nuclear bomb on Hiroshima

Who flew the Enola Gay?

Colonel Tibbets

Bonus Army

WWI veterans who marched into DC to demand the promised payment for their military service

who boycotted bussed before Rosa Parks

Claudette Colvin

When was JFK assassinated?

November 22, 1963

Who shot JFK

Lee Harvey Oswald

Who put Neil Armstrong into space

NASA

who was the first American in Space

Alan Shepard

Who was the first American to orbit the earth?

John Glenn

What did Brown v. Board of Education do?

It overturned Plessy v. Ferguson, desegregated schools, and desegregated facilities and schools

What happened at Central Highschool

The little Rock nine went to school - national guard was called in to turn them away

When was MLKJ assassinated?

April 1968

Truman Docorine

Truman supporting countries that rejected communism

What was the Marshall Plan?

the economic recovery package of aid from the United States to western Europe after World War II

How much did the Marshall plan cost?

$12.5 billion

Berlin Airlift

When American and British Planes flew food and supplies in West Berlin to keep them from starving

"Old soldiers never die, they just fade away"

General Douglas MacArthur

What was the Manhattan Project?

development of the atomic bomb

How many Americans died during WWII

418,000

Who gave the Iron Curtain Speech?

Winston Churchill

This quote is from which famous speech: "A shadow has fallen upon scenes so lately lighted by the Allies victory... From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic and iron curtain has descended across the continent"

the iron curtain speech

"I shall return"

MacArthur

Where was the last battle of WWII

Okinawa, Japan

Who were the "three fascists"

Hitler (Germany), Mussolini (Italy), and Tojo (Japan)

Blitzkrieg

lightning war

Maginot line

A system of fortifications along France's Eastern border to defend from Germany

what does G.I stand for?

General/government Issue

When was D-Day?

June 6, 1944

Who took over the soviet union after Lenin died

Joseph Stalin

who was killed that made WWI start

franz ferdinand

when was the spanish war

1898

What two countries was WWI fought on

Germany and Russia

Two fronts of WWI

Western front (France/Belgium) is where the US fought, Eastern front (Germany/Russia)

What year did WWI begin?

1914

When did the US join WWI

1917

Who led American Troops in WWI

general John Pershing

WWI ended on \______

11th hour, 11th day, 11th month in 1918

Who gave the 14 point speech

woodrow wilson

where was the 14 point speech given

versailles

Why did the US not join the League of Nations?

Because Congress thought it would get us involved in too many foreign affairs and European Conflict

Treaty of Versailles

9 new nations, Germany is forced to sign war-guilt clause and pay reparations (compensation for war)

Christmas Truce

During World War I, on Christmas Day both sides stopped fighting and joined together peacefully for Christmas.

J. Edgar Hoover

first head of the FBI

Scopes Monkey Trial

High-school biology teacher who taught evolution illegally

Arnold Rothstein

Jewish mobster involved in fixing the 1919 World Series- "Black Sox"

the economics people believed in 1929

credit

Unemployment rates went from \_____ to \_____ 1933

3% to 25%

Okies

Midwest families moving to California for jobs

Court Packing Scheme

Supreme court justices said the new deal was unconstitutional, so FDR threatened to appoint 6 new supreme court justices