unit 3 vocab

Question 1

nativisim

Answer 1

prejudice against foreign born people

Question 2

isolationisim

Answer 2

policy of pulling away from involvement in world affairs

Question 3

consumerisim

Answer 3

the theory that spending money and consuming goods is good for the economy

Question 4

Harlem renaissance

Answer 4

a cultural movement of African American artists and writers from about 1918 to 1937

Question 5

prohbition

Answer 5

the prevention by law of the manufacture and sale of alcohol

Question 6

installment plan

Answer 6

businesses started issuing credit to customers who could then purchase items and pay a monthly payment

Question 7

flapper

Answer 7

Slang term for a rebellious young woman who embraced the new fashion trends and standards of behavior of the Roaring 20s

Question 8

bank run

Answer 8

persistent and heavy demands by banks depositors, creditors, and customers to withdrawal money

Question 9

public works

Answer 9

projects such as libraries, parks built with public funds for public use

Question 10

fireside chat

Answer 10

radio broadcasts from fdr to americans

Question 11

sit down strikes

Answer 11

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

Question 12

court packing

Answer 12

the act of changing the political balance of power in a nations judiciary system whereby a president appoints judges that will rule in favor of his or her policies

Question 13

direct releif

Answer 13

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

Question 14

Wagner act

Answer 14

gaurentees the right of private sector employees to organize into trade unions engage in collectave bargaining, and strike

Question 15

What was one factor that led to the Great Depression?

Answer 15

Excessive speculation in the stock market.

Question 16

In the 1930s, shantytowns, often called “Hoovervilles,” sprang up across the United States because of President Herbert Hoover’s. How did they get this name?

Answer 16

Hoover’s refusal to provide direct federal aid to the homeless.

Question 17

New Deal programs such as Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) were primarily intended to help who?

Answer 17

Unemployed workers

Question 18

One difference between the administration of President Roosevelt and President Hoover is that Roosevelt was what?

Answer 18

More willing to use government intervention to solve economic problems