Urban Growth
Who was Robert M. La Follette?
Promoter of the “Wisconsin Idea” and progressive reforms
Female challengers of traditional gender roles
“New Women”
“Buying on margin”
Inflated stock prices, created opportunities to purchase more stocks/goods with loaned money but led to massive debts
Hoovervilles were…
Shantytowns that housed homeless people, names made fun of Herbert Hoover
What was the Dawes Act?
Allotted land to Natives, 160-80-40 rule
What book describes the struggles of the urban poor and the harsh realities of their lives?
“How the Other Half Lives” by Jacob Riis (1890)
New forms of buying during the 1920’s
Define “Black Tuesday”
October 29th, 1929 - Stock Market Crash
Who created the RFC? What did it do?
Reconstruction Finance Corporation tried to support businesses and groups with loans, Hoover’s initial response to the Great Depression.
Significance of the Battle of Little Bighorn
Most decisive Native American victory
What were ”yellow dog contracts”?
Contracts that prohibited union membership
Which communities grew while others struggled?
Where did unemployment fall to?
20-25%
Describe FDR’s first 100 days
First New Deal: Goal of stabilizing financial institutions, providing unemployment relief, and created jobs (alphabet agencies)
How did the Indian Removal Act of 1830 impact the Cherokee?
Removed them from their land and pushed them onto the trail of tears
Reforms marginalized groups and led to racial and social justice issues
What were the problems with Progressivism?
Advertising, marketing, and consumer culture
Displaced thousands of farmers and increased movement to cities
What was the Dust Bowl?
What limits were on the New Deal?
Did not help women, African Americans, and other minority groups equally
How did Americans assimilate the Natives
Boarding schools, laws/acts, court cases, treaties, etc.
Established income tax, women’s suffrage, and prohibition
What is Progressivism?
What traditional industries grew and changed during this period?
Textiles, coal mining, etc.
What caused the inflation of stock prices?
Overproduction, falling demand, rising personal debt, speculation, risky investments, buying on margin
Why did global economics suffer during the Great Depression?
Tariffs from America increased, other countries didn’t want to trade with America, Smoot-Hawley Tariff
Wounded Knee Massacre…
Slaughter of hundreds of Lakota warriors who were seeking supplies from Fort Laramie, massive loss for the Native groups near Wounded Knee Creek