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This 1933 law forced a "divorce" between commercial banking and investment banking to prevent speculative use of customer deposits.
What is the Glass-Steagall Act?
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This agency was created to regulate the stock market and prevent the kind of fraud that led to the 1929 crash.
SEC
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Although he was a pioneer of the Harlem Renaissance, this author of The Weary Blues was often criticized by more conservative Black intellectuals for portraying "low-life" characters.
Who is Langston Hughes?
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When the stock market "bubbles," the price of a stock becomes much higher than the company's actual value, a situation known by this term
What is Overvaluation (or Speculation)?
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This 1921 case involved two Italian immigrants and anarchists who were executed for robbery and murder, despite many believing they were convicted for their political beliefs.
Who are Sacco and Vanzetti?
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This term refers to the 1919 period of intense racial violence and riots that broke out in over three dozen cities across the U.S.
Red Summer
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In the 1920s, the "Mellon Plan" (named after Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon) championed this economic theory of cutting taxes on the wealthy to stimulate investment.
What is Supply-Side Economics (or "Trickle-Down")?
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In 1933, the same year FDR took office, this leader was appointed Chancellor of Germany, largely due to the economic desperation caused by the Depression.
Who is Adolf Hitler?
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"What becomes larger the more you take away from it?"
A hole
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He became a national hero in 1927 by completing the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight.
Who is Charles Lindbergh?
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Who was the first president to visit all 50 states?
Richard Nixon
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This "Lost Generation" author wrote The Sun Also Rises, capturing the disillusionment and moral vacuum felt by many after WWI.
Who is Ernest Hemingway?
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This "Red Scare" attorney general led raids in 1919 and 1920 to arrest suspected communists and anarchists.
Who is A. Mitchell Palmer?
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This was Herbert Hoover’s core belief that individuals should succeed through their own efforts rather than relying on government "handouts."
What is Rugged Individualism?
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This President’s administration was rocked by the Teapot Dome Scandal involving oil leases.
Who is Warren G. Harding?
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This agency provided jobs to young men for environmental conservation projects like planting trees.
What is the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps)?
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This 1930s radio drama by Orson Welles was so realistic it caused a nationwide panic that aliens were actually invading New Jersey.
What is The War of the Worlds?
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During his first months in office, FDR pushed through a record-breaking amount of legislation known by this collective name.
What is the First Hundred Days?
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This Louisiana Senator and FDR critic proposed the "Share Our Wealth" program, which promised a $5,000 homestead for every family.
Who is Huey P. Long (The Kingfish)?
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The Riddle: > Two sons and their father want to cross a river. They find a small boat, but it has a strict weight limit. The boat can only carry 200 pounds.
The Father weighs 200 pounds.
Each Son weighs 100 pounds. How do all three of them get to the other side?
The Answer: 1. Both Sons row to the other side (100 + 100 = 200 lbs).
2. One Son stays there; the other Son rows the boat back to the Father.
3. The Son gets out, and the Father rows across alone (200 lbs).
4. The Father gets out on the other side, and the Son (who was waiting there) rows the boat back to the start.
5. Both Sons row across together again.
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Known as the "Radio Priest," this critic turned against FDR, accusing the New Deal of being a communist conspiracy and expressing anti-Semitic views.
Who is Father Charles Coughlin?
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This was the average unemployment rate in the United States at the peak of the Great Depression in 1933.
What is 25%?
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This agency paid farmers not to grow crops in order to raise the price of agricultural goods.
What is the AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Act)?
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This 1930 tariff was meant to protect American farmers but ended up strangling global trade.
What is the Hawley-Smoot Tariff?
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To pay for New Deal programs, the U.S. government practiced this economic strategy of spending more money than it took in via taxes.
What is Deficit Spending?
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