Unit4chp2 history

Fourteen points

Wilsons plan to create peace and stability at the paris peace conference

League of Nations

Estbalished after WW1, representatives of countries could go, settle differences

Kellog-Briand Pact

Renounced agressive war

18th Amendment

Prohibition of alcohol in the US

21th amendment

Repealed the 18th amendment

Harlem renaissance

Cultural, social, and artistic explosion in new york after WW1

Dust Bowl

Severe dust storms that greatly damaged ecology and agriculture

Herbert Hoover

Served as 31st president, served at the onset of great depression

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Served as the 32nd president, was president during great depression and ww2

New Deal

programs to end the depression

Calvin Coolidge

30th president, persided over a strong economy

Teapot dome

Scandal of federal oil reserves

Civilian conservation corps

Allowed men from 18 to 25 to enlist to work

Federal deposit insurance cooperation

Insured bank deposits to up to 100k

Social Security Act

Retirement income for all works at the age of 65

Huey P Long

One of FDRs harshest critics

Bonus Army

Payment for waryime services to alleviate economic hardship of GD

Underconsumption

Inadequate consumer demand for goods and services

Overproduction

Making too many things that were not being bought

Agricultural Adjustment Act

Approved loans to farmers to not grow certain crops