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18 Cards in this Set
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FDR
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3 R's
democrat 4 terms cheated on cousin/wife blamed hoover for dperession and for being a socialist, destroyed hoover's career |
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what FDR did in office
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march of dimes
fireside chats new deal civilian conservation force securities and exchange commission glass stregall banking act social security act public works repeals 18th amendment |
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fireside chats
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speech FDR gave wekly
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New Deal
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FDR
relief, recovery, reform controversial |
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civilian conservation force
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hires 3 million americans and has them go work in the forests
relief FDR |
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securities and exchange commission
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monitors wall street
makes sure there are no crooks supposed to prevent other crash recovery FDR |
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glass steagall banking act
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FDR
US gvt taking over banks dictates who gives loans and and what interest rates to use |
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public works administration
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FDR
set aside 3.3 billion to give to construction companies to hire workers to build roads helps infrastructure |
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neutrality act
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FDR
passed by congress we wont enter war or help anybody FDR signed it |
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quarantine speech
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FDR
anti-hitler we must stay clean from nazi disease |
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Lend-Lease act
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FDR
signed with churchill gives allies military help by letting them use our supplies amounts at $50 billion |
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destroyer for bases agreement
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FDR
lend 50 destroyer ships and we get access to your ports passed in 1941 after nazis have already taken over 1/2 of europe |
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Atlantic charter
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we informally side with allies
extends lend-lease program to soviet union post war goals between FDR and churchill completely secret |
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tripartite pact
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between axis powers
if one of the countries is attacked, the other 2 must declare war. FDR tries to provoke Japan to attack US |
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McCollum Memo
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draft written in 1940 by McCollum telling how to provoke japan to attack US.
oil embargo help china put missiles in philippines and fill pearl harbor with military personnel. kept secret until 1990's |
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pearl harbor
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pushes US into WWII
First major attack against US green light for FDR to enter war it was set up - military was sitting ducks |
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WWII
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axis are enemies
japanese were making chinese their guinea pigs kamikazee in japan mcarthur led allied forces in the pacific eisenhower in charge of allied forces here |
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SS St Louis
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filled with jewish refugees from germany
FDR turned them away because we were "neutral" had to go back to germany and were killed |