Roaring 20's/Great Depression Flashcards

0
Q

stock prices rise when investors pay 10% down

A

buying on margin

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1
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raised taxes by 60%

A

fordeny McCumber tariff

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2
Q

government would but surplus crops at guaranteed prices

A

price support

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3
Q

buying a stock to make quick Profit

A

speculation

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4
Q

regulate banking & investments

A

SEC

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5
Q

buy now pay later

A

credit

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6
Q

maximum number of people in us

A

quota system

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7
Q

promised a return to normalcy

A

Harding

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8
Q

result of communist revolution

A

red scare

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9
Q

scandal with the unlawful leading of government land

A

tea pot dome scandal

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10
Q

governor if Louisiana

A

Huey Long

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11
Q

president at start of GD

A

Hoover

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12
Q

buying on credit

A

installment buying

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13
Q

most famous AA poet

A

Hughes

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14
Q

insured bank investors money

A

FDIC

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15
Q

female blues singer

A

Smith

16
Q

sought to raise crop prices by lowering production

A

AAA

17
Q

put young men to work

A

CCC

18
Q

provide money to states to create jobs

A

NIRA

19
Q

created as many jobs ASAP

A

WPA

20
Q

period of rapidly increasing stock prices

A

bull market

21
Q

Protestant movement–interpretation of the bible

A

fundamentalism

22
Q

trial dealing with evolution and science and religion in public school

A

scopes trial

23
Q

known for intensely colored canvas

A

o’keefe

24
Q

first person to make solo non stop flight across Atlantic

A

Lindbergh

25
Q

first American to win noble peace prize

A

Lewis

26
Q

wrote great gatsby

A

Fitzgerald