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Honors U.S. History 2 Midterm Pt 2
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11th Grade
01/20/2010

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Term
Buying on margin
Definition
Purchasing stocks using a down payment only and borrowing the rest from the stockbroker as a loan
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Bonus Army
Definition
Thousands of World War 1 veterans that marched to Washington for the passing of the bonus bill (gave each veteran $1,000 dollars)
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Cause of the Great Depression
Definition
Overproduction, Drought, Bank Failures
Term
Rugged Individualism
Definition
The belief that all individuals, or nearly all individuals, can succeed on their own and that government help for people should be minimal
Term
Hooverville
Definition
Shanty towns/tents and shacks set up on the sides of roads
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The New Deal
Definition
Roosevelt’s plan to recover from depression
Term
100 Days
Definition
First 100 days of a president’s term, it’s to see if the president will be successful or not
Term
Brain Trust
Definition
A group of advisers that help make decisions, give different views on situations
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Agricultural Adjustment Act
Definition
restricted agricultural production in the New Deal era by paying farmers to reduce crop area
Term
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Definition
is a United States government corporation created by the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933. It provides deposit insurance, which guarantees the safety of deposits in member banks
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Social Securities Act
Definition
- Federal Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance
- Unemployment benefits
- Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
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Pump Priming
Definition
Government taking action to stimulate the economy
Term
Deficit Spending
Definition
Spending more money than collected in taxes
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The “3 R’s
Definition
- Relief
-provide immediate aid
- Recovery
-End Depression
-Reform
-make sure another depression does not occur
Term
Fireside Chats
Definition
-Teddy Roosevelt gave his oncoming insights through radio
Term
Totalitarian
Definition
A system of government controlled by one political party and no others are allowed to exist.
Term
Causes of WWII
Definition
Germany:
Takes over Austria
Munich Pact
Took all of Chekhov Slovakia
Attacked Poland
Russia:
Attacked eastern Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Finland
Term
Munich Pact
Definition
Act of appeasement with the Germans, and Czechoslovakia, payment for peace, Germany got Sudetenland
Term
Yalta Conference
Definition
Intended to discuss the reestablishment of the nations of war torn Europe
Term
Blitzkrieg
Definition
Lightning warfare
Term
Appeasement
Definition
Concession for exchange of peace
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Lend-Lease
Definition
Aid given to other nations in loans, but must be paid back
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Fascism
Definition
Nationalistic movement, nations more important than individual
Term
Treaty Of Versailles
Definition
Hitler violated it
Term
D-Day
Definition
The allies launched an attack on Germany's forces in Normandy, Western France.
Term
Nagasaki
Definition
bombed by atom bomb
Term
Yalta Conference
Definition
Intended to discuss the reestablishment of the nations of war torn Europe
Term
Why did USA change from Isolationism to Imperialism
Definition
- economic and military competition from other nations.
- wanted US to be a world power.
- social darwinism
Term
Events that led to Spanish American War
Definition
-Cuban rebellion against Spain
- American desire to protect investments in Cuba
- Yellow Journalism that intensified public anger at Spain
- Explosion of USS Maine
Term
Beliefs and goals of progressives and examples of success and failures
Definition
- Sufferage Movement
-19th amendment
- Child Labor
- Bitter Cry of the Children- John Spargo
- minimum age requirement
- max hours children can work
- Prohibition (failure)
Term
Underlying and immediate cause of WWI
Definition
MAIN
- alliances
- militarism
-imperialism
- nationalism
- death of archduke franz ferdinand
Term
Causes of Depression
Definition
- FDIC mistakes
- bank runs
- overproduction
Term
- Causes of WWII
- areas Hitler took over
- Why US entered war
Definition
-acts of aggression from Italy, Japan, Germany
- Rhineland, Chzecoslovakia, Poland
- Pearl Harbor
Term
New Freedom
Definition
- Wilson
- for big business, against trusts
- fair business competition
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New Nationalism
Definition
- Roosevelt
- accepted large trusts
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Square Deal
Definition
Roosevelt's reforms such as pure food and drug, meat inspection etc.
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