History Flashcards
consumer goods
products and services that people use at
home
Flappers
women who tried to make a break from
a culturally more conservative past by
dressing provocatively, drinking, smok-
ing, dancing; more common in major
cities;
credit
An arrangement to receive cash, goods,
or services now and pay for them in the
future.
Great migration
movement of over 300,000 African
American from the rural south into North-
ern cities between 1914 and 1920
Harlem renaissance
A period in the 1920s when
African-American achievements in art
and music and literature flourished
Jazz age
Name for the 1920s, because of the pop-
ularity of jazz-a new type of American
music that combined African rhythms,
blues, and ragtime
Prohibition
the period from 1920 to 1933 when the
sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibit-
ed in the United States by a constitution-
al amendment
Pop culture
-boxing (Jack Dempsey) and baseball
(BABE Ruth)
- first talking picture– “The Jazz Singer.”
-mass media over the radio
Sacco and Vanzetti
Italian radicals who became symbols of
the Red Scare of the 1920s; arrested
(1920), tried and executed (1927) for a
robbery/murder, they were believed by
many to have been innocent but convict-
ed because of their immigrant status and
radical political beliefs.
Red scare
During brief period of mass anti-communist paranoia in U.,S, several legislatures passed anti-red statutes that often violated the right to free speech.
KKK
nativism of the 1920s caused the largest
Klan membership ever (~ 6,000,000);
anti-immigration, anti-African American,
anti-Catholic, anti-Jewish, anti-women,
and anti-union ideas
Immigration policy
The Immigration Act of 1924 limited the
number of immigrants allowed entry into
the United States through a national ori-
gins quota.
Scopes trial
“Monkey Trial” over John Scopes’s
teaching of evolution in his biology class-
room in violation of a Tennessee law;
it pitted the Bible, fundamentalism, and
William Jennings Bryan against evolu-
tion, modernism, and Clarence Darrow.
Scopes was convicted, but fundamental-
ism was damaged and discouraged by
the trial.
Stock Market crash
Another leading component to the start
of the Great Depression. The stock be-
came very popular in the 1920’s, then in
1929 in took a steep downturn and many
lost their money and hope they had put
in to the stock.
Depression
A long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices
and low levels of trade and investment
Herbert Hoover
Republican candidate who assumed the
presidency in March 1929 promising
the American people prosperity and at-
tempted to first deal with the Depression
by trying to restore public faith in the
community.
Hoovervilles
Little towns consisting of makeshift shacks made out of scrap material
FDR
32nd US president - began New Deal programs to help the nation out of depression, and he was the nations leader during most of WW2
New deal
A series of reforms enacted by the
Franklin Roosevelt administration be-
tween 1933 and 1942 with the goal of
ending the Great Depression.
Fist Hundred Days
FDR pushes through 15 new laws and
ends banking crisis
Federal EMergency Relief act
Provided $3 billion to states to provide
money for jobs through work projects
civilian conservation corps
New Deal program that hired unemployed men to work on natural conservation projects
works progress administration
Government agency established to man-
age several federal job programs creat-
ed under the New Deal; it became the
largest employer in the nation.
social security act of 1935
It provided an old-age pension (retire-
ment), a program of unemployment in-
surance (temporary aid to help people
who lose jobs find a new job), and a
federal welfare program (aid for the very
poor). A most famous and vital legacy
of the New Deal. Has resulted (along
with Medicare) in a drastic reduction in
poverty among the elderly in the US
National recovery administration
New Deal agency that promoted eco-
nomic recovery by regulating production,
prices, and wages
Tennesee valley authority
Federal project to provide inexpensive
electric power, flood control, and recre-
ational opportunities to the Tennessee
River valley
Agricultural adjustment act
Gave farmers money to reduce crop size
to reduce production and bring up the
value of crops
Soil conservation service
Conducted research into controlling
wind and water erosion, set up demon-
stration project and technical assistance
to farmers. Now called the Natural Re-
sources Conservation Service.
Federal deposit insurance corporation
insures bank deposits up to a certain
amount ($5,000 when first created)
Security and exchange commision
New Deal agency established to provide
a public watchdog against deception and
fraud in stock trading
The New Deal and the poor and unem-
ployed
New Deal programs gave jobs to people
and in turn the nation had better roads,
bridges, dams and schools. The New
Deal set up a saftey net for the poor. Poor
people could get assisstance from the
government.
New deals impact on workers and businesses
The New Deal allowed workers to join
unions and to bargain for better wages
and working condtions.
New deals impact on rural america
It paid farmers to grow less crops, but
that led to high unemployment of farm
workers and sharecroppers were kicked
of the land. The New Deal provided elec-
trity to many rural areas of the U.S.
New deal impact on goverment
Increased the size of the federal govern-
ment. The number of government work-
ers will triple from 1931 to 1941.
Al Capone
A mob king in Chicago who controlled a
large network of speakeasies with enor-
mous profits. His illegal activities convey
the failure of prohibition in the twenties
and the problems with gangs.
18 amendment
Prohibited the manufacture, sale, and
distribution of alcoholic beverages
19 amendment
women right to vote
3 Rs of New Deal
Relief for those suffering.
Recovery for the economy to get it back
on track.
Reform to ensure a depression like this
never happens again.
