Ch. 24-25 Flashcards
18th amendment
Prohibitation
AAA
Agriculture Adjustment Act
- tried to help farmers
19th amendment
Women’s suffrage
21st amendment
Repeal of prohibition
Brain trust
F.D.R. revises tried to guide the U.S. into recovery
Al Capone
Chicago gangster who made millions selling alcohol
Calvin Coolidge
Was the governor of Massachusetts becomes Vice President under Harding, he called the national guard when the police started to strike.
CCC
Civilian Consecution Corps
- work relief program
Dust bowl
Environment disaster that struck the great plans in the 1930’s
Henry Ford
Pioneered the assembly line
Marcus Garvey
He supported the back to Africa plan, he started the United Negro Association (UNIA)
Warren G. Harding
Promised to return to “normalcy”
Harlem Renaissance
A blossoming of culture in New York involving African Americans like: Langston Hughes and Zera Nelston.
Herbert Hoover
President elected in 1928
Great Depression
Severe economic down turn,began in the 20’s
Great Migration
African Americans moving to northern cities
“Normalcy”
What many Americans wished for in the 20’s
“On margin”
Buying something like stock with a small down payment
A. Mitchell Palmer
Attorney general 1920. Arrested more than 20,000 people who were caused of being radicals
Red scare
Fear of communism
Relief
Aid to the needy
Sacco and Vanzetti
Haitian immigrant anarchist executed for robbery and murder
Social Security Act
Provided monthly tensions for retired people or those with disabilities, those who couldn’t work
Teapot dome
Site place of a scandals during Harding Administration
Temperance
Using little or no alcohol drinks
TVA
Tennessee Valley Authority
- built dams to control and provide power
