1920s
Putting a small amount down and paying the rest off later
Installment buying or buying on credit
This president did NOT believe the federal government should intervene with the Depression
Herbert Hoover
America entered WWII because we were attacked here
Pearl Harbor
The name of the WWI veterans who demanded their bonus checks from Hoover in 1932
Bonus Army
The name of a woman who wore short dresses, danced, smoked, and cut her hair
Flapper
TWO causes of the Great Depression
Buying on credit, stock market crash, overproduction on farms, run on the banks
This allowed the U.S. to lend weapons to European countries
Lend-Lease Act
ONE difference between Herbert Hoover and FDR
Hoover- fed. gov. should not intervene
FDR- fed. gov. SHOULD intervene
The mass movement of African Americans from the South to the North
Great Migration
The nickname given to people who left their homes & traveled to Cali during the Dust Bowl
Oakies
The name of the Native Americans who helped send secret messages
Navajo Code Talkers
The name of the American plan to develop the Atomic bomb
Manhattan Project
ONE person from the Harlem Renaissance
Langston Hughes, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Zora Neale Hurston
AAA, NRA, CCC, WPA, FDIC, TVA
The Supreme Court case that ruled Japanese internment was a military necessity
Korematsu v United States
TWO examples of Modern Changes and their "push back"
Teaching Evolution- Scopes Monkey Trial
Drinking & Partying- 18th Amendment
Immigration- Quota Acts
Great Migration- Rise in KKK membership
This law severely limited immigration and was rooted in racism
The Quota Acts of 1924 OR Johnson Reed Act
FDR tried to expand the Supreme Court judges from 9 to 15 with this
Court-Packing Plan
Eleanor Roosevelt helped draft this United Nations document after WWII
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
This organization was founded in 1909 and helps African Americans with legal protection
NAACP