Review: Lectures 21-23 Flashcards
Teapot Dome
1920s scandal over secret leasing of federal oil reserves
East St Louis Race Riot (1917)
Violent conflict in East St. Louis between white mobs and black residents.
Marcus Garvey
Jamaican-born Black nationalist leader who advocated for Pan-Africanism and self-reliance.
Universal Negro Improvement Association
Global organization founded by Marcus Garvey promoting black self-determination and unity.
Red Scare 1917
A period of anti-communist nervousness.
Palmer Raids 1919
A series of raids targeting suspected leftist.
Sacco and Vanzetti 1920
Italian-American anarchists executed for alleged murder.
Birth of a Nation 1915
Controversial epic film glorifying the Ku Klux Klan and racism.
Kellogg-Briand Pact
The Kellogg-Briand Pact was a 1928 international treaty renouncing war.
Sheppard Towner
a US federal maternal and child health program.
Second Klan
a white supremacist organization in the US.
Immigration Act of 1924
The 1924 law restricted the number of immigrants entering America.
Scopes Monkey Trial 1925
a court case debated the teaching of evolution.
Black Tuesday
Devastating stock market crash that occurred on October 29, 1929.
Herbert Hoover
President who served from 1929 to 1933 during the Great Depression.
Great Depression
A severe economic downturn in the 1930s causing widespread unemployment and poverty.
New Deal
An economic and social policy program implemented by FDR in 1930s
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Government-owned entity during the Great Depression that financed economic recovery.
Bonus Army
Unemployed veterans who protested for their promised benefits in Washington DC.
‘Hoovervilles’
makeshift settlements during the Great Depression, housing homeless and unemployed.
Glass Steagall
A US law separating commercial and investment banking.
Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
US law (1933) that paid farmers to reduce crop production.
Tennessee Valley Authority
US federal agency managing power, economic development, and conservation.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Influential First Lady, social and human rights activist.
Resettlement Act
provided land to displaced farmers during the Depression.
National Industrial Recovery Act (NRA)
a US law promoting industrial recovery during the Great Depression.
Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC)
A New Deal program employing young men in environmental projects.
Home Owner Loan Corporation (HOLA)
U.S. federal agency that assisted homeowners in the 1930s-40s.
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
The SEC regulates securities markets and protects investors in the US.
Huey Long
Huey Long was a populist Louisiana politician and senator.
Father Coughlin
American radio personality and political activist.
Dr. Townsend
An American physician for senior citizens.
Social Securities Act of 1935
established the American welfare state.
John Maynard Keynes
British economist who advocated for government intervention in the economy.
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
The National Labor Relations Board is a federal agency overseeing workplace disputes.
Harlem Renaissance
Cultural movement of African American arts and literature in 1920s Harlem.
Bonnie and Clyde
Infamous American criminal duo of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow.
Flapper Girls
Young women in 1920s known for their rebellious behavior.
18th Amendment 1920
The 18th Amendment, ratified in 1920, prohibited alcohol in America.
J. Edgar Hoover
American law enforcement official who directed the FBI for decades.
Charles Lindbergh
American aviator, author, inventor, and explorer; first solo transatlantic flight.
Amelia Earhart
Pioneering aviator and first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.
Leopold and Loeb
Wealthy Chicagoans who committed a notorious murder.
Twenty Inventions of the 20’s
A book detailing notable inventions of the 1920s
Aimee Simple McPherson
pioneering female evangelist and founder of the Foursquare Church.
