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Wagner act
Law passed in 1935 that aided unions by legalizing collective bargaining and closed shops, and by establishing the National Labor Relations Board. -
Social Security Act-
A 1935 law passed during the Great Depression that was intended to provide a minimal level of sustenance to older Americans and thus save them from poverty. -
Court Packing Plan
President Franklin D. Roosevelt's failed 1937 attempt to increase the number of U.S. Supreme Court justices from 9 to 15 in order to save his Second New Deal programs from constitutional challenges -
Neutrality act of 1939
Allowed European democracies to buy American war materials on a "cash-and-carry" basis. -
V-J Day
Victory in Japan Day, the celebration over the surrender of Japan on September 2, 1945. -
Potsdam Conference-
Allied leaders Truman, Stalin and Churchill met in Germany to set up zones of control and to inform the Japanese that if they refused to surrender at once, they would face total destruction.