unit 3 vocab

Question 1

consumerism

Answer 1

the culture surrounding the buying and selling of products

Question 2

flapper

Answer 2

a symbol of a free young woman who embraced new fashion and urban attitudes

Question 3

Harlem renissance

Answer 3

a literary and artistic movement celebrating African-American culture.

Question 4

installment plan

Answer 4

(paying a little each month, with interest rates low

Question 5

isolationisim

Answer 5

a policy of pulling away from involvement in world affairs

Question 6

nativisim

Answer 6

prejudice against foreign-born people

Question 7

probihition

Answer 7

the banning of alcohol

Question 8

agricultural adjustment act

Answer 8

Sought to raise crop prices by lowering production by paying farmers to leave certain lands unseeded

Question 9

civilian conservation corps

Answer 9

Put young men to work at a variety of construction jobs

Question 10

bank run

Answer 10

Persistent and heavy demands by a bankś depositors, creditors, customers to withdraw money

Question 11

court packing

Answer 11

The act of changing the political balance of power in a nationś judiciary system whereby a national leader, such as the president, appoints judges who will rule in favor of his or her policies

Question 12

direct relief

Answer 12

Aid in the form of money or supplies for those in need

Question 13

dust bowl

Answer 13

a drought in the early 1930s wrecked havoc
on the Great Plains

Question 14

factors that led to the Great depression

Answer 14

tariffs and war debt policies that cut down the foreign market for American goods a crisis in the farm sector the availability of easy credit an unequal distribution of wealth

Question 15

federal deposit insurance corps

Answer 15

Established agencies to regulate banking and investment activities:

Question 16

fireside chats

Answer 16

Radio broadcasts made by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to Americans

Question 17

public works

Answer 17

Projects such as highways, parks, and libraries built with public funds for public use

Question 18

shanty towns

Answer 18

towns of shacks

made out of

whatever people

could find

Question 19

sit down strike

Answer 19

Method of boycotting work by sitting down at work and refusing to leave the establishment

Question 20

Wagner act

Answer 20

Guarantees the right of private sector employees to organize into trade unions, engage in collective bargaining, and take collective action such as strikes

Question 21

works progress administration

Answer 21

Set out to create as many jobs as possible as quickly as possible