Unit 2: 20's and 30's

Hoover

100

What political party was Hoover from?

The Republican Party

200

“We in America today are nearer to the final triumph over ___________________ than ever before in the history of any land.  The poorhouse is vanishing from among us” 1928

Poverty

300

What was Hoover's iconic phrase he would use to share his ideology and role government should have in peoples lives.

Rugged Individualism

400

He asked business leaders to promise to maintain investments and employment and encouraged state and local __________________ to assist those in need.

Volunteerism

500

What was the RFC (What did it stand for and what was the purpose?

Reconstruction Finance Corporation

direct loans to banks and business and private industry

FDR

100

What political Party is FDR from

The Democratic party

200

What was the name of FDR's many programs he created when he steps into office.

The New Deal

300

How many Bills was FDR able to pass in the first 100 hundred days?

15

400

What is deficit spending and how could it be a strategy to help the economy?

Spending more then you make

Stimulate the economy.

500

FDR asked Congress for what specific powers during his tenure in office.

Second. How did he defend his reasoning and responsibility to do this?

War time powers

The Constitution (Adaptable without losing essential form)

Vocab

100

• A person who makes, distributes, or sells goods illegally.

Bootlegger

200

A shantytown built by unemployed and destitute people during the Depression of the early 1930s.

Hoovervilles

300

An intellectual and cultural revival of African American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater, politics and scholarship.

Harlem Renaissance

400

• Getting a loan and using the money from the loan to invest in more securities than you can buy with your available cash.

Buying on Margin

500

A form of a religion, that upholds belief in the strict, literal interpretation of scripture.

Fundamentalism

20's Culture

100

Which President was in charge during the "Teapot Dome Scandal"?

Harding

200

John Scopes was convicted of teaching about:

Evolution

300

Prohibition resulted in:

Rise in Organized Crime

400

Presidents Harding and Coolidge believed that the prosperity of all Americans depended upon:

The success of American businesses

500

• An American poet, social activist, novelist, and playwright who was most popular during the Harlem Renaissance.

Langston Hughes

30's Culture

100

• A group of African Americans who served as public policy advisors to President Franklin D. Roosevelt

The Black Cabinet

200

During the Panic of 1929, leading to Black Thursday and Tuesday. The heavy selling of stocks in a short period of time caused the value of shares to.....

DROP

300

Which situation is most likely to occur in a depression?

A) New jobs are created by private businesses

B) The government raises taxes to an all-time high

C) A sharp decrease in the number of available jobs

C) A sharp decrease in the number of available jobs

400

What are the Three R's of FDR New Deal Programs and describe each of their purposes.

Relief/ Recovery/ Reform

Short term, long term and preventative

500

• An American politician who thought FDR didn’t do enough to redistribute wealth during the Great Depression.

Huey Long