Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed the American public in weekly broadcasts known as:
Fireside Chats
What New Deal legislation made the government responsible for the people's economic welfare and is still implemented in 20201? *
Social Security Act
As part of the New Deal, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) were created to
protect individual investors from stock fraud and bank failure
What was the name of FDR's plan to reconstruct America following the Great Depression? *
New Deal
In the 1930s, one factor that accounted for the westward migration of farmers from the Great Plains was *
The Dust Bow
A major result of the New Deal was that it *
greatly increased the size and power of the government
Causes of the Great Depression?
Bank Failures and Buying on margin
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Works Progress
Administration (WPA) were both New Deal programs developed to address
the problem
o
high unemploymen
The New Deal changed political thinking in the United States because it supported the idea that the *
government should become more involved in the social and economic life of the people
W.E.B. Dubois contributions to the 1920s and future generations can best be described with his work in
NAACP; urging African Americans to protest racial violence
After WWI (1914 to 1918), the U.S. elected President Warren C.
Harding in 1920. His slogan was to return America to the way it was
before WWI and get
things back to normal. The political idea he
had to do this was
a return to normalcy
There were much prejudice against immigrants in America in the 1920s.
Two immigrants were arrested and convicted of burglary and murder and
many
believed that the evidence was only circumstantial. They
were found guilty and executed setting off riots worldwide protesting
the treatment of
immigrants in America. These two men are *
Sacco and Vanzett
As a result of American fear of communists in the 20s, the attorney
general of the U.S. ordered the raids on thousands of innocent
Americans that were
suspected of subversive activity. Nearly 6000
were arrested with little or no cause. These "raids" that
many said was a violation of American Civil liberties
were known as
Palmer Raids
The New Deal changed political thinking in the United States because it supported the idea that the
government should become more involved in the social and economic life of the people
As a result of the outlawing of the sale of alcohol in the U.S., gangs began to form that would illegally sell alcohol. The most likely famous gangster of the 20s was *
Al Capone
Which of the following became the most powerful medium of communication and entertainment in the 1920s in America?
Radio
Warren Harding, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover are best known for *
Being a president of the U.S. in the 1920s
This new form of music expressed the mood of the decade of the 20s and sometimes is used as a nickname for the decade. *
Jazz
Christian women fought for the outlawing of alcohol sales in the U.S. An amendment was passed that did just that. It was the 18th amendment and it was known as
Prohibition
Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong, and Duke Ellington can be associated with *
Famous African American musicians of the 20s
Illegal drinking establishments became very popular after the
outlawing of alcohol sales in the 20s. Many businesses had secret
places to drink the back
of their establishment. People usually
had to have a password or code to go in. These were known as *
Speakeasies
Young ladies during the 1920s began to put on makeup, wear shorter
dresses, get their hair cut short and go out in public to clubs to
dance. The
nickname of these young ladies was *
Flappers
Immigrants in the 1920s to America can best be described as *
Closing down because of fear of immigrants by U.S. Citizens
After WWI, President Warren G. Harding became President of the U.S.
His administration was hit hard by a scandal that involved his
secretary of interior
(Albert Fall) selling oil-drilling rights
on federal land in Wyoming. This scandal is known as the
Teapot Dome Scandal
During the late 1800s/ early 1900s, many African Americans left the
south because of racism and lack of jobs and were pulled toward the
north. This is
often known as "push-pull" factors but
is also known as the *
Harlem Renaissance
After WWI, the citizens of the United States developed a fear of a
new economic policy of the newly developed Soviet Union. This economic
policy was
known as *
Communism
Which of the following is most associated with the court case dealing with the teaching of evolution in public schools? *
Scopes Trial