DE US History - 1920's

everything in the 1920’s is ________ based

electric

19th amendment

women can vote

it is considered acceptable for women to have

jobs

social influencers of the 1920s, partiers

flappers

flappers created a double standard on

modesty

double standard in 1920’s

sex symbol vs housewife

Many African Americans went to ______ during the Great Migration

Harlem

cultural revolution

black music and writing emerged

anthology by black authors for black people

The New Negro

self-determination of black people, all black people should unite back to Africa

United Negro Improvement Association

boat to take African Americans back to Africa

Black Starline

Creator of UNIA

Marcus Garvey

cocktails, bootlegging, speakeasies, speedboats, NASCAR

inventions from prohibition

association responsible for prohibition, turned people against Germans

Anti Saloon League

Mitchell palmer getting bombed by anarchists, J Edgar Hoover ran this

Palmer Raids

2 men found guilty of murder + robbery just bc they were italian

Sacco and Vanzetti

drop # of people who can immigrate to the US by 98% (kept in effect until POST-WW2)

national origins act

convenience appliances start because

immigrants can’t do housekeeping anymore

bottom 3 presidents in US, teapot dome, “ohio gang”

Warren G Harding

secretary who gave teapot dome and other oil fields to oil tycoons for $ also 1st cabinet member to go to jail

Albert Fall

vetoed 2 times, designed to help farmers post-war

Fordney-McCumber Bill

war is illegal unless for defensive purposes

Kellogg-Briand Pact

“silent cal” known for Fordney-McCumber and Kellogg-Briand Pact

Calvin Coolidge

nativist, against evolution, against urbanization, favored eugenics

Billy Sunday

people “listened” to church via

radio

people who were part of the KKK were often

protestant or evangelical

Tennessee said its illegal to teach evolution, ACLU paid the fine

Scopes Monkey Trial

1920’s creates the notion of

credit

raised by 60%, did not help great depression

smoot-hawley tariff

president during GD

herbert hoover

governor of NY, democratic, stands out from competitors bc unemployment decreased under him

Franklin D Roosevelt

similar to square deal, progressive, ran by FDR

New Deal

socialist candidate, viewed as radical

Norman Thomas

FDR brought attention to

polio

FDR was elected ? times as president

4

moved inauguration from March to january

Lame Duck

FDR met with economists, professors, etc. to discuss strategies

brain trust

communicating strategies to citizens, 1st president to harness radio

Fireside chats

3 R’s

relief, recovery, reform

had to show people that it was okay to accept relief, FDR deployed _______ to show this

photographers

Migrant Mother - popular piece by

Dorothea Lange

increased wages, created partnership between business, labor, and govt. deemed unconstitutional

National Recovery Act

paid farmers to leave parts of fields fallow, deemed unconstitutional bc it reminded people of communism

Agriculture Adjustment Act

gave $$ to states for food, clothing and $ for the unemployed, known as FEMA now

FERA

creates jobs, outdoor work to people 17-29yo, $30 per month and 25$ goes to family

Civilian Conservation Corp

gave $$ to states for aid to dependent kids, est. unemployment insurance and old age pensions, get old ppl out of workforce

Social Security Act

critics of New Deal

Huey Long, Charles Coughlin, Francis Townsend

expansion of credit, uneven distribution of $$, agricultural overproduction and the stock market being bought “on margin”

causes of Great Depression

people who suffered from GD

Farmers, Factory workers, bottom employees

oct 19, 1929

black tuesday

flour companies would put patterns on their bags so ppl could make clothes

Flour Sack Dresses

farmers forced to move to California because of dust bowl

okies

puts restrictions on employers and protects rights to organized labor

National Labor Relations Act

paid farmers to restrict production of staple crops

2nd Agriculture Adjustment Act

attempts to protect the New Deal

court packing plan, adding another member for each over 70yo

socialism, increased national debt, wasted $$ on relief, violated constitution, increased power of president

how new Deal was bad

increased taxes on large incomes and corporations

reserve act

extended federal control over private banking practices

banking act

provisions for unemployables, unemployment insurance and old age pension

social security act

end of gold standard, FDIC for banks, SEC to prevent buying on margin, FICA to fund social security

financial regulations

minimum wage, child labor outlawed, NLRB, give workers rights

labor regulations

african Americans, poor, labor workers, small business owners, women, students, farmers

New Democratic Regulations

expansion of executive branch

role of federal government

vets promised a bonus, didn’t get it so they peacefully protest but only get enough for a train ride home

Bonus army of 1932

herbert hoover aking for people to do what they can, asking for relief at the

local level

how much money given to people at state and local level

2 billion

maintaining gold standard in GD led to

hoarding