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Pageant 33-35 Review

Explore the pivotal era of FDR's New Deal, from bold experimentation to wartime mobilization, shaping modern America and world events. Witness economic reforms, labor rights, and global diplomacy amid the Great Depression and World War II.

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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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