World War I
During WWI, the Committee of Public Information created various ways to influence Americans to support the war including filling newspapers with good stories of the war, having famous people sell liberty bonds, having songwriters write songs and having speakers go to churches & schools.. this was called
Propaganda
This item grew in popularity in the 1920s, it grew rapidly at a low cost thanks to the assembly line, caused road construction to increase across the country, and it allowed Americans to travel further from home for work, shopping, and entertainment
Automobile
Also known as “Black Tuesday” when the U.S. stock market experienced a sudden and drastic decline in prices, marking the beginning of the Great Depression
Stock Market Crash
Democratic President who won the 1932 election who promised a "new deal" to help America overcome the depression
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)
A series of domestic programs, public work projects, and financial reforms and regulations enacted to provide relief, recovery, and reform to Americans as the Great Depression continued
New Deal
President in America during WWI; he initially declared neutrality but wanted to influence peace negotiations in Europe
Woodrow Wilson
Young women in the 1920s who embraced a freer style of dress and the use of cosmetics
Flapper
People were panicked they would lose their money invested in the banks so they rushed to the banks to withdraw their deposits in cash called
Bank Runs
President Roosevelt's radio broadcasts where he spoke directly to the people to explain the changes he was making and calming people's fears
Fireside Chats
an illegal drinking club where people secretly gathered in the evenings during Prohibition
Speakeasy
What did the Selective Service Act require?
For men to register for the draft to serve in the war
Businesses grew in the 1920s by convincing Americans they needed to buy their products by radio or paper
makeshift villages for homeless Americans, usually made of cardboard, scrap metal, or whatever was cheap or available during the Great Depression
Hoovervilles
New Deal programs increased the federal government's control over what
The economy
a large number of consumers to whom manufacturers can sell goods that are manufactured in mass quantities
Mass Market
A secret, but intercepted, message from Germany to Mexico that promised Mexico money and military help to reclaim territories Mexico lost during the Mexican-American War such as Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico if the United States were to enter the war
Zimmerman Telegram
The increase of "buy now, pay later" installment plans led to the increase of this by the end of the 20s
Consumer Debt
Republican President during the Depression; favored limited government intervention and thought “rugged individualism” of the consumer would get America out of its economic problems
Herbert Hoover
What were the goals, or the "Three (3) Rs", of the New Deal?
Relief, Recovery, Reform
areas of Kansas, Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico that, in the 1930s, suffered ecological devastation and turned into a barren desert making farming very difficult
Dust Bowl
The sinking of this ship in May 1915 from German submarines in the Atlantic angered Americans because it was carrying American passengers, 128 of which died as a result
Lusitania
a celebration of African-American culture in literature, music, and art founded in NYC's Harlem neighborhood
Harlem Renaissance
This was the deportation of Mexican descent to Mexico to help free up jobs for white Americans during the depression, even if they were U.S. citizens
Mexican Repatriation Program
Name one of FDR's "Alphabet Agencies" that is still in effect today - it was a "reform"
Social Security, Federal Deposit Insurance Commission (FDIC), Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act)
a massive movement of African Americans who left the South for cities in the North, beginning in 1910
Great Migration