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20 Cards in this Set
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True or False?
In the Fireside chat we read in class, FDR indicated that government policies could raise the wages of industrial workes at the same time that factories reduced their output. |
True
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One of the reasons Charles Lindbergh said that he was against the U.S. entering the war was becasue he believed we could not defeat the Germans in Europe. |
True
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True or False?
In the 1920s Germany heavily inflated its money supply in order to pay off the reparations debt to the Allies. |
False
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The basic U.S. strategy in World War II was to defeat Japan first and then turn full attention to European theater. |
False
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True or False?
Huey Long's "Share the Wealth" plan advocated unrestricted free enterprise with no government interference in the economy. |
False
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True or False?
Frank Capra sent undercover cameramen into germany to film Nazi war rallies. |
False
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True or False?
President Roosevelt returned to the gold standard, whereby U.S. currency was backed by gold deposits, in order to stabilize the dollar. |
False
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Many New Deal critics charged that the New Deal was extending, rather tahn alleviating the depression. |
True
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What are the 2 main principles of propaganda that Fritz HIppler described?
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simplify and repeat
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What year did WWII begin in Europe?
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1939
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What year did the stockmarket crash?
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1929
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What year did Hitler come to power in Germany?
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1933
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What year did Japan invade Manchuria?
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1931
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What year did WWII end?
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1945
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What was the title of the U.S. propaganda series produced under the direction of Frank Capra?
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"Why We Fight"
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What battle was considered the turning point in the Pacific theater of WWII?
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Battle of Midway
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In what year did the New Deal Start?
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1933
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In what year did the Great Depression start?
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1929
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In what year did the Germans invade Poland?
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1939
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In what year was the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor?
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1941
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