| A | B |
|---|
| Wagner Act | increase the power of labor unions |
| Huey Long | opponent of FDR who propsed to "share the wealth" |
| A. Philip Randolph | proposed a march on Washington to get FDR to end discrimanitory hiring practices in government funded jobs |
| Pearl Harbor | Japanese attack brought the US into WWII |
| Battle of Midway | turning point of the war in the Pacific, Japan would be on defensive for the rest of war |
| D-Day | Allied invasion of Normandy, France |
| Los Alamos | site where the atomic bomb was developed |
| Social Security Act | created a pension system for the elderly |
| TVA | created dams, provided electricity and attracted industry to the rural southeast |
| Court Packing | FDR's attempt to add justices to the Supreme Court |
| Whiskey Rebellion | the federal government was strong and could enforce its laws |
| Shay's Rebellion | the Articles of Confederation were weak and needed to be changed |
| Bacon's Rebellion | the settlers of Virginia would not tolerate a government that favors the rich and wealthy |
| Powhatan | Native American who the settlers of Virginia came into contact with |
| Roger Williams | founded Rhode Island after being banished from Massachusetts for wanting to treat the Indians fairly |
| New Amsterdam | was renamed New York after the English took control from the Dutch |
| Quebec | French settlement on St. Lawrence River that helped control the fur trade |
| William Penn | settled colony as a place for quakers and on the idea of religious tolerance |
| checks and balances | each branch of government can limit the other to prevent misuse of power |
| separation of powers | dividing the powers of government among the 3 branches to prevent one from becoming too powerful |
