Ch. 24-25 Flashcards

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18th amendment

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Prohibitation

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AAA

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Agriculture Adjustment Act

  • tried to help farmers
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19th amendment

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Women’s suffrage

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21st amendment

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Repeal of prohibition

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Brain trust

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F.D.R. revises tried to guide the U.S. into recovery

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Al Capone

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Chicago gangster who made millions selling alcohol

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Calvin Coolidge

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Was the governor of Massachusetts becomes Vice President under Harding, he called the national guard when the police started to strike.

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CCC

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Civilian Consecution Corps

  • work relief program
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8
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Dust bowl

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Environment disaster that struck the great plans in the 1930’s

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Henry Ford

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Pioneered the assembly line

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Marcus Garvey

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He supported the back to Africa plan, he started the United Negro Association (UNIA)

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Warren G. Harding

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Promised to return to “normalcy”

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Harlem Renaissance

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A blossoming of culture in New York involving African Americans like: Langston Hughes and Zera Nelston.

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Herbert Hoover

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President elected in 1928

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Great Depression

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Severe economic down turn,began in the 20’s

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Great Migration

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African Americans moving to northern cities

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“Normalcy”

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What many Americans wished for in the 20’s

17
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“On margin”

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Buying something like stock with a small down payment

18
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A. Mitchell Palmer

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Attorney general 1920. Arrested more than 20,000 people who were caused of being radicals

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Red scare

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Fear of communism

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Relief

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Aid to the needy

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Sacco and Vanzetti

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Haitian immigrant anarchist executed for robbery and murder

22
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Social Security Act

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Provided monthly tensions for retired people or those with disabilities, those who couldn’t work

23
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Teapot dome

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Site place of a scandals during Harding Administration

24
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Temperance

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Using little or no alcohol drinks

25
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TVA

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Tennessee Valley Authority

  • built dams to control and provide power