UCF Clack quiz 3 AMH2020
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the widespread movement of American workers during the Great Depression to join labor unions and collectively bargain for better wages, working conditions, and rights. Largely spurred by New Deal legislations.
federal program that provides financial assistance to Americans who are retired, unemployed, or have disabilities. Established by FDR in 1935 as part of his New Deal.
refers to the particularly harsh impact of the economic crisis on Black Americans. Higher unemployment rates, discrimination in jobs/relief programs, increased racial violence, first to be laid off. Lynchings & other forms of racial violence.
The widespread suffering and social disruption experienced by Americans during the Great Depression, including massive unemployment, poverty, hunger, homelessness, family breakdowns, psychological distress, and a general decline in quality of life due to the severe economic downturn, impacting millions across the country.
FDR plan to add up to 6 justices to the Supreme Court in order to make the court more efficient and to bring in younger justices with more modern experience. Last-ditch effort to save the New Deal.
New Deal program that provided unemployed young men with relief jobs outdoors to conserve and develop natural resources.
New Deal program created by FDR in 1935 to boost employment and the purchasing power of Americans. The WPA provided jobs to millions of Americans & helped improve transportation, parks, and recreational facilities.
An independent agency of the US federal government created in 1934 to regulate the securities markets, with the purpose of protecting investors and ensuring the integrity of the stock market.
Beginning of FDR's presidency where he and Congress worked out the New Deal to save the economy.
A series of domestic programs, public work projects, and financial reforms enacted by Franklin D. Roosevelt between 1933 and 1942 with the goal of ending the Great Depression.
October 29, 1929; the day the stock market crashed, marking the beginning of the Great Depression. Widespread panic selling of stocks on Wall Street.
Nine young black men who were falsely accused of raping two white women on a train near Scottsboro, Alabama in 1931. Led to a landmark legal case that highlighted the injustices of the Jim Crow South.
WWI veterans who marched in Washington, D.C. in 1932 to demand early payment of their bonuses during the Great Depression.
A law that banned the production, sale, and transportation of alcohol in the United States. In effect from 1920-1933.
Political scandal during the administration of President Warren G. Harding involving the secret leasing of federal oil reserves to oil companies.
Tennessee highschool teacher who violated a state law by teaching evolution in 1925. The trial became known as the “Monkey Trial” and became a national sensation.
A leader in the women's suffrage movement and a founder of the National Women's Party. Wrote the Equal Rights Amendment in 1923.
31st President; Republican candidate who was widely criticized for his handling of the Great Deression. (Antisocial president)
Became president when Harding died of pneumonia. He was known for practicing a rigid economy in money and words. He was a true republican and industrialist. Believed in the government supporting big business.
29th President, ed a scandalous and corrupt Presidency. "worst president of all time"
Two Italian-born anarchists, unfairly tried and convicted for the armed robbery and murder of two pay-clerks in Massachusetts in 1920.
American preacher and fraternal organizer who founded/led the second Ku Klux Klan
Group of Russian revolutionaries who supported the communist party; took power in Russia during the Russian Revolution of 1917.
International organization established after WWI, aimed at peacefully resolving international disputes through diplomacy and preventing future wars; championed bu President Woodrow Wilson. (USA never joined due to opposition from congress)
A set of principles for peace that President Woodrow Wilson proposed in 1918. Designed as guidelines for the rebuilding of the postwar world.
United states troops in World War I, primarily under the command of General John J. Pershing; fought alongside the Allied troops against the Central Powers, marking the first large-scale overseas deployment of American troops in a foreign conflict.
Treaty of Versailles
a harsh peace treaty that ended World War I, forcing Germany to accept blame for the war, pay large reparations, cede territory, and significantly reduce its military, ultimately contributing to resentment and instability in Europe that laid the groundwork for World War II.
Russian people who fought against the Bolsheviks (Communist Party) in the Russian Civil War (1918-1922) and supported the imperial government
Russian founder/leader of the Bolsheviks (Communist Party); Led the October Revolution which established the worlds first socialist state; Pretty much created Communist Russia.
Russian Leader during WWI; unpopular with Russian people; overthrown in March 1917; executed by Bolsheviks after November Revolution (1917). Last russian emperor.
payments or other forms of compensation made to groups of people who have faced injustice or oppression.
A group of US senators who adamantly opposed the ratification of the Treaty of Versailles.
Second wife of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, after the President suffered a severe stroke, she was pretty much a 'secret president' and ran the government.