World War I
Roaring Twenties
Great Depression
Presidents (20s-30s)
New Deal
100
Intercepted secret message by Germany that proposed an alliance with Mexico against the United States.

Zimmermann Telegram

100

Nationally covered court case in which a biology teacher was tried for violating a ban on teaching evolution in public schools.

Scopes Trial

100

The crash of this financial institution, which had included overspeculation, in 1929 signaled the beginning of the Great Depression.

Stock Market

100

Many Americans agreed with his call for a "Return to Normalcy" but his poor judge of character in his political allies led to scandals such as Teapot Dome.

Warren G. Harding

100

FDR reformed America's financial institutions by introducing the SEC to regulate the stock market, and this agency to insure bank deposits. 

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

200

President Woodrow Wilson's postwar peace plan that included freedom of the seas, new independent countries, and a League of Nations.

Fourteen Points

200

Political scandal over bribery and oil leases that resulted in a cabinet member's conviction and ruined President Warren Harding's reputation.

Teapot Dome

200

These happened whenever citizens panicked and rushed to withdraw their deposits, but many ended up losing their savings anyway.

Bank Failures

200
While in office, he promoted pro-business, laissez-faire capitalism.

Calvin Coolidge

200

In order to get people working and earning paychecks, FDR introduced job programs like the WPA and this agency focused on forestry projects.

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

300

Unrestricted use of these weapons by Germany convinced many Americans to join the war.

Submarines

300

Women who challenged traditional ideas and expectations about female behavior by embracing self-indulgent lifestyles.

Flappers

300

This was a major consequence of the economic downturn, caused specifically by layoffs due to businesses scaling down production; would reach 25% by 1932.

Unemployment 

300

He strongly believed in "rugged individualism" and was resented by many Americans for his failure to effectively confront the onset of the Great Depression.

Herbert Hoover

300
This was introduced by the New Deal to provide a retirement pension for elderly citizens as well as unemployment compensation.

Social Security

400

Medal of Honor winner from Tennessee who killed and captured many German soldiers by himself.

Corporal Alvin York

400

Widely popular African American music style that defined the decade.

Jazz

400
Government economic policy, such as Smoot-Hawley, that reduced global trade and therefore contributed to the Great Depression.

Tariffs

400

His New Deal brought economic recovery and redefined the federal government's responsibility concerning the economy and citizens' welfare.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

400

This move by FDR was seen by many Americans as an unconstitutional attempt to upset the separation of powers and checks and balances in American government.

Court-packing

500

Commander of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF) that turned the tide of the war in Europe.

General John J. Pershing

500

Automobile manufacturer who made cars more affordable by introducing assembly line techniques to produce them more cheaply and efficiently.

Henry Ford

500

Government policy passed in response to complaints about competition for jobs with immigrants.

Mexican Repatriation

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