APUSH - Unit 7 Part 2

POTUS after FDR died in early 1945; made the decision to use atomic weapons on Japan

What is October 29th, 1929, the day of the big stock market crash, called?

First city to be bombed using an atomic weapon; industrial center; roughly 140,000 deaths

This set up the goals of the allied powers during World War II; drafted by Churchill & Roosevelt

This offered subsidies to farmers to not grow crops; increase crop prices by reducing the supply

Prime Minster of Japan during World War II

What were the families that left their homes during the Dust Bowl called?

Major battle between US and Japan; US fleet became the most powerful navy in the Pacific

What was the man & natural disaster caused by bad farming methods & a decade of drought?

Leader of Nazi Germany; awful human; lame mustache

Where did the Allied Powers first invade Nazi controlled Europe?

Last major battle of the western front in Europe; desperate attack by the Germans, but ultimately failed

Law to help farmers; federal government would buy surplus crops in order to keep prices higher

Mass extermination of Jews, handicapped people, communists & other “undesirables” by the Nazis

This FDR idea involved proposing an Amendment to enlarge the Supreme Court from 9 to 15 judges

This regulated the stock market and banks, and was designed to prevent catastrophic economic collapses

Most important U.S figure during World War 2.

US bomber (B-29) that dropped the first ever atomic bomb on people (Hiroshima, Japan)

Corporation owned by the gov't; built dams to control flooding and provide power

Italian fascist and leader of Italy during World War II

Beginning of Operation Overlord, the invasion of western Europe by the allies

What was Korematsu vs. US?

Veterans of WWI marched on DC during the Great Depression to collect their bonuses early. What were they called?

Laws passed to keep the US out of the Second World War

Program by FDR that allowed the US to ship weapons & give loans to Great Britain during the war

Leader of the Soviet Union during World War II

FDR closed all banks in the US for a week to stop bank runs and bank failures. What was this referred to as?

US Naval base attacked on December 7th, 1941 by Japan; got the US into WWII

What were shantytowns called that typically sprang up outside of major cities

This project developed atomic weapons during World War II

Propaganda campaign used to get more women into the workforce during World War II

Pay into the system while one is working then get money from the government when they retire

Wife of FDR; political activist, advisor, influenced society and politics

Supreme Allied Commander of Allied Forces in western Europe; future POTUS

Policy used to please Hitler and avoid war