Harding/Coolidge
Hoover and the Depression
Court Cases
Key Terms
Key Terms Also
100
Hardings campaign promise stated he wanted a return to what
What is Normalcy
100
After World War I, America wanted to left alone to pursue prosperity. This is known as what.
What is Isolationism
100
This was a court case, held in Tennessee, dealing with a debate between creationism and evolution.
What is The Scopes Trial
100
This was the term for the African American cultural rebirth.
What is the Harlem Renaissance
100
These places were bars that illegally sold alcohol.
What is a Speakeasy
200
This technological advance first adopted by Henry Ford, enormously increased manufacturing efficiency.
What is The Assembly Line
200
The 10 year pause on the construction of major new warships proposed by Charles Evans Hughes is known as the what.
What is Moratorium
200
Many believe this case was motivated by an anti-immigrant sentiment in America. The two men involved were said to be anarchists.
What is The Sacco-Vanzetti Case
200
These women wore short hair, revealing clothes, and were independent.
Who were Flappers
200
This act provided a stipend for retired Americans.
What is the Social Security Act
300
Scandals within the Harding Administration were mostly caused by Hardings friends and political allies, who called themselves what.
Who is the Ohio Gang
300
In the 1920's there were long periods of stocks rising, called a bull market. This allowed many investors to only make a small down payment. This is known as what.
What is Margin
300
This court case involved religious. More specifically that freedom of religion was not absolute.
What is Reynolds v. the United States
300
These were shantytown neighborhoods built during the Great Depression.
What are Hoovervilles
300
The 18th amendment to the Constitution, which banned the sale or use of alcohol in the U.S., is known as what.
What is Prohibition
400
Defectors from both the Republican and Democratic parties formed a farm, labor, and religious activist party called the Progressive Party. They chose who as their candidate for the Presidential Election of 1924
Who is Robert M. La Follette
400
This conference, occuring from Nov 1921-Feb 1922, was called to limit the amount of arms (weapons) created, as well as, allow for war torn Europe to repay its debt.
What is The Washington Conference
400
This group flourished after the Civil War, wanted to restrict immigration, and used threats against African Americans, Catholics, Jews, and other groups believed to represent "un-American" values.
What is the Ku Klux Klan
400
This administration put Americans back to work by doing infrastructure projects.
What is the Works Progress Administration
400
This organization was created by FDR to monitor the stock market
What is the Securities and Exchange Commission.
500
Industrial workers prospered in the 1920's, especially after companies allowed workers to buy stock, participate in profit sharing, and receive medical care and pensions. This was called what.
What is Welfare Capitalism
500
One of the first things President Hoover did to try and fix the Great Depression/Stock Market Crash was what.
What is Try and rescue the banks
500
This placed tariffs on imports to protect American businesses.
What is the Hawley-Smoot Tariff
500
This act created minimum wages and better working conditions.
What is the Fair Labor Standards Act
500
What was the score of the Wimberley Boys Soccer game last night agains Canyon Lake.
What is 2-0