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who was warren harding
Definition
republican canadate in the 1920 election
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what is normarcy
Definition
way befor the war
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5 reasions for probiction
Definition
1. belief the drinking was moraly wrong
2. many bisness leader favored it because they thought factory production would approve
3. docters aprove of it for health reasion
4. cause if the war there was a ahortage of grain
5. it was breaking up familes
6. the sholder would become violent people of they drank
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why it did not work
Definition
1. more people are breaking the law
2. many americans did not flow it because it had been leagel
3. drinking was an acceptable part of cluture.
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red scare
Definition
fear of a comust revlution, immergrents.
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what is sacco & buenzett
Definition
2 immergrents who were falsey accused of murder.
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who is charles darwin
Definition
tought evelution had a trial had to pay a small fine.
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what is the new klan
Definition
in the 20' they became more powerful agasts jews christans aferican americans
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who was marcus Garvey
Definition
leader who started the back to aferica movement
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wha tis the tepot doe scandle
Definition
affected hardings predsendicy.
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what is the chiognag
Definition
hardings cabnit
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who is albert fall
Definition
he is the first cabnint neighbor to be rested for the teapot dome scandle
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who is our new president
Definition
calvin cooldidge
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who is alfed smith
Definition
demicrat first cathlic who ran for offic ran vs. rosevelt
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what is Instalment
Definition
where you make small paymnets.
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farms
Definition
over producing price of crops go down alot
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what is buyin on margin
Definition
pay 10% at ne tme then pay the rest when you could.
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what happened to hte banks durring the great deppresion
Definition
they were loning more money than they could take in and some closed and many people were left with out money
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what is a run
Definition
when many people would go to a bank to get their money back
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what r the effects of the great depression
Definition
1. 25% unimployment
2. many people became train jumpers
3.familys split up.
4. hover is blamed with the bad things ,wit the depressoion
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what is the bonus army
Definition
it were WWI vets who wanted to recive therir pention
now.
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roosovelts first 100 days in office
Definition
he trys to pass a bunch of new laws.
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what is the Brain Trust
Definition
his finational advisers
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who is frances perkins
Definition
she is the first women elected to the cabnent
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what are fire side chats
Definition
FDR radio shows.
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waht ar ebank holadays
Definition
banks close for a day t obring back confidance in them
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what is the CCC
Definition
is a program for young men to have them get away from cities and work in camps whey did consrvation work they got payed most got sent home.
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FERA
Definition
gives releif to the unimployed
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WPA
Definition
employed peope to imploy public projects
2. built roads
3. employed artists wrighters musistions
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NIRA
Definition
made rules for prices, pay, produce
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What is the NRA
Definition
enfoced the NIRA rules and encurged bissnes to only shop at place where their sticter was seeen
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what is the PWA
Definition
gave money for construction projects
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what is the AAA
Definition
helped farmers kept prices of grain up told farmers t okill their live stock.
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what is the REA
Definition
brought electrisity to parts of america that never had it before
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what is the FDIC
Definition
intrures the moey in the banks.
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what is the TUA
Definition
Helped part of the country that is poor reorginize the ecomany
builds dams to produce cheap electrisity plants tres builds hospitals
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WHo is uey long
Definition
seneter of Luisiana wants to tax the riCH
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Who is Francis Townshend
Definition
he is a person wh ofelt that elders need a pension but they had to retire
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Who is Father COughlin
Definition
he is a person who critizesized FDR on the radio
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who is the libirty league
Definition
a group of people who complained about the new deal they thought that it was nterfearing to much with the Goverment
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ROSEVELT VS> SUPREAM COURT
Definition
he wanted to make the supream court havve 15 jcutices so he could have all of his laws passed. But it made him to powerful. but he replaces 8 of them cause he was president for so long.
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wagner act
Definition
protected workers from unfair treatment.
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what is the fair labor standers act
Definition
it eated miminum wage
2. limited how long you must work.
3. ends child labor
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what is social security act
Definition
1. creats pensions for the unimployed
2. creates unimployment inturance
3. gives money to he disabled and uder privlaged kids
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what are okies/arkies
Definition
new name for imagrents durring the dust boal
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who is bruno Hauptman
Definition
was arested and exucuted for the mrder of lindburg kidnappng.
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who is edgar Hoover
Definition
he is the lead of hte FBI he makes it a modern fighting crime fourse \
creats a crime lab
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who is joe louis
Definition
he is a famious boxer only 2nd aferican american to win the heavyweight tilal
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who is Jesse Owens
Definition
track star won vs. the Nazi's in the olimpice
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wha tis the reparation act
Definition
is an act where they gave free transporttation for philipans americans to go back t otheir countrie.
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1930 firsts
Definition
1. frozenfood 2. supermarket 3. sliced bread 4 .color fiml 5.drive in movie theater 6. parkig meaters 7. night b-ball game 8. insolin 9. blood bank 10. air condisoning 12. T.Vpogram
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