HIUS 222 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, UPDATED AND VERIFIED,
ALREADY GRADED A+
The New Deal
Relief for the poor and unemployed, efforts to stimulate economic recovery and social security
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
employed young men on projects on federal lands and paid their families small monthly sums
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Network that supported cheap power to the Tennessee River Valley.
National Recovery Administration (NRA)
Designed to climate cut "cut throat competition"
The Glass-Segal Act (1937)
Prohibited commercial banks from engaging in investment banking.
Public Works Administration (PWA)
Designed to create jobs
Social Security Act (1935)
Established a mixed federal state system of old-age pensions for workers.
The Neutrality Acts
Called for the payments of goods to be made up front and in cash.
Invasion of Iceland and Greenland
US forces occupied both places to keep the Nazis out.
The Atlantic Charter (1941)
A roosevelt-Chruchill statement of postwar army that reaffirmed collective security.
Reuben James Incident
American destroyer was sunk by Germans killing 115 Americans.
Operation Torch
An attack on Nazi forces in North Africa in the fall of 1942
Operation Husky
Part of the Italian campaign of 1943.
ALREADY GRADED A+
The New Deal
Relief for the poor and unemployed, efforts to stimulate economic recovery and social security
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
employed young men on projects on federal lands and paid their families small monthly sums
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Network that supported cheap power to the Tennessee River Valley.
National Recovery Administration (NRA)
Designed to climate cut "cut throat competition"
The Glass-Segal Act (1937)
Prohibited commercial banks from engaging in investment banking.
Public Works Administration (PWA)
Designed to create jobs
Social Security Act (1935)
Established a mixed federal state system of old-age pensions for workers.
The Neutrality Acts
Called for the payments of goods to be made up front and in cash.
Invasion of Iceland and Greenland
US forces occupied both places to keep the Nazis out.
The Atlantic Charter (1941)
A roosevelt-Chruchill statement of postwar army that reaffirmed collective security.
Reuben James Incident
American destroyer was sunk by Germans killing 115 Americans.
Operation Torch
An attack on Nazi forces in North Africa in the fall of 1942
Operation Husky
Part of the Italian campaign of 1943.
