US History & Government: Vocabulary List

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104. President Hoover He was blamed for the Great Depression Hoovervilles and Hoover Blankets are proof he was blamed He believed in trickledown economics and giving businesses money He did not believe in directly helping the people 105. FDR Created the New Deal to help end the Great Depression Believed in directly helping the people 106. The New Deal Programs are alphabet soup (TVA, FDIC, CCC, PWA) Government gained more power and debt increased Helped unions – passed Wagner Act Government created jobs and controlled businesses 107. Good Neighbor Policy FDR passed this law to improve relations with Latin America US would no longer intervene in Latin American affairs 108. WWII Ended the Great Depression US joined after attack on Pearl Harbor The country mobilized for war Citizens bought war bonds and planted victory gardens 109. Lend Lease Act FDR promised to give money to European countries fighting against Germany in WWII US helped the Allies without joining the war 110. Pearl Harbor Japan secretly attacked US navy base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Caused the US to join WWII 111. Japanese Internment Japanese Americans were held out of fear after Pearl Harbor They lost their homes and jobs Violated the rights of citizens to protect national security 112. Korematsu v. United States Court ruled that Japanese Internment was constitutional Civil liberties may be limited to protect national security 113. Rosie the Riveter Women that worked in factories during WWII
114. Nuremberg Trials Nazi leaders were put on trial for war crimes during the Holocaust It showed that leaders could be held accountable for their actions 115. The Manhattan Project The secret development of the atomic bomb President Truman decided to bomb Japan to end WWII US dropped bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 116. Baby Boom Large increase in births after the end of WWII Baby boomers will put strain on the social security system as they retire 117. Suburbs & Interstate Highways The automobile allowed Americans to live in suburbs The Interstate Highway Act built better roads and allowed more suburbanization 118. Fair Deal Truman’s plan to continue FDR’s reforms of the New Deal Programs that increased government commitment to helping the people 119. The Cold War The competition and tension between the US (Democracy) and the Soviet Union (Communism) Led to a nuclear arms race and the space race Korean War and Vietnam War are part of the Cold War Cold War ends with the fall of the Berlin Wall 120. Containment US policy to stop the spread of communism Korean War and Vietnam War are fought to contain communism 121. Domino Theory The belief that if one country falls to communism others will follow The reason the US fought the Vietnam War was to stop the domino theory from happening 122. Truman Doctrine US policy to limit the spread of communism and the Soviet Union US would support countries in need against the spread of communism (containment) 123. Marshall Plan US policy to limit the spread of communism and the Soviet Union US would help the economies of Europe recover after WWII 124. Berlin Airlift The US flew supplies into East Berlin Helped stop the spread of communism and Soviet expansion
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