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1st red scare
Americans feared an uprising in USA
stock
share of ownership in a business
19th amendment
gave women the right to vote
capital gain
profit tht you make if you sell something for more than you paid for it
results of 1932 and 1936 election
FDR won
CCC
gave jobs to young men;planting trees etc.
bootlegging
trading and selling alchol illegally
Al Capone
chicago mobster and most famous organized bootlegger
Social Security Act
biggest law of new deal program;gov. takes from the working and gives to the unemployed
SEC
regulated stock market
AAA
paid farmers not to grow crops
Fair Labor Standards Act
banned child laborand but minimum wage at 40 cents an hour
100 days
FDR's 1st 100 days in office, where the most bills were pasted in the least amount of time
Marcus Garvey
preeched that "black is beaitful" and "Back to Africa"
dividend
a stockholder's share of company profits
Kellogg Briand Pact
outlawed all wars
bonus army
WW I Veterens that blamed Hoover for the depression and marched on Washington demanding their money
Charles Forbes
member of Ohio Gang, that worked at the veternans Bureau
FDIC
insured bank deposits
Scopes Monkey Trial
when a Tennesse teacher tought evolution instead of creation
New Deal
FDR's domestic agenda, created in 100 days
Harding's running mate in 1920
Calvin Coolidge
A. Mitchell Palmer
Wilson's Attorney conducted raids on suspected radicals
court packing plan
when FDR appointed 6 new justices
Ohio Gang
when Harding put old poker buddies in positions of influenece
Langston Hughes
famous writer
Palmer Raids
raids on suspected radicals
Liberty League
ppl tht defended and upheld the constition
Teapot Dome
a bribery scheme involving oil and Albert Fall in wyoming
fireside chats
FDR's radio chats
Brain Trust
FDR's best and brightest advisors
Alfred M. Landon
FDR's opponet in 1936 election
black thursday
October 24, 1929;lost over 1/2 its value in a day
Duke Ellington
famous black musician
flappers
bobbed hair, short skirted painted faces women
Model T
1st mass produced automobile
NIRA
aimed to boost economy by regulating itself
Henry Ford
invented Model T
Hoovervilles
shanties built by the homeless
Warren G. Harding
won the election of 1920
Calvin Coolidge
gov. of Mass. during boston police strike
Albert Fall
member of Ohio Gang, that was the Sec. of the interior, imprisioned for bribery
KKK
a group of people tht hated all foreigners
results of 1928 election
Herbert Hoover won
candidates in 1928 election
Rep. Herbert Hoover & Dem. Alfred Smith
Hawley-Smooth Tariff
taxed imports to help US businesses compete
Roosevelt Recession
When FDR started to take away some of the new deal programs recession started back up again. This proved that the new deal programs didnt "cure" the depression, they only "stopped the bleeding".
Huey Long
Louisiana senator that won world wide support w. public works projects and attack on big business. Also said, "Every man, a king!" meaning that the govnt should tax all of the rich peoples money and provide every american with a middle-size income and a middle-size house. This was basically communism. He died so his plan didn't work out.
Attorneys in Scopes Monkey Trail
Clarence Darrow-Scopes & William Jennings Bryan-state
call and response slave worksongs
roots of jazz
results of 1936 election
FDR won
TVA
gave electricity to the rural parts of the Tennesse River
radio, talking motion pictues, sports
new form of entertainmentin the 20s
Father Caughlin
Detroit priest that had millions of listeners from his radio program
Sacco and Vanzetti
2 itilian immagrants who were exucuted for robbery and murder in Mass.
Wagner Act
guaranteed workers the right to form unions
Hoover flag
an empty pocket turned inside out
Charles Lindbergh
1st man to fly across the Atlantic solo

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