HIUS 222 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, UPDATED AND VERIFIED,
ALREADY GRADED A+
Great Depression
who: stock market
what: collapse of world trade due to the Smoot-Hawley Tariff, government policies, bank failures,
collapse of money supply,
where: started in US, spread globally
when: 1929
why: stock market crash, bank failure, drought
significance: ruined opportuntiy and business for all of America
New Deal
who: Franklin D ROosevelt
what: series of programs and projects instituted during great depression to restore prosperity
where: America
when: 1933
why: restore prosperity
significant: saved capitilism, restored american economical faith, revivied hope in people
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
who: Roosevelt signed
what: federal coorperation tackling important problems in the valley such as flooding
where: Valley in tennessee
when: may 18, 1933
why: replant forests, restore electricity, fix flooding
significant: improved quality of life in hard hit tennessee valley
Manhattan Project
who: Roosevelt + US government (support of United Kingdom and Canada)
what: A secret U.S. project for the construction of the atomic bomb.
where: US (UCBerkeley was where research was)
when: 1942
why+significant: helped bring end to world war and determined how cold war would be fought
Lend-Lease Act
who: roosevelt
what: act to set up a system to lend or lease war supplies to any nation who was a vital defense of the
US
where: U.S. + british commonwealth countries + soviet union
when: 1941 march 8
why: help security of the united states
, significant: US could ship any supplies to any country whose struggle against the AXIS assisted U.S.
defense
Office of War Information
who: roosevelt
what: Organization that employed artists, writers and advertisers to shape public opinion concerning
World War II. A big propaganda machine.
where: US
when: 1942
why: attract US citizens to jobs in support of the war effort
significant: IDK
Rosie the Riveter
Who: artist=J. Howard Miller, poster= Westinghouse Electric Corporation
What: A propaganda character designed to increase production of female workers in the factories. It
became a rallying symbol for women to do their part.
where: US
when: 1943
why: Inspire women to enter workforce
Double V Campaign
who: Pittsburg courier
what: The World War II-era effort of black Americans to gain "a Victory over racism at home as well as
Victory abroad."
where: US
when: 1942-1945
why: promoted efforts toward democracy for civilian defense workers and for African Americans in the
military
Japanese Internment
Who: Japanase and Japanese Americans
WHat: Japanese and Japanese Americans from the West Coast of the United States during WWII. While
approximately 10,000 were able to relocate to other parts of the country of their own choosing, the
remainder-roughly 110,000 me, women and children-were sent to hastly constructed camps called "War
Relocation Centers" in remote portions of the nation's interior.
Where: West Coast of US
when: 1942-1945
why: included in the what
Bracero Program
who: US and Mexican Governments
what: Plan that brought laborers from Mexico to work on American farms
where: US farms
ALREADY GRADED A+
Great Depression
who: stock market
what: collapse of world trade due to the Smoot-Hawley Tariff, government policies, bank failures,
collapse of money supply,
where: started in US, spread globally
when: 1929
why: stock market crash, bank failure, drought
significance: ruined opportuntiy and business for all of America
New Deal
who: Franklin D ROosevelt
what: series of programs and projects instituted during great depression to restore prosperity
where: America
when: 1933
why: restore prosperity
significant: saved capitilism, restored american economical faith, revivied hope in people
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
who: Roosevelt signed
what: federal coorperation tackling important problems in the valley such as flooding
where: Valley in tennessee
when: may 18, 1933
why: replant forests, restore electricity, fix flooding
significant: improved quality of life in hard hit tennessee valley
Manhattan Project
who: Roosevelt + US government (support of United Kingdom and Canada)
what: A secret U.S. project for the construction of the atomic bomb.
where: US (UCBerkeley was where research was)
when: 1942
why+significant: helped bring end to world war and determined how cold war would be fought
Lend-Lease Act
who: roosevelt
what: act to set up a system to lend or lease war supplies to any nation who was a vital defense of the
US
where: U.S. + british commonwealth countries + soviet union
when: 1941 march 8
why: help security of the united states
, significant: US could ship any supplies to any country whose struggle against the AXIS assisted U.S.
defense
Office of War Information
who: roosevelt
what: Organization that employed artists, writers and advertisers to shape public opinion concerning
World War II. A big propaganda machine.
where: US
when: 1942
why: attract US citizens to jobs in support of the war effort
significant: IDK
Rosie the Riveter
Who: artist=J. Howard Miller, poster= Westinghouse Electric Corporation
What: A propaganda character designed to increase production of female workers in the factories. It
became a rallying symbol for women to do their part.
where: US
when: 1943
why: Inspire women to enter workforce
Double V Campaign
who: Pittsburg courier
what: The World War II-era effort of black Americans to gain "a Victory over racism at home as well as
Victory abroad."
where: US
when: 1942-1945
why: promoted efforts toward democracy for civilian defense workers and for African Americans in the
military
Japanese Internment
Who: Japanase and Japanese Americans
WHat: Japanese and Japanese Americans from the West Coast of the United States during WWII. While
approximately 10,000 were able to relocate to other parts of the country of their own choosing, the
remainder-roughly 110,000 me, women and children-were sent to hastly constructed camps called "War
Relocation Centers" in remote portions of the nation's interior.
Where: West Coast of US
when: 1942-1945
why: included in the what
Bracero Program
who: US and Mexican Governments
what: Plan that brought laborers from Mexico to work on American farms
where: US farms
