unit 6 american history

1. Which groups were targeted during the Red Scare?

Immigrants from southern and Eastern Europe, communists and socialists and anarchists, labor union leaders

1. What did most people believe about the Sacco and Vanzetti verdict?

Convicted sudfancual evidence (they didn’t have physical evidence to prove the crimes). People don’t think they got a fair trial.

1. Many historians consider the Teapot Dome the biggest scandal of President Harding’s tenure of office. Why was it a big deal?

The scandal may have led to Harding impeachment if he hadn’t died in 1923 and They wanted to save oil in case we go to war

How did the increase in automobile ownership change American industry?

Henry Ford made the assembly line to make the cars more affordable. It also caused economic growth in their industries related to car manufacture or use. Road construction also “boomed”. Other forms of transportation like railroads and trolleys suffered a decline in use. Lastly, automobiles altered residential patterns because people could themselves drive to work and they could live farther away

1. What were 3 effects of the 18th Amendment?

Gave rise to crime

Alcohol was banned

Gave rise in the city of organized crime

How did the radio change the lives of everyday Americans?

The radio allowed Americans to keep up with current events around the country. And let Americans listen to the same songs, learn the same dances, and share the same popular culture. 

1. How does the Scopes Trial represent a clash between religion and science?

It was a theory of evolution, developed by English scientist Charles Darwin. By the 1920s there was a debate. Should the government be influenced by religion, government or both?

1. What did the flapper represent besides a change in clothing style?

they thought they should have the same political and social rights as a man.

1. What was Charles Lindbergh’s claim to fame?

He was the 1st to fly a non-stop flight solo from New York to Paris, France, the flight took 33 hours.

1. How did the Harlem Renaissance cause white Americans to look at black Americans in a new way?

It celebrated African American culture and white Americans realized how talented and diverse their culture is. This meant that African Americans could express themselves in a new way and they could live their own lifestyle and culture 

1. What were the major causes of the Great Depression?

Trickle-down economics 

• Tax cuts

• War debt

• Tariffs on foreign goods 

• Uncheck spot speculation 

• Weak banking policies 

• Overproduction 

• Decline of farming industry 

• Risky stock investment 

• High tariffs 

• Unequal distribution of wealth

What was installment buying? How is that different from buying on margin?

It is when consumers buy goods by making a small down payment and then paying off the remaining balance in regular monthly payments. Buying on the margin was when the bank took bigger risk than the person wanting to buy on market, 

1. How did loose banking regulations lead to the Depression?

Banks were not required to keep a certain % of their deposits of reserve.

There were no limits in what % of a risky loan would be backed by the bank vs. the investor

Depositors money was not uninsured

1. What strategies did President Hoover use to defeat the Depression? Did they work? Why or Why not?

He was hands-off of the economy, trickle down, went to state and local government, Public works projects, RFC, federal home loan bank act, and although these were good ideas they were seen as a little to lategg

What promises did Franklin Roosevelt make during his presidential campaign?

He promises a New deal and the federal government is going to intervene in a more direct way and new ways to help the people

1. How was the outcome of the election of 1932 different from the election of 1928?

the outcome in 1928 was an enormous victory for Hoover and republicans and that Hoover won the election by landslide. By the election of 1932 enormous win for democrats and was how FDR won by a landslide and beat Hoover.

1. What did FDR mean by relief? What did FDR mean by recovery? What did FDR mean by reform?

Relief -

programs that gave direct aid to the suffering; immediate action for those hardest hit; helping Americans

with

basic

necessities

of

life

Recovery -

a

temporary policy

or

program

to

help the economy bounce back

(pump priming) – these programs did this by creating jobs and helping businesses make appropriate adjustments to supply and demand

Reform -

a

permanent policy

or

program

that

was

designed

to

change the factors that caused the Depression in the first place

1. Once elected, to which industry did FDR direct his immediate attention? Why?

Banks he said if we could build up banks with solid  foundations it could help our economy 

1. Which programs were aimed at helping farmers? How so?

congress passed the Agricultural Adjustment Act to end overproduction and raise crop prices. Several new deal programs were into farmers like how to farm so the soil is better, the received money too 

1. Describe the work of the WPA.

Employed more than 40,000 un-paid artists to work - artists to create plays, paint murals, document events through photography, design buildings; sculpt, perform plays

1. How did Social Security change the lives of everyday Americans?

It provided monthly retirement pensions for the elderly, gave monthly financial assistance to the disabled and to households with only one parent 

1. What did the Wagner Act do?

It gave employees the right of collective bargaining and to form and join unions 

What guidelines were established by the Fair Labor Standards Act?

Created outlaws child labor and minimum wage and maximum hours for work week for businesses engaged in interstate trace

1. What was the highest rate of unemployment during the Depression?

25%

How did President Roosevelt try to change the design of the Supreme Court?

He wanted to add six justices to the court to limit the power of conservative judges

1. What complaints did conservatives make about the New Deal?

FTo far to the left

The executive the branch is doing more than what the constitution allows it

Did not like Growing debt

1. What complaints did liberals make about the New Deal?

new deal does not go far enough

1. What did Huey Long want for Americans?

He suggested redistributing the nations income

1. Ultimately, what ended the Depression?

WWII buying the overproduction

1. How did Eleanor Roosevelt use her position as First Lady to influence change?

She toured the nation, visited farms and Indian reservations, and traveled deep into a coal mine. Her causes included advancing public health and education, promoting the arts of rural areas, addressing flood control and equality/equal rights.