Key Events
This 1911 event in a New York City garment factory that killed 146 workers who were predominately immigrant women and this event sparked modern labor laws.
What is the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire?
This event shifted the United States from a booming consumer economy to one of poverty and unemployment
What is the Stock Market Crash of October 1929? (Turning Point)
This 1908 court case upheld an Oregon law that limited women to a 10-hour work day and this decision carved out an exception to the ruling in Lochner v. New York
What is Muller v. Oregon?
This act was passed in 1890 to outlaw monopolies and cartels in order to promote free and fair competition in the marketplace and for the first decade, the government rarely used the act, and courts often ruled in favor of large corporations.
What is the Sherman Antitrust Act?
During the 1932 Democratic National Convention, this presidential candidate accepted his nomination with the statement: "I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people."
Who is President Franklin D. Roosevelt?
This amendment that was ratified in 1920 helps prohibit the federal government and all states from withholding the right to vote based on gender
What is the 19th Amendment?
The passage of the 21st amendment in 1933 was directly related to the failure of this amendment to stop alcohol consumption and organized crime
What is the 18th Amendment? (Relationship)
This 1925 court case tested a state law that banned the teaching of evolution in public schools and this case became a widely publicized debate between modern science and traditional religion
What is Scopes v. State?
This act was passed in 1935, and it established old-age benefits, unemployment insurance, and aid for vulnerable populations to help combat the Great Depression
What is the Social Security Act?
This vital leader in the women's suffrage movement and the president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association stated "The vote is the emblem of your equality... That vote of yours has cost millions of dollars and the lives of thousands of women."
Who is Carrie Chapman Catt?
This 1920s cultural movement that was centered in a New York City neighborhood emerged from the Great Migration and led to a boom in African American music, art, and literature
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
Roosevelt's reform program aimed to help the middle class while attacking corporate trusts to protect the public AND Woodrow Wilson's plan to break up monopolies by promoting small businesses.
What is Square Deal and New Freedom Plan? (Similarity)
This was a program created by FDR during the Great Depression to provide work relief and employment for young men by focusing on environmental conservation and natural resources
What is the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)?
During an Address to the American Society of Newspaper Editors, this president had stated "After all, the chief business of the American people is business"
Who is Calvin Coolidge?
This was the more aggressive phase of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's legislative programs, launched in 1935 to fight against the continuation of the Great Depression
The publication of this book led to the Meat Inspection Act, which acted as a catalyst for public health reform and the passing of the Pure Food and Drug Act.
What is The Jungle? (Cause & Effect)
This act was passed in 1919 and was also known as the National Prohibition Act. It was a federal law designed to enforce the 18th Amendment and it effectively banned the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages nationwide
What is the Volstead Act?
During an address to the Chamber of Commerce to the United States, this president stated "While the crash only took place six months ago, I am convinced we have passed the worst and with continued unity of effort we shall rapidly recover."
Who is Herbert Hoover?
This 1930 tariff that was signed in by President Hoover raised U.S. import duties to high levels and worsened the Great Depression, which led to retaliatory tariffs from other countries
What is the Smoot-Hawley Tariff?
The National Recovery Administration relied on voluntary business cooperation with government codes but this act used federal power to guarantee a workers' right to unionize collectively.
What is the Wagner Act? (Difference)
This act provided billions of dollars in federal grants to state and local agencies to help struggling American citizens through emergency work programs and direct cash assistance
What is the Federal Emergency Relief Act?
This populist American governor and U.S. senator from Louisiana who heavily criticized Franklin D. Roosevelt's relief programs stated "Every man a king, but no one wears a crown."
Who is Huey Long?