Investing money at great risk with the anticipation that the price will rise.
What is speculation?
100
Helped bring about positive change in the African American and women's vote, often went on tours to promote those groups, and had a syndicated newspaper column called "My Day" which expressed her social and political views. She also barred male reporters from her press conferences to boycott the fact that female reporters were often barred from many press conferences and relegated to reporting on "style" news.
Who was Eleanor Roosevelt?
100
Employed single men, ages 18-25, for natural resource conservation(planting trees, fighting forest fires, etc.) and paid them $30 a month, of which $25 was sent home to their families.
What was the CCC? (Civilian Conservation Corps)
100
The Emergency Quota Act of 1921 and the National Origins Act of 1924 aimed so much at restricting immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe that it left a hole in the American labor force that had to be filled by this group of people.
What are Mexicans?
100
World War I vets who marched to Washington D.C. to gain support for a $1,000 stipend to be paid to each veteran to alleviate the poverty they experienced under the Great Depression. They were met with violence, tanks and infantry and physically removed by Douglas MacArthur. The scandal marred Hoover's re-election campaign.
What was the Bonus Army?
200
Buying a stock by paying only a fraction of the stock price and borrowing the rest.
What is buying "on Margin"?
200
British economist who argued that the government should spend heavily during a recession, even if it had to run a deficit, in order to jump start the economy.
Who was John Maynard Keynes?
200
Governmental insurance that guaranteed bank deposits up to $2500. (Today it's up to $ 250,000) It increased public confidence in the banking system
What is the FDIC? (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) or Glass Steagall/Banking Act.
200
This duo was accused, tried and executed for killing two employees of the Slater & Morrill Shoe Company and robbing the payroll. Though both vehemently proclaimed their innocence until the end, many believed they were guilty just because they were Italian and anarchists.
Who are Sacco and Vanzetti?
200
The growing "New Morality" of the 1920's was often at odds with Traditionalist groups, one of which was this group,which believed that the Bible should be interpreted literally and adhered to in order to save society's "ills" and relaxed ethics.
What are Fundamentalists?
300
Radio broadcasts made by FDR to the American people to explain and instill confidence his initiatives.
What are fireside chats?
300
Democratic senator from Louisiana who championed for the poor and downtrodden. He campaigned against FDR in with a folksy humor and fiery oratory. While he was considered to be serious competition for FDR in the 1936 election, his bid was cut short when he was assassinated.
Who is Huey Long?
300
Built hydroelectric plants and dams aimed at improving seven Southern states and attracting industry to the South.
It was a effort to put people to work with projects that controlled floods, conserved forest lands and generate electricity for thousands of miles.
What is the TVA? (Tennessee Valley Authority)
300
A pseudo or false science that deals with the improvement of hereditary qualities of a race or breed. It also advised against breeding "superior" races with "inferior" races.
What is Eugenics?
300
He urged schools to move away from rote learning in favor of education that was tailored to fit the needs of the students.
Who is John Dewey?
400
Nickname given to the communities of shacks put up by homeless people on public lands during the Great depression.
What are 'Hoovervilles' or shantytowns?
400
Novelist who wrote stories such as "Of Mice and Men" and "The Grapes of Wrath" which depicted the poverty and misfortune of migrant farm workers and families uprooted by the Dust Bowl.
Who is John Steinbeck?
400
A program in which the government would pay farmers NOT to raise certain livestock, such as hogs, and NOT to grow certain crops such as cotton, corn wheat and tobacco in an effort to raise food prices and farm income.
What is the AAA? (Agricultural Adjustment Administration)
400
This organization actually claimed it was fighting for "Americanism", even though it railed against Catholics, Jews, immigrants and blacks. It even hired a public relations firm to increase recruits!
What is the KKK?
400
Was the first to use steel as the skeleton for tall buildings in the United States. With the perfection of the Bessemer process, steel was now cheaper and used in more buildings.
Who is Louis Sullivan?
500
The satisfaction a consumer gains from consuming one more unit of a good or service. This satisfaction usually "diminishes" over time with each successive purchase or consumption. (Think Grape NEHI example from class)
What is marginal utility?
500
First woman to hold a cabinet post as Secretary of Labor under FDR.
Who is Francis Perkins?
500
Granted Federal money to state and local governments to be used to help the unemployed.
What is FERA? (Federal Emergency Relief Agency)
500
Name 3 things that led to the Spanish American War.
What are:
1) Yellow Journalism
2) Sinking of the Maine
3) American Interests in Cuba
4) Spanish Ambassador's letter
5) Extreme Nationalism (Jingoism)
500
Name 2 ways that department store owners like Woolworth
changed the practices of stores from earlier eras.
What are:
1) Sold in greater volume and lower prices
2) They offered credit, free delivery, and a set price(no haggling)
3) Woolworth’s priced most of their goods at a dime or under.
4) The low prices tempted customers to buy items they did not need. They gambled that they’d make up their $$$$ in quantity what they lost in higher prices of other stores. It worked. Woolworth’s clerks were so busy taking cash they barely had time to stock the shelves!
5) Expensive items were also brought out to the floor to entice customers of all income brackets.