this was the new "liberated" woman who had a bob haircut, wore lots of makeup and short dress, and went out dancing
What is a flapper
100
spend money on something in hopes of making more money in the future
What is invest
100
shantytowns that people built during the Great Depression that were named after the person they blamed for it
What is Hoovervilles
100
He won the 1932 Election and was well liked due to his confidence and promises made to help the nation
What is Franklin D. Roosevelt
200
This is the belief that all property and materials should be publicly owned, as nobody should have more wealth than another
What is communism
200
This refers to the blossoming of African American culture through writing and music in a part of New York City
What is the Harlem Renaissance
200
this refers to when the market is doing well and stock prices are up
What is a bull market
200
people stood on line for many hours at these places waiting for food assistance
What is a soup kitchen
200
These were radio shows done by FDR that people would listen to in their homes. He discussed government actions and made people feel he truly cared about them and their situations
What are fireside chats
300
this is a system based on free enterprise and that competition should drive the economy
What is captialism
300
a secretive bar where people went to drink alcohol during Prohibition
What is a speakeasy
300
a system in which shares, or part ownership of a companies are bought and sold
What is a stock exchange
300
Name given to the WWI veterans who went to Washington DC to protest.
What is Bonus Army
300
This program placed insurance on people's bank accounts so in the event the banks failed again people would not lose their money
What is the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
400
This term refers to the paranoia in America where people did not trust their neighbors and over 10,000 people were arrested because they were foreigners and thought to be taking down the United States
What is the Red Scare
400
illegally making and selling of alcohol during Prohibition
What is bootlegging
400
the date the Stock Market officially crashed as it had to be closed to prevent any more panic stock selling
What is October 29, 1929
400
name given the the Great Plains due to a 10 year drought and many people migrated out of the area to CA
What is the Dust Bowl
400
This program paid farmers not to farm and to destroy their crops as they were overproducing
What is Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
500
These two Italian men were known Anarchists and their murder trial shows the anti-foreign and anti-radical feelings of the 1920s
What is Sacco and Vanzetti
500
belief that native-born Americans are superior to foreigners
What is Nativism
500
Buying stock with borrowed money
What is buying on margin
500
give two reasons for the Great Depression happening
What is people bought on credit and defaulted on their repayments, factories made more than they could sell, growing gap b/w rich and poor, stock being sold due to panic
500
This program put regulations in place for business such as prices and wages. People knew to shop at these places because a blue eagle would be displayed in the window