Standard 6 - Vocab Terms Flashcards

1
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Made the sale of alcohol illegal in the US - Began Prohibition

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18th Amendment

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2
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Gave women the right to vote

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19th Amendment

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3
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Made the sale of alcohol legal in the us - Repealed Prohibition

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21st Amendment

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4
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New Deal program that paid some farmers NOT to farm in order to drive down supply

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AAA

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5
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Henry Ford’s creation that greatly increased the speed of mass production

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Assembly Line

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6
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FDR’s plan to keep people from withdrawing all their funds from banks

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Bank Holiday

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7
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When large groups of people withdrew ALL of their savings from banks

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Bank Runs

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Film that glorified the KKK and encouraged many in the 1920’s to join it

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Birth of a Nation

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9
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Group of black advisors to FDR on issues relating to black Americans

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Black Cabinet

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10
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October 29, 1929 - The day the stock market crashed

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Black Tuesday

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Group of WWI veterans who marched to Washington DC to ask for their military bonuses at the beginning of the Great Depression

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Bonus Army

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12
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Too much borrowing on credit, gap between rich and poor, deregulation of businesses

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Causes of the Depression

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13
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Group who felt that the New Deal was bad because it plunged the US into huge debt

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Conservatives

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14
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FDR’s plan to add 6 judges to the Supreme Court who would support his policies

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Court Packing

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15
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Term for the environmental disaster in the Great Plains during the 1930’s when the topsoil blew away

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Dust Bowl

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16
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Government organization that insures bank accounts so that people will get money even if the bank closes

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FDIC

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17
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Agency in control of interest rates

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Federal Reserve

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18
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FDR’s speeches to the American public during the Great Depression to build confidence and tell them what they should do

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Fireside Chats

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19
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Young women in the 1920’s who ignored social norms regarding alcohol, dancing, and sex

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Religious movement beginning in the 1920’s that taught a literal interpretation of the Bible & encouraged a conservative lifestyle

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Fundamentalism

21
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Rebirth of black culture in the US - Many AA’s began writing poetry, music, etc. to share the black experience in America

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Harlem Renaissance

22
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<p>Republican president at the beginning of the Great Depression who only asked businesses to continue paying workers their full wages</p>

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<p>Hoover</p>

23
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Name given to makeshift living quarters set up outside of major cities during the Depression

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Hoovervilles

24
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These were set up to prevent to many foreigners from coming to the US in the 20’s

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Immigration Quotas

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This action by the Federal Reserve encourages people to borrow money and speeds up the economy
Lowering Interest Rates
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This action by the Federal Reserve discourages people from borrowing money and slows down the economy
Raising Interest Rates
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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
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This group of people criticized the New Deal for not doing enough to help the elderly, children, and disabled people
Liberals
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Borrowing money from stock you own but have not yet sold - this practice led to the Stock Market Crash
Margin
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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
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FDR's plan to relieve suffering, restore the economy, and reform business practices during the Great Depression
New Deal
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Farmers who moved to the west from the Great Plains during the Dust Bowl
Okies
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Period in the 1920's when the Attorney General rounded up 4000 people he suspected of being Communists
Palmer Raids
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Period of time in the 1920's & 30's when the sale of alcohol was illegal in the US
Prohibition
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Period of time when Americans were afraid the country was being overrun with Communists
Red Scare
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During the 1920's, this group passed laws to deregulate businesses and give them as much freedom as possible
Republicans
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Trial over the teaching of evolution in public schools in Tennessee
Scopes Trial
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FDR's program to help the retired, disabled, and those who lost parents financially
Social Security
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The right to vote
Suffrage
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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
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New Deal Program that hired workers to build dams and electric lines in the Southeast
TVA
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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
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Fear of outsiders
Xenophobia
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When the government spends more money than it takes in
Defecit
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The music most associated with the Harlem Renaissance
Jazz