Hoover
What political party was Hoover from?
The Republican Party
What political Party is FDR from
The Democratic party
Bootlegger
Which President was in charge during the "Teapot Dome Scandal"?
Harding
The Black Cabinet
“We in America today are nearer to the final triumph over ___________________ than ever before in the history of any land. The poorhouse is vanishing from among us” 1928
Poverty
What was the name of FDR's many programs he created when he steps into office.
The New Deal
A shantytown built by unemployed and destitute people during the Depression of the early 1930s.
Hoovervilles
John Scopes was convicted of teaching about:
Evolution
During the Panic of 1929, leading to Black Thursday and Tuesday. The heavy selling of stocks in a short period of time caused the value of shares to.....
What was Hoover's iconic phrase he would use to share his ideology and role government should have in peoples lives.
Rugged Individualism
How many Bills was FDR able to pass in the first 100 hundred days?
15
An intellectual and cultural revival of African American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater, politics and scholarship.
Harlem Renaissance
Prohibition resulted in:
Rise in Organized Crime
Which situation is most likely to occur in a depression?
A) New jobs are created by private businesses
B) The government raises taxes to an all-time high
C) A sharp decrease in the number of available jobs
C) A sharp decrease in the number of available jobs
He asked business leaders to promise to maintain investments and employment and encouraged state and local __________________ to assist those in need.
Volunteerism
What is deficit spending and how could it be a strategy to help the economy?
Spending more then you make
Stimulate the economy.
Buying on Margin
Presidents Harding and Coolidge believed that the prosperity of all Americans depended upon:
The success of American businesses
What are the Three R's of FDR New Deal Programs and describe each of their purposes.
Relief/ Recovery/ Reform
Short term, long term and preventative
What was the RFC (What did it stand for and what was the purpose?
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
direct loans to banks and business and private industry
FDR asked Congress for what specific powers during his tenure in office.
Second. How did he defend his reasoning and responsibility to do this?
War time powers
The Constitution (Adaptable without losing essential form)
A form of a religion, that upholds belief in the strict, literal interpretation of scripture.
Fundamentalism
Langston Hughes
Huey Long