The New Deal
This U.S. President introduced the New Deal to combat the Great Depression
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
This U.S. President led the country into World War I, despite having initially campaigned to keep the U.S. out of the war.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
The Treaty of Versailles officially ended this war.
What is World War I?
This U.S. President's administration was plagued by the Teapot Dome Scandal.
Who is Warren G. Harding?
This New Deal Program provided jobs for young men in conservation projects like planting trees and building parks.
What is the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)?
Many pacifists and religious groups like the Quakers opposed U.S. involvement in World War I based on their commitment to this principle.
What is nonviolence or pacifism?
This U.S. president was a key architect of the Treaty of Versailles and proposed the League of Nations as part of his 14 points.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
During the 1920s, the U.S. economy thrived under this type of economic policy, which minimized government intervention in business.
What is Laissez-Faire economics?
The Social Security Act of 1935 provided benefits to these three groups
Who are the elderly, the unemployed, and the disabled?
The Wobblies, members of this radical labor organization, opposed U.S. involvement in World War I, calling it a capitalist war.
What is the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)?
The Teapot Dome Scandal, during the Harding administration, involved the illegal leasing of federal oil reserves in these two locations.
Teapot Dome, Wyoming and Elk Hills, California?
This economic theory, popularized in the 1920s, emphasized tax cuts for the wealthy and businesses to encourage investment and economic growth.
What is supply-side economics?
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) was a New Deal agency that provided these two critical resources to the rural South.
What are electricity and flood control?
This was the name of the passenger ship sunk by a German U-boat in 1915, escalating tensions between the U.S. and Germany.
What is the Lusitania?
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge rejected U.S. membership in the League of Nations, largely due to fears it would compromise this key U.S. principle.
What is National Sovereignty or control of U.S. foreign policy?
The first Red Scare in the 1920s saw a widespread fear of these two ideologies spreading within the U.S.
What are Communism and Anarchism
This New Deal program was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 1935, stating that it gave too much power to the executive branch.
What is the National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)?
This U.S. agency, established in 1917, use propaganda to rally public support for World War I.
What is the Committee on Public Information (CPI)?
This Nebraska senator was a prominent supporter of the League of Nations and worked to convince his colleagues of its importance.
Who is Gilbert Hitchcock?
in the 1920s, the Federal Reserve's decision to keep interest rates low contributed to this major economic event in 1929.
What is the stock market crash?