us history unit 5

Calvin Coolidge

United States President from (1923-1929) - supported Laissez-Faire policies, moderate—> conservative on political spectrum

Jazz Age

Era of Jazz music popularity, it represented youth culture and modernism

Stock Market Crash

(1929) - Collapse of Stock Market prices, triggered by the Great Depression

Langston Hughes

Poet of Harlem Renaisaance, Left Leaning, gave voice to black experiences

Dust Bowl

Severe Drought and dust storms, caused from farm failures and migration

Ku Klux Klan

White supremacist group that showed intolerance and racism in the 1920s

Flappers

Women that went against societal norms

Nativism

Favoring Native Born Americans, lead to immigration restrictions and discrimination

Organized Crime

Illegal groups running bootlegging, thrived because of prohibition (Which was the alcohol ban)

Prohibition

Ban on sale of alcohol from 1920-1933, it failed because of crime and was eventually repealed because it could not be controlled

Deficit Spending

Government Spends more than they earn, it was used in the New Deal to stimulate the economy.

Tennesse Valley Auth

Built dams and created Jobs, it modernized poor regions

100 days

This was the first part of FDR’s Presidency and it had rapid New Deal Legislation

Scopes Trial

Teacher was tried for teaching evolution, this was religon v science

New Deal

FDR’s program for recovery

Reform

Financial Reform to make sure something like the Stock Market Crash or Great Depression does not occur again

Relief

Direct help for the needy, $$ goes to people in need

Recovery

Help for the nations economy/Jobs

18th Amendment

Ban on manufacture and sale of alcohol, increased illegal drinking n crime

Herbert Hoover

President at the very start of the Great Depression, Between Moderate and Conservative, he believed in limited gov which the slow response worsened the Great Depression

Harlem Renaissance

Black Culture and Artistic Movement in Harlem

Great Migration

African Americans moved north for jobs (ny, Chicago) from southern states

Installment Plan

Buying items over time with small payments, it increased the consumer spending but lead to debt

21st Amendment

Repealed the 18th amendment

Buying on Margin

Buying stocks with borrowed money, increased speculation—> CRASH

Dorthea Lange

Photographer during the Great Depression

Fireside Chat

Radio talks by FDR (it built public confidence n support)

FDR (Franklin D. Roosevelt)

President during Great Depression, Created New Deal, Expanded Federal Government, Liberal.

Speculation

Risky investing for quick profit (Like buying on borrowed money)

Social Security

Pensions for elderly and unemployed

Political Spectrum

Radical, Liberal, Moderate, Conservative, Reactionary (RIGHT —> small gov, LEFT—> big gov)

Great Depression

Severe Economic Collapse in the 1930s

Red Scare

Fear of Communists taking over in the US, fueled arrests and departations

Return to normalcy

Hardings Promise after WW1

FDIC

Federal Deposit insurance cooperation

Executive Power

Authority of the President

Bonus Army

WW1 Veterans demanding early pay, it showed Hardings poor handling of crsis

Warren Harding

President from 1921-1923, pro-business era administration, played by scandals

Emergency Quota Act

Limited government using quotas (a fixed share someone is bound to) in 1921, reflected Nativism and fear of immigrants

Securities Exchange Comm.

They regulate the stock market to prevent fraud and speculation

Isolationism

Avoiding all foreign policies, which became a dominant U.S policy after ww1