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What did the CCC and WPA have in common?
Expanded the railroad system
Provided jobs through public works projects
Increased military spending
Helped veterans start businesses
The Wagner Act helped workers by
Limiting collective bargaining
Protecting their right to form unions
Ending strikes nationwide
Raising minimum wage
What was FDR’s “court-packing plan”?
A program to expand jury selection
An attempt to add justices to the Supreme Court
A way to reduce the power of Congress
A plan to eliminate judicial review
Critics of the New Deal argued that it
Raised taxes on the poor
Made the government too powerful
Did not regulate businesses enough
Ignored the rural population
A lasting impact of the New Deal was
A stronger federal role in the economy
More military bases
Elimination of income taxes
A balanced budget
What event directly led the U.S. to enter WWII?
Fall of France
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
Sinking of the Lusitania
German invasion of Poland
How did WWII affect the U.S. economy?
Decreased industrial output
Reduced wages
Ended the Depression by creating jobs
Caused a stock market crash
What was the purpose of rationing during WWII?
Conserve materials for the war effort
Raise prices on needed goods
Reduce exports to enemy nations
Cut taxes for the richest Americans
What role did women play during WWII?
Fought in combat
Served as military advisors
Led foreign policy
Filled jobs left by men
What were internment camps used for during WWII?
German spies
Military deserters
Soviet refugees
Japanese Americans
What was the Supreme Court’s ruling in Korematsu v. U.S.?
Protected free speech during war
Upheld Japanese internment as a wartime necessity
Struck down segregation
Allowed women in combat
What was the main goal of the Manhattan Project?
Create naval bases
Develop an atomic bomb
Train new pilots
Build tanks for D-Day
The D-Day invasion was significant because it
Defeated Japan
Blocked Soviet troops
Opened a Western front in Europe
Ended the war
What was the purpose of the Lend-Lease Act?
Provide military aid to Allied nations
Help pay war debts
Send refugees to Latin America
Reduce imports
How did WWII impact African Americans on the home front?
Created job opportunities in war industries
Caused migration to the South
Led to school desegregation
Guaranteed civil rights
The Holocaust refers to
U.S. invasion of Germany
Use of atomic bombs
Systematic genocide of Jews by Nazis
Bombing of London
