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19th Amendment
Womens right to vote.
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21st Amendment
Brought an end to the Prohibition era.
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Teapot Dome Scandal
Oil leases granted by government official without competitive bidding.
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Ku Klux Klan
Anti catholic, jew, and black, organization.
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Dust Bowl
Improper farming techniques led to valueable topsoil being blown away. Followed by years of drought and wind storms.
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American Civil Liberties Union
Organization that defends and protects the individual rights of people.
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Calvin Coolidge
Nations’s quietest president who brought trust back to the president’s office.
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Herbert Hoover
President when stock market crashed.
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Henry Ford
Inventor of assembly line which made cars more affordable.
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Chicago Race Riot
Week long riot where dozens died and hundreds were injured. One of the worst racial injustices of the time period.
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Capitalism
Economic system where businesses, goods, and services are controlled by private owners or corporations rather than the government.
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Al Capone
Notorius crime boss, who made 60 milllion in a year from bootlegging liquor.
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U.S. Mail
FIrst commercial use of an airplpane was carrying U.S. mail.
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Red Scare
Widespread fear in 1919 1920 that the US government would be overthrown by communists.
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Amelia Earhart
Aviation pioneer who set many flying records.
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Kellogg Briand Pact
An attempt to outlaw war and prevent the U.S. from joining another war.
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Smoot Hawley Tariff Act
* Signaled our contries return to isolationism and raised tariffs on imported goods.
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Flappers
Young women who wore short skirts, bobbed hair, and listened to jazz. Showing their disapproval of normal women behavior.
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Emergency Relief Banking Act
Closed banks and decided on their finacial health.
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Glass Steagall Act
Provided deposit issuance to depositors
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Four Horsemen
Names given to conservative members of U.S. supreme court.
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Hoovervilles
Derogatory name given to towns in bad condition.
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Works Progress Administration
Provided jobs for people on relief during the Depression.
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Fireside Chats
Speeches Roosevelt gave to public displaying optimism over domestic and global difficulties.
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Frances Perkins
FDR’s Secretary of Labor.
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The major causes of the Great Depressions
Stock market crashed, banks failed, people spent less, businesses failed, unemployment rose.
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The major fact that led to the massive migration of African Americans
There were more jobs in urban cities than in rural areas in the south. KKK was another reason.
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Supreme Court’s views on FDR’s New Deal
They neglected many of them.
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FDR’s promise the three R’s
Relief, recovery, and reform.
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Why did the population support Roosevelt
He installed hope in public and lessened fear.
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