U.S. HISTORY II UNIT #1; November 1920-November 1936
U.S. HISTORY II UNIT #1; November 1920-November 1936
1 Warren G. Harding - Republican president from 1921-1923. He is known for scandals
that his cabinet officials committed.
2 Al Capone - The most notorious gangster of the 1920s and 1930s.
3 Western Democracy - Form of government. The people elect their leaders & business is
privately owned in a free-market.
4 Capitalism - Form of economy. Business is privately owned in a free-market.
5 Communism - Form of government. A dictator rules the people & business is owned and
run by the government.
6 Socialism - Form of economy. Business is owned and run by the government.
7 Fascism - Form of government. A dictator rules the people & business is privately
owned in a free-market.
8 Benito Mussolini - Fascist dictator of Italy from 1922-1943.
9 Calvin Coolidge - Republican president from 1923-1929. He is known for promoting big
business.
10 Adolf Hitler - Fascist dictator of Germany from 1933-1945.
11 The Nazi Party - Radical fascist political party in Germany that was nationalistic,
imperialistic, and racist.
12 Josef Stalin - Communist dictator of the Soviet Union from 1924-1953.
13 John T. Scopes - Biology teacher that was arrested for teaching evolution in school.
14 Flappers - Young women of the 1920s that adopted the radical new styles of the time.
15 The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) - Violent white supremacist group that targeted blacks, Jews,
Catholics, and immigrants.
16 The Harlem Renaissance - The 1920s explosion of black creative talent in literature,
music, and the arts that was centered in New York City.
17 The Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 - It gave full U.S. citizenship to every Native
American born in the U.S.
18 The Emergency Quota Act of 1921 - It applied the first effective brakes to immigration
by limiting the amount of Europeans allowed into the U.S. each year.
19 Charles Lindbergh - The first to accomplish a solo, non-stop, trans-Atlantic airplane
flight.
20 Amelia Earhart - The first female to accomplish a solo, non-stop, trans-Atlantic airplane
flight.
21 Jazz - The most popular form of music in America from 1920-1930.
22 Radio - Popular new form of family entertainment in the 1920s made possible by
electricity.
23 George Herman “Babe” Ruth - Famous 1920s home run hitting baseball player for the
great New York Yankees.
24 The National Football League (NFL) - The most successful football league. It was
established in the 1920s.
25 Chainstores - Businesses where one owner owns many identical stores and buys large
quantities of a product for a lower price, thus offering lower prices in return.
26 The Installment Plan - A system of purchasing expensive items by paying for them in
monthly payments.
27 Planned Obsolescence - The practice of manufacturing consumer goods so that they wear
out quickly and need frequent replacing.
28 Herbert Hoover - Republican president from 1929-1933. He was the scapegoat for the
stock market crash and resulting depression.
29 Black Tuesday - October 29, 1929-- the day the stock market crashed, starting the
Great Depression.
30 The Bonus Army - Veterans of World War I who gathered in Washington, D.C. to
unsuccessfully demand money that was not due to them until 1945.
31 Franklin D. Roosevelt - Democratic president from 1933-1945. He is known for leading
the U.S. out of the Great Depression.
32 The New Deal - Plan to end the Great Depression through federal aid and work programs.
33 The 20th Amendment - It limited the lame duck session for presidents-elect by moving
the inauguration date from March 4 to January 20.
34 The 21st Amendment - It repealed the earlier amendment that made alcohol illegal.
35 The Fireside Chats - Roosevelt’s radio speeches during the depression which comforted
the nation regarding the economy.
36 The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) - It provided jobs for unemployed single young
men between 18-25 years of age.
37 The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) - It guarantees individual bank
deposits in federally insured banks.
38 The Public Works Administration (PWA) - It provided jobs on large-scale engineering
projects to increase employment and business activity.
39 The Civil Works Administration (CWA) - It provided cleanup jobs then expanded to
building local government buildings, roads, parks, etc.
40 The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) - It constructed dam and hydroelectric power
projects to improve this area.
41 The Works Progress Administration (WPA) - It employed people to do construction,
research, and artistic projects.
42 The National Youth Administration (NYA) - It provided work for 16-25-year-olds so
they would stay in school.
43 The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) - It guaranteed workers a union of their
own choice and forced business to bargain collectively with labor unions.
44 The Social Security Act of 1935 - It created unemployment and disability programs as
well as a retirement pension system.
45 The Dust Bowl - Drought, erosion, and poor farming techniques created a large area over
many states where there was severe environmental damage.
46 Swing - The most popular form of music in America from 1930-1940.
47 Mildred “Babe” Didrikson - Great track & field and golf star of the 1930s. She is
considered the best female athlete of the first half of the 20th century.
48 The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) - Criminal justice agency that deals with
federal crimes within the borders of the U.S.
49 J. Edgar Hoover - Powerful director of the main domestic criminal justice agency
from 1924-1972.
50 Jesse Owens - Great black track star that dominated the 1936 Olympics in Germany.