Standard 6 - Vocab Terms Flashcards
Made the sale of alcohol illegal in the US - Began Prohibition
18th Amendment
Gave women the right to vote
19th Amendment
Made the sale of alcohol legal in the us - Repealed Prohibition
21st Amendment
New Deal program that paid some farmers NOT to farm in order to drive down supply
AAA
Henry Ford’s creation that greatly increased the speed of mass production
Assembly Line
FDR’s plan to keep people from withdrawing all their funds from banks
Bank Holiday
When large groups of people withdrew ALL of their savings from banks
Bank Runs
Film that glorified the KKK and encouraged many in the 1920’s to join it
Birth of a Nation
Group of black advisors to FDR on issues relating to black Americans
Black Cabinet
October 29, 1929 - The day the stock market crashed
Black Tuesday
Group of WWI veterans who marched to Washington DC to ask for their military bonuses at the beginning of the Great Depression
Bonus Army
Too much borrowing on credit, gap between rich and poor, deregulation of businesses
Causes of the Depression
Group who felt that the New Deal was bad because it plunged the US into huge debt
Conservatives
FDR’s plan to add 6 judges to the Supreme Court who would support his policies
Court Packing
Term for the environmental disaster in the Great Plains during the 1930’s when the topsoil blew away
Dust Bowl
Government organization that insures bank accounts so that people will get money even if the bank closes
FDIC
Agency in control of interest rates
Federal Reserve
FDR’s speeches to the American public during the Great Depression to build confidence and tell them what they should do
Fireside Chats
Young women in the 1920’s who ignored social norms regarding alcohol, dancing, and sex
Flappers
Religious movement beginning in the 1920’s that taught a literal interpretation of the Bible & encouraged a conservative lifestyle
Fundamentalism
Rebirth of black culture in the US - Many AA’s began writing poetry, music, etc. to share the black experience in America
Harlem Renaissance
<p>Republican president at the beginning of the Great Depression who only asked businesses to continue paying workers their full wages</p>
<p>Hoover</p>
Name given to makeshift living quarters set up outside of major cities during the Depression
Hoovervilles
These were set up to prevent to many foreigners from coming to the US in the 20’s
Immigration Quotas
This action by the Federal Reserve encourages people to borrow money and speeds up the economy
Lowering Interest Rates
This action by the Federal Reserve discourages people from borrowing money and slows down the economy
Raising Interest Rates
In the 1920’s, this organization stood for “100% Americanism” and fought against foreigners, Catholics, and Communists in addition to black Americans.
KKK - 20’s
This group of people criticized the New Deal for not doing enough to help the elderly, children, and disabled people
Liberals
Borrowing money from stock you own but have not yet sold - this practice led to the Stock Market Crash
Margin
Eleanor Roosevelt helped this black singer give a concert at the Lincoln Memorial after another group cancelled a concert when they realized she was black
Marian Anderson
FDR’s plan to relieve suffering, restore the economy, and reform business practices during the Great Depression
New Deal
Farmers who moved to the west from the Great Plains during the Dust Bowl
Okies
Period in the 1920’s when the Attorney General rounded up 4000 people he suspected of being Communists
Palmer Raids
Period of time in the 1920’s & 30’s when the sale of alcohol was illegal in the US
Prohibition
Period of time when Americans were afraid the country was being overrun with Communists
Red Scare
During the 1920’s, this group passed laws to deregulate businesses and give them as much freedom as possible
Republicans
Trial over the teaching of evolution in public schools in Tennessee
Scopes Trial
FDR’s program to help the retired, disabled, and those who lost parents financially
Social Security
The right to vote
Suffrage
In the 1930’s, the US passed one of these to try to encourage Americans to buy goods from the US - Other countries passed these too & trade virtually stopped
Tariffs in the 1930’s
New Deal Program that hired workers to build dams and electric lines in the Southeast
TVA
FDR worked to legalize this - It is the term used when a group of laborers appoints one person to negotiate with a representative from management
Collective Bargaining
Fear of outsiders
Xenophobia
When the government spends more money than it takes in
Defecit
The music most associated with the Harlem Renaissance
Jazz
