American History 2

The Neutrality Act- Actually a series of Acts from 1935-1939 . The U .S believed that World War I was caused by excessive foreign entanglements among European nations and sought to ensure that the U .S . would not get pulled into another global conflict . Precipitated by tensions and encroachments again in central and eastern Europe . These acts were widely criticized because they included embargoes against hostile nations without regard to was the aggressor and did not apply to nations involved in Civil War (such as Spain

The Enola Gay- This was the B-29

airplane that dropped the first ever atomic bomb- this one over Hiroshima in 1945 . So named after the mother of the pilot , Paul Tibbets . The plane was accompanied by two other planes on August 5 , as it delivered Little Boy ' the name of the atomic bomb . The bombing killed some 80 ,000 people that day and eventually over 100 ,000 people died as a result of the bombing

Hundred Days- Refers to the first hundred days of FDR 's administration in which he met directly with Congress every day . FDR and Congress passed piece after piece of landmark legislation designed to rescue the U .S . from the largest , most severe financial depression it had ever known . FDR sent the Emergency Banking Act (Banks re-opened under government supervision , the Economy Act (to balance the regular budget , the New Deal work programs (to stimulate economy and create jobs ) and legalized alcohol by statute (months before the 21st Amendment was passed...