Vocabulary
The producing of a surplus of goods that results in lowered prices
What is overproduction?
32nd U.S. President- he promised Americans a New Deal and led the nation through the Great Depression and WWII.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
This was a program established by Roosevelt to provide work. for young men and later train them for military service.
What is the Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC)?
A person who has biblical or traditional views.
What is a conservative?
This invention in the 1920s provided Americans a greater source of information and entertainment.
What is the radio?
The condition of wanting and needing a job, but not being able to find one.
What is unemployment?
A well-known agnostic who defended John Scopes and tried to use the Scopes Trial to prove that the Bible was full of errors.
This program provided benefits for the elderly, disabled, unemployed, and others.
What is the Social Security Administration?
A person who is doubtful about the existence of God.
What is an agnostic?
Life in the 1920s was difficult for farmers because of this.
What is overproduction?
A culture that is focused on the buying and selling of goods and services.
What is consumer culture?
He served as Secretary of Commerce during the 1920s and became the 29th U.S. President in 1929.
Who is Herbert Hoover?
This program required businesses to pay workers a minimum wage and forbade businesses from competing with one another.
What is the National Recovery Administration (NRA)?
A person who stands for the basic teachings of the Bible.
What is a Fundamentalist?
What did Roosevelt use to get votes?
What is "political machines"?
("machine" made up of a boss and his workers; the boss promised rewards in exchange for votes)
One or more laws created by government; the act of creating or proposing laws
What is legislation?
U.S. Vice President under Warren Harding; became the 30th U.S. President, focused on business during his presidency
Who is Calvin Coolidge?
This was a program that was proposed by Franklin D Roosevelt to help the U.S. Economy recover from the Great Depression
What is The New Deal?
A person who supports liberal views of religion or who wants to update Christianity for the modern world.
What is a modernist?
This is the event that started the Great Depression.
What is the stock market crash of 1929?
A certificate or share that allows you to have some ownership of a company. These can be bought or sold.
What is a stock?
The 29th U.S. President; died in office and lost popularity after death when corruption in his cabinet was exposed.
Who is Warren Harding?
A country in which the government takes responsibility for the financial support of its people.
What is a welfare state?
Event involving a teacher, John Scopes, in the 1920s that received national attention because it dealt with legal questions about the teaching of evolution.
What is the Scopes Trial?
Farmer's income falling, banks and businesses closing, homeless people and about 1/4 people out of work.
What are the effects of the Great Depression?