Chapter 3 -The Great Depression in the Americas, 1920s to 1940s

NAACP

________- helped colored people, HBCUs helped give African- Americans the education that they needed to get higher education, Eleanor Roosevelt pushed for social justice and women began to revert back to social norms until WWII.

Great Depression

The ________ was the economic crisis and period of low business activity in the US and other countries, roughly beginning with the stock- market crash in October, 1929, and continuing through most of the 1930s.

American women

The 19th amendment guarantees ________ the right to vote.

New Deal

________: Act set in place by FDR to help the US out of the Depression.

Civilian Conservation Corps

________: group set up in 1933 to work on conservation projects and provide jobs.

Teapot Dome scandal

The ________ was a bribery scandal involving the administration of United States President Warren G. Harding from 1921 to 1923.

Social Security act

The ________ established social security which would pay those who retired over 65 a fixed income.

stock market crash

The ________ of 1929 was largely caused by bad stock market investments, low wages, a crumbling agricultural sector and high amounts of debt that could not be liquidated.