US History STAAR Review #1 (1865-1945)

Turning point of the war in the Pacific. U. S. defeated Japanese Navy. Admiral Chester Nimitz commanded Pacific Fleet

FDR issued this presidential ruling requiring Japanese Americans to move to internment camps away from the West coast.

1913-gave Congress the power to tax personal income

Played a key role in the Pacific. Used their native language to send messages. Japanese never figured out the code.

1919 – Treaty between Allied Powers & Germany ending WWI. Dealt harshly with Germany

1913, established direct election of senators by popular vote.

Home front effort to grow vegetables. Most of the food raised by farmers available to ship to troops.

Warren G. Harding's campaign slogan for 1920 election. Called for a return to the way things were before World War I.

1887-prohibited unfair practices of railroad companies. 1st time Congress attempted to regular business in U.S.

White Protestants born in the U. S. believed they were superior. Other races, religions and nationalities were inferior.

In 1919, this article to the Constitution banned the sale of alcohol.

Dec. 7, 1941 – surprise attack by the Japanese on the U. S. Brought U.S. into WWII. “A date which will live in infamy…”

Germany, Italy and Japan. Opposed the Allied Powers in World War II. Grew out of a German-Japanese-Anti Communist Pact.

Volunteer American fighter pilots to send supplies to China. Engaged in combat with Japanese pilots.

1891-1896 – 3rd Party “common man” movement: workers & farmers against big business.

1918 - President Wilson’s goals for after WWI; included the creation of a League of Nations

1939-1945, worldwide conflict between Axis (Italy, Germany, Japan) & Allied Powers (Britain, U.S., Russia),

Belief that different human races compete for survival just as plants and animals do in nature.

Great Britain, France, Soviet Union; U.S. joined in 1941. Nations allied in opposition to the Axis Powers during WWII

1932-39 – devastating economic downturn that saw stock prices fall, businesses fail & large scale unemployment