The Roaring 20s
This 18th Amendment policy banned the sale of alcohol.
Prohibition (18th Amendment)
This 1929 event is known as 'Black Tuesday'.
Stock market crash
FDR's informal radio talks to the public.
Fireside Chats
This event triggered U.S. entry into WWII.
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Secret program to build the atomic bomb.
Manhattan Project
System used to buy goods now and pay later.
Installment Plan (Credit)
Shanty towns named after the President.
Hoovervilles
Agency that insures individual bank deposits.
FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corp)
Symbol for women working in war factories.
Rosie the Riveter
Policy of avoiding foreign affairs.
Isolationism
Manufacturing method used for the Model T.
Assembly Line (Mass Production)
Environmental disaster on the Great Plains.
The Dust Bowl
1935 Act creating an old-age safety net
Social Security Act
Controlled distribution of scarce goods.
Rationing
1930 law that backfired and crushed global trade.
Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act
Economic philosophy of 'no government intervention'.
Laissez-faire
When many depositors withdraw money at once.
Bank Run
Economic theory advocating deficit spending.
Keynesian Economics
Act that made the U.S. the 'Arsenal of Democracy'.
Lend-Lease Act
High-risk investment for large returns.
Speculation
Practice of buying stocks with borrowed money.
Buying on Margin
Group of WWI veterans who marched on D.C.
The Bonus Army
Agency created to regulate the stock market.
SEC (Securities & Exchange Commission)
Order that interned Japanese Americans.
Executive Order 9066
What disease afflicted F.D.R.?
Polio