People
President who started the New Deal
FDR
Forms of communication that can reach many people at once
Mass media
An unintended consequence of Prohibition in the US
Organized crime
Crime rate increased
Stock Market Crash (1929)
Type of program designed to rebuild the economy
Recovery
President who was blamed for the Great Depression
Hoover
Black/Negro Nationalism
Idea that tax breaks should be given to the rich and to corporations, and that money would then be invested in job creation and production
Buying practice where investors bought stocks by paying for a portion of it up front and then paying off the remaining balance later on
Buying on margin
Government became too powerful
Too expensive/deficit spending
Harlem Renaissance poet: wrote about democracy and equality for Black Americans
Langston Hughes
When the government spends more money than it receives from taxes
Deficit spending
Most important form of mass media during the 1920s
Radio
How speculation and buying on margin weakened the stock market
Stock values were lower than what everyone thought they were
Democratic criticism of the New Deal
Wasn't doing enough to end the Depression
President who was very corrupt and dealt with a lot of scandals, like the Teapot Dome Scandal
Money that is left over after expenses like rent, taxes, and utilities have been paid
Disposable income
Jobs
Leaving segregation
Right to vote
Jobless Americans who went on the road looking for work
Migrant workers
The Social Security Administration is an example of a _______ program
Reform
African American leader who came up with the idea of Black Nationalism
Marcus Garvey
When lots of people begin withdrawing all of their funds from banks, causing them to close down; The FDIC protects banks from closing when one of these happens
Bank run
A period of African American cultural growth that included music, art, and literature
Harlem Renaissance
Series of dust storms across the Midwest that ruined farming in the region and forced thousands of farmers to move and go on the road
Dust Bowl
Because of the New Deal, Americans began to feel this way about the US government
Rely on it for jobs/security
Trust that the gov. would take care of them