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Pageant 33-35 Review

Pageant 33-35 Review. Eleanor Roosevelt. Most influential first lady Champion of the dispossessed. Frances Perkins. First female cabinet member- Secretary of Labor. 1932 Campaign. Hoover- said recovery was just around the corner FDR- willing to try bold experimentation. 1932 Election.

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Pageant 33-35 Review

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  1. Pageant 33-35 Review

  2. Eleanor Roosevelt • Most influential first lady • Champion of the dispossessed

  3. Frances Perkins • First female cabinet member- Secretary of Labor

  4. 1932 Campaign • Hoover- said recovery was just around the corner • FDR- willing to try bold experimentation

  5. 1932 Election • FDR wins in a landslide • African Americans shifted from Republican to Democratic

  6. Hoover- early 1933 • Wanted FDR to stick to anti-inflationary policies

  7. Glass-Steagall Act • Created the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to insure bank deposits • FDR wanted to stimulate inflation with “managed currency”

  8. Demagogues • Huey P. Long- promised to give all families $5,000 • Father Coughlin- anti-Semitic

  9. National Recovery Act (NRA) • Required too much sacrifice on the part of industry, labor and the public

  10. Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA) • Attempted to reduce farm production

  11. Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 • Reversed force assimilation • Established tribal self-government

  12. Federal Securities Act and Securities Exchange Commission • Provide full disclosure of information • Prevent insider trading with the NY Stock Exchange

  13. Tennessee Valley Authority • Tennessee Valley was a hundred years behind the rest of the US • Improved Navigation, flood control and power from high dams • Electrical Power- controversial aspect

  14. Wagner Act of 1935 • Gave labor the right to bargain collectively

  15. Supreme Court • After packing scandal, supported more New Deal Programs

  16. Civilian Conservation Corps • Worked on natural projects • Men were required to send portion of earnings home

  17. New Deal • Provided moderate social reform without radical revolution or reactionary fascism

  18. London Economic Conference • Boycotted by FDR- felt it stabilizing national currencies would hurt US recovery

  19. Soviet Union • Recognized by FDR- viewed as a possible ally against Germany and Japan

  20. Philippines • Became an economic liability for the US

  21. Good Neighbor Policy • FDR viewed Latin America as allies to defend the western hemisphere against dictators

  22. FDR’s Foreign-Trade Policy • Lowered tariffs to encourage trade

  23. American Attitudes • 1930s- most Americans wanted to retreat further into isolationism • By mid-1930s- support for a constitutional amendment requiring a popular referendum to declare war

  24. Neutrality Acts • Americans would not sail on ships of warring nations • US would not sell weapons to any warring nations • This style look familiar?

  25. Spanish Civil War • US remained neutral • Spain became a fascist dictatorship

  26. Jewish Refugees • Not fully accepted by America • US had a difficult time imagining the Holocaust could be happening

  27. Fall of France • US responded by passing a conscription law • US gave GB destroyers in exchange for naval bases in the Western hemisphere • Basically ended US neutrality • US public opinion wanted to support GB, but stay out of fighting

  28. FDR’s Third Term • Broke with precedence established by G. Washington • Completely constitutional at that point (22nd Amendment passed later) • Motivated by belief that US needed his leadership with impending international crisis

  29. Lend-Lease Aid • Available to Soviets after German invasion

  30. Pearl Harbor • Ended public reluctance to enter WW II

  31. US Entry in WW II • Public wanted revenge – no idea what the war was about • Retooled industry for war production

  32. Japanese Americans • Viewed as possible saboteurs • Relocated away from West coast

  33. Synthetic Rubber • Government commissioned production to offset loss of access to prewar supply in SE Asia

  34. Women’s Roles in WW II • Filled positions left by men heading to war • Lead to day-care centers by the government

  35. African Americans • Rallied behind the double “V” • Moved north and west in large numbers • Fought in segregated units • Formed CORE

  36. National Debt • Increased most during WW II

  37. Bataan Death March • Occurred on the Philippines- 60 mile brutal march- over 20,000 died on the march and while imprisoned

  38. 1942- Japanese • Overextended themselves with territorial gains

  39. Island Hopping • American strategy in the Pacific of gaining important islands to get closer for an invasion of Japan

  40. Coral Sea • Prevented a Japanese invasion of Australia • The first naval battle where opposing ships never were in sight of each other

  41. Guadalcanal • The first American offensive of the war in the Pacific

  42. Midway • Japan lost 4 aircraft carriers and the ability to fight an offensive war

  43. Stalingrad • Turning point in Europe • Furthest extent of Nazi offensive in Russia

  44. North Africa • American troops fought mainly against Germans

  45. Erwin Rommel • The leader of German troops in North Africa

  46. Casablanca Conference • Churchill and FDR decide to attack Sicily

  47. Unconditional Surrender • Wanted to avoid a negotiated peace or armistice • Eventually complicated problems of postwar reconstruction

  48. Rationing • Americans cut back on goods needed for the war effort

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