American history



  1. The popular image of a “new” woman who smoked, drank, and wore makeup and revealing clothing

  2. New Deal federal agency that paid Americans to do rural environmental work such as planting trees and building parks

  3. This law empowered unions by guaranteeing the right to organize unions and collectively bargain

  4. President Roosevelt’s controversial plan to replace conservative Supreme Court justices; was negatively seen by many as an attempted abuse of power

  5. The surge of black culture centered around literature, music, art, and racial pride that occurred in the 1920s

  6. This law started Prohibition, was largely unenforceable, and was repealed by the 21st Amendment

  7. This idea, promoted by Herbert Hoover, said that Americans could take care of themselves without government help

  8. Event in which Italian immigrants were convicted and executed for robbery and murder, though many people felt the verdict was a result of nativism

  9. Group of authors were critical of society, the events of World War I, and materialism in the 1920s

  10. Event in which a teacher was convicted for teaching about evolution; represented the clash of modernist and fundamentalist values   

  11. Shantytowns (communities of shacks) that homeless Americans built during the Great Depression

  12. Area of the Great Plains that experienced erosion, drought, and dust storms that ruined agriculture during the Great Depression

  13. The largest New Deal federal agency; it paid millions of Americans for public works projects including public buildings, infrastructure, and controversial art and history projects

  14. This law created financial benefits for people who were retired, unemployed, disabled, or widowed

  15. New Deal federal agency that paid Americans to build dams that produced electricity in the Southern Appalachian area

  16. New Deal federal agency that regulated businesses to create jobs and awarded participating businesses with a “blue eagle” label; later ruled unconstitutional 

  17. Popular post-World War I idea that the United States would be safest and prosperous by staying out of world affairs

  18. A culture that promotes spending money and buying products; this culture was popular in the 1920s

  19. His creation of the moving assembly line made mass production of affordable cars possible

  20. Veterans who gathered in Washington, D.C. during the Great Depression; were violently removed

  21. Term for the wide-ranging laws and programs created under President Franklin Roosevelt’s leadership to fight the Great Depression

  22. New Deal federal agency that insured Americans’ bank accounts, preventing future bank runs

  23. He promoted black nationalism, racial separation and independence, and the idea that blacks should go “back to Africa”

  24. Law that established a minimum wage, maximum work hours, and abolished child labor

  25. Famous First Lady who worked actively to report on the New Deal and promoted the rights and equality of underprivileged Americans 


  1. 18th Amendment

  2. Works Progress Administration (WPA)

  3. Court-Packing Plan

  4. Consumerism

  5. Henry Ford

  6. The “Flapper”

  7. Harlem Renaissance

  8. New Deal

  9. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) 

  10. Fair Labor Standards Act

  11. Eleanor Roosevelt

  12. Hoovervilles

  13. Dust Bowl

  14. Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

  15. National Labor Relations (Wagner) Act 

  16. The Lost Generation

  17. Scopes Trial

  18. Rugged Individualism

  19. Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

  20. Isolationism 

  21. National Recovery Administration (NRA) 

  22. Marcus Garvey 

  23. Sacco-Vanzetti Trial

  24. Bonus Army

  25. Social Security Act