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History U6 test
Unit 6 Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Good Neighbor Policy | a U.S. foreign policy shift aimed at fostering better relations with Latin American nations through non-intervention, non-interference, and mutual cooperation. |
| Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA) | gave direct aid to states for the unemployed, funded food, clothing, and shelter |
| Buying on Margin | the purchasing of stocks by paying only a small percentage of the price and borrowing the rest. Roaring 20s. |
| Civilian Conservation Corps | provided jobs for young men, worked on planting trees, building parks, and soil conservation, and workers sent part of their pay home to their families |
| Works Progress Administration (WPA) | created millions of jobs for unemployment Americans, workers built roads, schools, airports, and public buildings, include |
| Securities and Exchange Commission | created by the securities exchange act of 1934, regulate the securities markets and restore public confidence |
| Kristallnacht | (Night of Broken Glass) Nazi-organized attacks against Jews across Germany and Austria, It was a response to German-born Jewish teenager Hershel Grynszpan killing German Diplomat Ernst Van Rath in Paris |
| Final Solution | Nazi plan to systematically murder all European Jews, Decided during the Wannsee Conference in 1942 |
| Albert B. Fall | secretary - convicted of bribery, sentenced to 1 year in jail, fined $100,000, served over 9 months |
| Hooverville | built by homeless from salvaged materials like cardboard, tin and wood scraps, sprang up across us during great depression |
| Dust Bowl | severe environmental disaster that affected the great plains, combined drought and poor farming practices caused massive dust storms, made great depression worse for farmers |
| Speculation | Act of buying stocks at great risk with the anticipation that the price will rise. |
| Bonus Army | was a gathering of World War I veterans in Washington, D.C. They marched to Washington, D.C. to try to persuade the government to issue the bonuses that they were promised for fighting in WWI early, rather than in 1945. |
| Butler Act | 1925 - Tennessee, law made illegal to teach evolution, required teachers to teach humans were created by God |
| Lend Lease Act | Allowed the U.S. to lend or lease military supplies to Allied nations, Countries had to be vital to U.S. defense, The U.S. did not require immediate payment |
| After WWI, what did the U.S. gov. set aside for the Navy? | Oil reserves |
| What were the oil reserves suppose to be used for? | only for emergencies |
| What was considered the biggest U.S. political scandal before water gate? | The Teapot Dome |
| Who secretly leased the Navy's oil reserves? | Albert B. Fall |
| Who was Warren Harding? | He was president and died before scandal was exposed. (Teapot Dome) |
| Who was Harry Sinclair | oil company executive - founder of Sinclair Oil, served 6 months in prison for contempt of Congress and contempt of court for jury tampering, detectives to track down info on jurors |
| What did Albert Fall use public office for? | For personal gain |
| Who led the investigation for the Teapot Dome? | Senator Thomas J. Walsh, democrat from Montana |
| What did the Teapot Dome lead to? | greater government oversight and calls for ethnics reforms |
| What did the Teapot Dome become a symbol of? | 1920s political corruption |
| What is the official name of the Scopes Monkey Trial? | Tennessee v. John T. Scopes |
| What did the Scopes Monkey Trial focus on? | whether evolution could be taught in public schools |
| What did the Scopes Monkey Trial become the national debate about? | science, religion, and education |
| Whose theory of evolution challenged traditional religious beliefs? | Charles Darwin |
| Who was John T. Scopes? | A high school science teacher who was accused of teaching evolution using a biology textbook |
| What did the Scopes Monkey trial turn into? | a debate over science v. religion and modernism v. traditional values |
| What was the outcome of the Scopes Monkey Trial? | Scopes was found guilty and fined $100 |
| What did the Scopes Monkey Trial encourage discussions about? | freedom of thought |
| Many families experienced poverty after what? | Losing jobs, homes, and savings |
| What percent did unemployment reach? | 25% |
| During the Great Depression, how were the kids affected? | they took on adult responsibilities, worked odd jobs, and left school |
| During the Great Depression, how were the men affected? | they lost jobs causing stress and feeling of failure |
| During the Great Depression, how were the women affected? | they had additional work to earn $, managed household with limited resources |
| What did people rely on for food during the Great Depression? | soup kitchens, breadlines, help from churches and charities |
| How were farmers hit especially hard during the Great Depression? | The crop prices collapsed and many couldn't pay debt |
| What were the two types of causes for the dust bowl? | environmental and human causes |
| How was the environment a cause of the dust bowl? | there was severe drought that lasted for years in Great Plains and high winds blew away dry, loose topsoil |
| How were humans a cause for the dust bowl? | over-farming and poor farming techniques |
| How was the economy impacted by the dust bowl? | - crops failed, and farm income collapsed - thousands of farms foreclosed by banks |
| How was society impacted by the dust bowl? | - families lost homes and livelihoods - Many farmers migrated west (California) |
| How did the New Deal program help the dust bowl? | The Soil Conservation Service taught farming methods, and the Resettlement Administration helped farmers move |
| What did FDR promise the American people during his acceptance speech? | A New Deal |
| What did FDR legalize during his campaign? | beer and wine and signed the 21st Amendment when he became president |
| What did the First New Deal focus on? | immediate action to stabilize the economy and help people survive |
| What does Relief mean in the First New Deal? | help for the unemployment and poor |
| What does Recovery mean in the First New Deal? | Restart the economy |
| What does Reform mean in the First New Deal? | Fix problems in the economic system |
| What was the Emergency Banking Act? | allowed only financially sound banks to reopen |
| What was Bank Holiday? | closed all banks for several days to stop panic withdrawals |
| What was the Glass - Steagall Act? | separated commercial banking from investment banking |
| What was the criticism of the First New Deal? | some felt it did not go far enough to help the poor and others believed the federal government had too much power |
| What did the Second New Deal focus on? | Long-term reform and social justice |
| What does Reform mean in the Second New Deal? | fixing economic problems permanently |
| What is the Second New Deal's goal about security? | to protect Americans from future economic disasters |
| What did the Social Security Act provide? | old-age pensions for retires, unemployment insurance, and aid to disabled and dependent children |
| What did the Wagner Act create? | National Labor Relations Board |
| What did the Rural Electrification Administration improve? | farm productivity, and quality of life in rural America |
| What did the conservative critics believe the New Deal did? | gave the federal government too much power and hurt businesses |
| What did the Second New Deal strengthen? | workers rights and labor unions |
| What was the purpose of the Neutrality Acts? | - to prevent the U.S. from being drawn into foreign wars - limit economic and military involvement with warring nations - reflect isolationism and lessons learned from WWI |
| What was the purpose of the Lend - Lease Program? | - support allies fighting axis powers - strengthen U.S. nationals security - move away from strict neutrality |
| What did the U.S. become after the Lend-Lease Program? | The "Arsenal of Democracy" |
| What were Jews blamed for? | Germany's problems |
| After WWI, what did Germany face? | economic hardship and political instability |
| What were the laws that the Nazis passed? | - removed Jews from government jobs - banned Jews from professions - took away civil rights |
| Where were Jews forced into because of the Final Solution? | Ghettos and concentration camps |
| How were victims in the holocaust killed? | gas chambers, forced labor, starvation, and executions |
| What did many Americans fear in response to the immigration policy? | - job competition - economic strain during the Great Depression - foreign influence |
| What did the U.S. NOT do during the holocaust that was controversial? | bomb death camps or rail lines |
| Who liberated the concentration camps? | The Allied forces |
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