CCS 111A Midterm: American Dream Book Exam Study Guide
● The Great Depression (page 11) : longest economic downturn which made 13-
15million americans unemployed. FDR tried to help but the economy did not fully
recover until 1939 when WWII kicked america into full gear. The collapse of
international trade during the great depression is entailed to prewar economic
troubles.
● New deal/Reform(page 11 and 213) : FDR plan to push for social security and in
fact cushioned americans from some of the pain the economic depression caused.
Opponents of the new deal consistently decried the high taxes and federal deficit it
entailed.
● Interventionism: term for a policy of non-defensive (proactive) activity undertaken
by a nation-state, or other geopolitical jurisdiction of a lesser or greater nature, to
manipulate an economy and/or society
● Willow Run: a manufacturing complex during WWII that made mass production of
aircrafts especially the 24 liberator bomb. Supported by ford motors company.
● Rosie the Riveter: nickname used for the entrance of women into the workforce and
especially industrial where men typically dominated. During WWII women began
working in shipyard truck, and assembly lines
● Gender line (page 14): equality was a double edge sword in term of the work force
and in conclusion men were pa6yed more than women.
● Color line (page 14): 1865- immigration slowed down during great depression but
rose again after WWII.
● Greatest Generation: a term to describe the generation who grew up in the United
States during the deprivation of the Great Depression and then went on to fight in
World War II, as well as those who kept the home front intact during it.
● American Dream: (great depression 16) men mostly and women who worked hard
and saved for rainy days could expect a measure of material comfort and security in
their golden years.
● Welfare state:one of the programs implemented by Roosevelt (as part of the New
Deal) to dispel the despair the depression evoked. The help the government
provided for the Americans to help survive the depression. (16) Offers help by
means of grants, pensions, and other benefits
● GI bill: (page 16) would provide funding for the soldiers return to the ivy-covered
walls. Also underwrote home mortgage for veterans after the war.
● isolationism( page 17): pearl harbor finished off american isolationism, convincing
americans almost to a man and women that the country could never again turn its
back to the world. By 1944 it was a spent force in american politics and our
economy had to surpass all others. Term meant to desribe the way america
depended on other countriesA policy of remaining apart from the affairs or
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interests of other groups, especially the political affairs of other countries. Attack
on Pearl Harbor ended this type of thinking
● IMF(international monetary fund 18) : would stabilize exchange rates and currency
flow and like GATT, the world bank and then IMF were at once altruistic and
selfish.
● Bretton Woods ( page 19): regime in new hampshire. Spawned into World Bank
and IMF in order to improve performance of global performance. The most obvious
on a day to day basis was the monetary system it created
● Little boy(21): bomb dropped at 8:15 to distinguish it from...
● Fat man: bomb that was released after little boy from Enola gray
● Appeasement( page 22) : neutral word and concept before the war_ became the
worst form of condemnation and munich( city where Hitler had died western
democracies, became the symbol of appeasement)
● Internationalism: a political principle which advocates a greater political or
economic cooperation among nations and peoples,and whose ideological roots can
be traced to both socialism and liberalism.
● Safety net: term used to describe a collection of services provided by the state or
other institutions such as friendly societies, including welfare, unemployment
benefit, etc. which prevent individuals from falling into poverty beyond a certain
level. Can be referred to as anti-poverty or welfare programs.
● The buck stop here; this was truman's moto when he flabbergasted british by
cancelling the lend lease program just days after the japanese surrendered
● Iron urtain: rom stettin in the alti to trieste in the adriati hurhill intoned
an iron urtain has desended aross the the ontinent, hurhill's speeh eoked
divergent reactions in america,. the notional barrier separating the former Soviet
bloc and the West prior to the decline of communism that followed the political
events in eastern Europe in 1989.
● Containment policy: this would prevent the spread of soviet power and they would
therey promote tendenies hih must eentually ind their outlet in either the
reakup or the radual melloin o soiet poer kennan. It took shape in
america in response to the british announcement of withdrawal from greece to
turkey,
● Truman doctrine: most democrats fell in line with the president, as did some
republicans. Truman took the particular comfort in the support of repu livcon
arthur vandenberg
● McCarthyism:practice of making accusations of treason without proper regard or
evidence. Or unfair allegations like Joseph McCarthy would claim that the
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Document Summary
The great depression (page 11) : longest economic downturn which made 13- Fdr tried to help but the economy did not fully recover until 1939 when wwii kicked america into full gear. The collapse of international trade during the great depression is entailed to prewar economic troubles. New deal/reform(page 11 and 213) : fdr plan to push for social security and in fact cushioned americans from some of the pain the economic depression caused. Opponents of the new deal consistently decried the high taxes and federal deficit it entailed. Interventionism: term for a policy of non-defensive (proactive) activity undertaken by a nation-state, or other geopolitical jurisdiction of a lesser or greater nature, to manipulate an economy and/or society. Willow run: a manufacturing complex during wwii that made mass production of aircrafts especially the 24 liberator bomb. Rosie the riveter: nickname used for the entrance of women into the workforce and especially industrial where men typically dominated.
