Roaring 20s, Great Depression & New Deal

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Americans react to the threat of communism in the United States. Communists are called Reds*The Red Scare
Trial about the teaching of evolution in the schools. Conflict between Traditionalism and Modernism*Scopes (monkey) Trial
A celebration of African-American culture in Harlem, NY. Novels, poems, and short stories were written about the black experience*Harlem Renaissance
Popular method of purchasing. Buy now, pay later*Credit
An invention in the 20s. Very popular, a way to get news*Radio
A leading poet of the Harlem Renaissance. He wrote "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" and "My People"*Langston Hughes
A law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages. Passed with the 18th Amendment*Prohibition
Ban on sale, manufacture, and transport of alcoholic beverages*18th Amendment
Amendment which ended the Prohibition of alcohol in the US, repealing the 18th amendment*21st Amendment
Name given to the collection of New York City-centered music publishers and songwriters who dominated the popular music of the United States*Tin Pan Alley
Movement of over 300,000 African American from the rural south into Northern cities between 1914 and 1920*Great Migration
A system of buying and selling stocks in a corporation. Before, the late 1920s, stocks generally reflected the stocks true value*Stock Market
Buying a stock by paying only a fraction of the stock price and borrowing the rest*Margin
Making more goods than people could buy. This caused goods to sit in warehouses and businesses to lose money*Overproduction
Poor agricultural practices and years of sustained drought caused this. The farmers kept plowing and planting and nothing would grow*Dust Bowl
Projects such as highways, parks, and libraries built with public funds for public use. Helped put unemployed people back to work (CCC, WPA, PWA)*Public Works
Because people blamed President Hoover for their troubles, homeless camps were referred to as this*Hoovervilles
The Democrats nominated him to run against Hoover. He beat out Hoover and became president in 1933*Franklin Roosevelt (FDR)
Roosevelt's policies for ending the Depression. This did not actually end the Depression, but Roosevelt did increase government spending during this time to stimulate the economy*New Deal
An independent agency, created to regulate the stock market, prevent fraud, and prevent another collapse*Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Provides government insurance for bank deposits up to a certain amount. By protecting depositors in this way, it greatly increased public confidence in the banking system*Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Its major goal was to provide some security for the elderly and unemployed workers by providing unemployment insurance, a pension for retirement, and life insurance*Social Security Act
Roosevelt wanted to change the Supreme Court by increasing the number of Justices to 15. It would give the President more power since he appoints the judges*Court-Packing Scheme
During the Depression, immigrants were deported back to Mexico so there would be more jobs for Americans*Mexican Repatriation Act
Money that went directly to impoverished families and put people back to work. Programs such as the Civilian Conservation Corps*Relief
Caused by overproduction, speculation in the stock market, shaky banking, and restriction of international trade*Great Depression
An involvement in risky business transactions in an effort to make a quick or large profit*Speculation
Controls the supply of money in circulation. Reduced the amount of money during the depression to keep down inflation*Federal Reserve Board
Measures that were designed to help the economy recover. Programs such as the Agricultural Adjustment Act*Recovery
Programs designed to make sure a Depression never happened again. FDIC, Securities and Exchange Commission and Social Security Act*Reform
Hired young, unemployed people to plant trees and create parks throughout the country, employed over 3 million people*Civilian Conservation Corps
Created jobs by hiring people to build roads, sewers, public housing units, bridges, post offices, schools, gyms, and other civic necessities*Public Works Administration
Created jobs by hiring artists, writers, and musicians to paint murals, produce plays, and create other art*Works Progress Administration
Government program to help farmers sell their crops. Under this act, the government bought farm surpluses and stored them in warehouses until prices went up*Agricultural Adjustment Act
A tariff that increased the tax on foreign imports from other countries. Ended up increasing the severity of the depression because it hurt international trade*Smoot-Hawley Tariff
All banks were closed and not reopened until it was sure they were sound and deposits were safe*Bank Holiday

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