Hoovervilles- shanty towns named after President Hoover
John Steinbeck- author of the Grapes of Wrath that portrayed life of migrant Dust
Bowl victim
Father Coughlin- “radio Priest” who supported and then attacked President
Roosevelt’s New Deal; prevented Catholic Church from broadcasting after he
praised Hitler
Dorthea Lange- photographer of Great Depression victims
Bonus Army- Group of WWI veterans who marched on Washington D.C. in 1932,
to demand early payment of a bonus promised for them by Congress
Speculation-
Securities and Exchange Commission- watches over the stock market and
prevents fraud and guards against another crash
FDIC- insured bank deposits
Social Security Act 1935- law set up a pension system for retirees, established
unemployment insurance, and created insurance for victims of work-related
accidents; provided aid for poverty stricken mothers and children, the blind & the
disabled
Court Packing Plan- FDR plan to add up to 6 new justices to the nine-member
Supreme Court after the Court had ruled that some New Deal legislation was
unconstitutional
Huey Long- wanted to tax rich and pay each American $5,000 a year
21st Amendment-
Adolph Hitler- fascist leader of Germany during WWII
D-Day- June 6, 1944 the day Allies landed on the beaches of Normandy France
Neutrality Acts- Act that allowed nations at war to buy goods and arms in the U.S. if they paid
cash and carried the merchandise on their own ships
Battle of Midway- Turning point of WWII in the Pacific
Holocaust- describes the systematic murder of Jews by the Nazis
Appeasement- policy of making concessions to the enemy to avoid conflict or war
Vernon Baker- army officer received the Medal of Honor for his valorous actions during WWII
Omar Bradley- General during D-Day and Battle of the Bulge
Tuskegee Airmen- African American squadron that escorted bombers in the air war over
Europe during WWII
Executive Order 9066- The President Authorizes Japanese Relocation. In an atmosphere of
World War II hysteria.
Marshall Plan-
NATO- North Atlantic Treaty Organization; military alliance formed to counter Soviet
expansion
Truman Doctrine-
38th Parallel- Divided North and South Korea
McCarthyism- negative catchword for extreme, reckless charges of disloyalty to the
government
Berlin Airlift- Soviet Union blockade West Berlin, and the British & U.S. sent goods for one
year by air until the blockade was lifted
Arms race- the race between the Soviet Union and U.S. to build their nuclear arms up
Deterrence-
Iron Curtain- describes border between Soviet satellite states & Western Europe