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What did “liberalism” come to mean as a result of the New Deal? (and it still means that)
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What Act of congress (New Deal) made unions legal? (i.e., employers had to negotiate with the union - they couldn’t ignore the union)
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What was the name of the societies created by Huey Long that popped up throughout the nation in support of his desire to use
taxes on the rich to help the non-rich?
Why did FDR enact a second New Deal?
In what year did the 2nd New Deal begin?
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FDR’s program that attempted to alleviate the Great Depression was called __________
Which critic of the New Deal wanted much higher taxes on the rich and to provide much greater social services to the non-rich?
Which critic of the New Deal almost won as governor of California in 1934?
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What did the Glass-Steagall Act ban?
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What was the name of the very conservative group that protested FDR’s New Deal, and at one point, was even plotting his overthrow?
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Which concentration/death camp killed the most during the Holocaust?
What is the term used to refer to FDR’s plan to expand the size of the Supreme Court so his New Deal programs would more
easily be declared constitutional?
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The policy of England and France of allowing Hitler to re-take land that was German prior to WWI, with hopes that he will stop, was called
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The Great Depression ended largely because of the greatest government spending up to that time? What was the spending for?
How did Hitler get to his position as Chancellor?
How did Hitler manage to legally dismantle the Weimar democracy?
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Mussolini vs. Stalin – which one was communist and which one was capitalist?
Why did the “Roosevelt Recession” of 1937 happen?
Which New Deal agency guarantees our savings accounts (to a limit)?
Which New Deal agency provided a minimum wage?
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What is the date of D-Day? In which country did we attack? Who were we attacking?
Why, in the WWII era, did union membership soar to its highest levels ever?
What was the name of the program in California, largely embraced by gubernatorial candidate Upton Sinclair, to attack poverty
and radically change the economy of that state into one that is more equal?
What Act of Congress outlawed being a member of the Communist Party?
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What did FDR do to “bailout’ the banks?
What pact paved the war for Germany and Russia to attack, occupy, and split Poland?
What is the term used to refer to the mass murder, by the Nazis, of millions of European Jews and others during WWII?
How many Jews were killed in the Holocaust? How many non-Jews were killed during the Holocaust?
Did Social Security “cover” African Americans equally to that of “whites?” Women?
What is the name of the type of economics that argues the government should spend to stimulate the economy (b/c it won’t do it on its own)?
What is the term used to refer to Hitler’s plan to exterminate/kill those deemed undesirable? (hint: not Holocaust)
On what 2 cities did the US drop the atomic bombs?
Who was the head of the SS? And what was the SS in charge of?
The campaign by African American veterans of WWII - inspired by the contradiction of fighting prejudiced Fascists - to gain
equality back home (and helped ignite the Civil Rights Movement) was called the ________________.
What number Executive Order signed by FDR to intern the Japanese-Americans into camps during WWII?
The government program in which Mexicans were encouraged to migrate to the US to work under agricultural labor contracts was called the
The ____________ riots were when military servicemen attacked Mexican-American youth with beatings and racial slurs and
stripped them of their zoot suits. 500 Mexicans were arrested and no servicemen were arrested.
Who ran Auschwitz?
What did organized labor (i.e. unions) agree to NOT do during WWII?
Which political party was FDR? Herbert Hoover?
What tactic did several thousands of workers use to express their dis-satisfaction with FDR and his 1st New Deal? (this was prior to WWII)
WWII was an employment boon for women, who worked in factories, therefore in a realm that was male dominated. Did women, symbolized
by “Rosie the Riveter” remain there after the war?
The second set of government agencies launched by FDR during 1935-1938 is called ____.
In what year did the Stock Market Crash occur?
Which New Deal agency provides old age pension checks and unemployment insurance?