MUSH Final Review F19

During WWII, Americans bought over $150 billion worth of war bonds to

NATO formed for the purpose of

The Long Telegram resulted in

Many Americans feared the country was losing its traditional values + responded by joining a religious movement known as

Coolidge believed part of his job as president was to make sure the government

Which event publicly debated subjects of evolution + creationism + their place in education?

Warren G. Harding won the presidency by appealing to Americans’ desire to

In 1942, Secretary of War Stimson declared most of the West Coast a military zone + ordered people of Japanese ancestry

Attacks on American cargo ships by German submarines led to the development of the

Calvin Coolidge became president when

The purpose of the Marshall Plan was to

In the Teapot Dome scandal, Albert B. Fall received bribes for

Truman said the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan were essential for

In the 1930s, many Americans supported a policy of avoiding international conflicts called

Many people viewed Sacco and Vanzetti with suspicion because

In the 1920s, the Federal Reserve contributed to weaknesses in the stock market by

Newly homeless people put up communities of shacks that they called

Which of the following significantly contributed to Hoover's tarnished reputation?

In their major offensive to liberate Europe, the Allies landed their invasion forces in

The Soviet Union formed the Warsaw Pact in response to NATO's decision to

Which program paid farmers not to grow certain crops, such as cotton, corn, wheat, and tobacco?

By 1945, what did FDR and his advisors think was the key to keeping the world at peace?

Stock prices first began to decline in late 1929 because

After the stock market crash, some banks suffered more loses than they could afford to absorb and

To pay for New Deal programs, FDR began using 

Hoover did not want the government to create many new jobs because it would increase government

Created impression FDR was interfering w/ the Constitution's separation of powers + undermining the Court's independence

Although they disagreed on specifics, Roosevelt's advisers favored government

The U.S. caused massive fires in Tokyo by dropping bombs filled with

At Yalta, the leaders agreed to

During the Depression, charities set up _______________to give poor people a meal.

This person was most influential in directing the US economic policies of the 1920s.

In the case Korematsu v. US, the Supreme Court ruled that relocation of Japanese Americans was

Iwo Jima was an important objective for the American military because 

In WWII, the Office of Price Administration began rationing many consumer products to make enough were available for

US military planners choose to invade here in order to stockpile supplies + build up troops for an invasion of Japan

A long period of rising stock prices is known as a

Henry Ford's system for making cars increased efficiency by

The cost-plus system sped up war production by

Japan’s goal in attacking Midway was to

The Neutrality Act of 1935 made it illegal for

In 1938, Britain and France agreed to Hitler's demand for the Sudetenland, and area of

President Hoover opposed direct federal relief to the unemployed because he believed that

During WWII, the growth of southern California and cities in the Deep South created a new industrial region known as

In order to protect loans made by stockbrokers to investors who bought stock on margin, brokers could issue a

President Hoover hoped that public works would

Roosevelt and Churchill met near Newfoundland in 1941 and agreed on the text of the

The original purpose of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation was to

Stalin's demand for joint control of the straits of the Dardanelles triggered a crisis in

After World War I, most Americans wanted to avoid future wars by

To inform and reassure citizens, FDR addressed them directly by radio in what were called

The Nye Committee report created the impression that America’s entry into WWI was influenced by

Period of time in 1933 when newly elected FDR sent bill after bill to Congress was called the

One purpose of the Townsend plan was to

At Yalta, leaders agreed to recognize the Polish gov't the Soviets set up if Stalin agreed to

Framers of the Social Security Act saw it primarily as

John Scopes was put on trial for

The flowering of African American arts in the 1920s became known as the

The Nazi-Soviet Non-aggression Pact contained a secret deal between Germany and the Soviet Union to divide

At first, Britain and France gave in to Hitler’s demands, a policy known as

Attorney General Daugherty resigned after being investigated for taking bribes and allowing

Buying on margin was a method of buying stocks

Franklin Roosevelt’s policies for ending the Depression became known as the

The “Double V” campaign meant victory

During the Great Depression, when a bank collapsed, 

Blue points and red points were a system for

The Declaration of Liberated Europe said that the people of Europe have the right to

The Ohio Gang was a

The Bataan Death March occurred in

During the Depression, many state governors declared “bank holidays” to

To help farmers in the Southwest overcome labor shortages in WWII, the government introduced the

Nearly one-third of all military equipment made during the war was manufactured by the

The Dust Bowl occurred because plowed land was left uncultivated and there was a terrible

To regulate the stock market, Congress created the

What is the name of the belief that one's land needs to be protected against immigrants?

Farmers on the Great Plains began to lose their crops during the Depression because

One of the major causes of the Cold War were arguments between the US + USSR over reparations +

To fight the Depression, the first thing Roosevelt set out to do was to

Most economists agree that a key cause of the Depression was

The Truman Doctrine resulted in

Thousands of World War I veterans came to Washington in 1932 to lobby Congress to

Migrant farm workers became an important part of the Southwest’s agricultural system due to

When the US, Britain, and France merged their zones in Germany, the Soviet Union responded by