All that Jazz
Hoover and Friends
Stocking Up
The Terrible Depression
FDR, WPA, TVAA, NRA, and other acronyms
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What is a flapper?
This is a young woman who dressed provocatively, smoked, danced, and defied tradition.
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Define isolationism - Was President Hoover isolationist or interventionist?
Isolationist - refusing to become engaged with another country's political situations.
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What does Laissez Faire mean?
An economic policy where the government does not interfere with the economy
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When did the Stock Market Crash happen?
October 24-29th 1929
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Which President created the New Deal?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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This was a racist group in the American South that tried to take away rights from African Americans
The KKK
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What was a hooverville?
A collection of shacks of poor people. Named to blame President Hoover
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How were people using installment plans and credit in the 1920s?
People were buying things they could not afford on credit and paying it off over time with an installment plan
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What was life like during the Great Depression? Three details
Unemployment, dust bowl, Hoovervilles, soup kitchens, people lost their farms and houses, underemployment
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What was the New Deal?
Programs and laws that tried to fight back against the Great Depression by helping those in need and restarting the economy
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This law made alcohol illegal in the USA
The 18th Amendment
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Who defeated Hoover in the Presidential Election in 1932?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)
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What is a share of a stock?
It represents part of an actual company and shows ownership
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What percentage of Americans were unemployed during the Great Depression?
25%
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What is Social Security?
A program designed to help the old, poor, and sick
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What was the Harlem Renaissance?
A rebirth of art in New York City by African Americans - Jazz, poetry, writing, art etc
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Why does Hoover often get blamed for the Great Depression?
He was in office when the stock market crashed. He did almost nothing after the crash.
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What is the stock Market?
The place where shares (parts) of companies are bought and sold.
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Explain the death spiral that causes a recession/depression
Companies lay off workers, unemployed people buy less stuff, companies make less money, companies lay off more workers.
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Explain how government changed during the Great Depression
The government was now expected to help people in need and run the economy.
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What was the Red Scare?
Fear that Communists were taking over the USA and bombing important leaders - led to a fear of immigrants
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What did Hoover do to the loans we were giving to Germany?
He stopped the loans and asked for the money back
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What is an IPO and buying on margin?
An IPO is an Initial Public Offering and is the first public sale of stock by a company. Buying on margin is buying stocks using credit or loans
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Explain two major causes of the Great Depression
Crash of Stock Market, Buying too much stuff on credit, Bank failures
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Describe the conflict between FDR and the Supreme Court. What did both sides do?
SCOTUS overturned the laws and programs of FDR. FDR threatened to add more judges. The judges backed off.
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