Isolationism and The Red Scare
a foreign policy where a country deliberately stays out of other nations' political and military affairs, avoiding alliances, international conflicts.
What is isolationism
Despite progress, this system of racial discrimination continued in the 1920s.
What are Jim Crow laws
Businesses produced more goods than people could afford to buy, leading to this problem.
What is overproduction?
This group was especially hard hit due to falling crop prices.
Who are farmers?
FDR pushed Congress to pass laws quickly during this period.
What were FDRs first 100 days
Fear of the growth of communism
What was the red Scare
Americans increasingly purchased goods this way during the 1920s
What is buying on credit
Hoover encouraged businesses and individuals to help the poor through this policy.
What is volunteerism
This economic crisis began after the stock market crash and lasted throughout most of the 1930s.
What was the great depression
FDR's approach to solving the great depression was called this
What was the New Deal
Raids that took place against suspected communists
What were the palmer raids?
This amendment granted women the right to vote.
What is the 19th amendment
On Black Tuesday, investors rushed to do this.
What is sell their stocks
This leader promised “bold, persistent experimentation” to end the Depression.
Who was FDR
This action temporarily closed banks to restore confidence.
What was the bank holiday
One unexpected result of Prohibition was the rise of this.
What is the rise of the mafia
This amendment banned the sale of alcohol in the United States.
What is the 18th amendment
This president was in office when the crash occurred.
Who was Herbert hoover
Makeshift towns of homeless Americans were called these.
What are hoovervilles
FDR did this to the supreme court so more of his laws could be passed
What is packing the supreme court
two Italian immigrant anarchists, who were accused of a 1920 armed robbery and murder in Massachusetts; they were convicted despite weak evidence
Who are Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti
This conflict divided Americans between science and religion.
What is the Scopes trial (traditionalists vs modernists)
Investors borrowed money to buy stocks using this system.
What is buying stocks on margin
This was severe environmental and economic disaster in the American Great Plains during the 1930s, characterized by severe drought
What was the dust bowl
Helping the unemployed and poor was known as this goal.(which one of the three Rs)
What is relief