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Unit 5 1920s-1930s test review
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11th Grade
02/27/2012

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Red Scare
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Communist Party formed in Us scaring people, resulted in Palmer Raid
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how did the KKK recruit people?
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used anti communism
compensation for recruitment
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Emergency Quota Act 1921
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max # of people who could enter us
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Why did the public react negative to unions?
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Strikes seen as communist
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JOhn L Lewis
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Leader of UMWA, lead coal Miners strike
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peacetime use of airplanes
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carrying mail
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Fordney Muccumber Tarriff
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raised taxes on good entering the US to 60 percent
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Dawes Plan
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REPARATIONS Us gives money to Germany to pay Britain and France back to the US
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Washington Naval Conference
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led by secretary of state Charles Evan Hughes
10 year holliday on construction of battleships
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Kellog Briand Pact
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1928, agreement between France and Us to stop war
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Ohio Gang (Harding's cabinet)
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poker playing corrupt members of the cabinet
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Teapot Dome Scandal
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oil rich lands set aside for navy given to private oil companies
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Who supported prohibition?
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KKK, Womens Temperance Union, everyone BUT immigrants
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Great Migration
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African Americans moving from south to Kansas
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Harlem Renaissance
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Embracement of African American artistic ability and culture
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NAACP
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led by James Weldon Johnson
legislation to protect african american rights
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Scopes Trial
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science vs relgion, trial held on grounds of teaching evolution
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Fundamentalists
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literal interpretation of the bible, rejected evolution
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Charles Lindbergh
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made first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic
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Louis Armstrong
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trumpet player, made personal expression key part of jazz
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Lost Generation
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famous writers of 20s had crictial views of American society
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Hawley Smoot Tariff
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highest tarriff, 60% to protect farmers and manufacters from foreign competition
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Boulder Dam
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accomplishment from Hoovers presidency, limited federal intervention, gave water rights to 7 states from Colorado River, allowed agriculture to grow
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Federal Home Loan Bank Act
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lowered mortgage rates for homeowners and allowed farmers to pay off debts
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation
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trickle down economics
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Dust Bowl
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thousands of farmers forced to migrate to Pacific states specially California
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Causes of the Depression?
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tarriffs/war debt policies, easy credit, unequal distribution of income, farming overproduction
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buying on margin
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paying a small percent of stocks price and borrowing rest, fueled markets downward sprial
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Black Tuesday
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October 29, 1929 day the stock market crashed.
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Unemployment rate in Great Depression
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25 %
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Hundred Days
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Roosevelt new deal, a period of intense activity
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fireside chats
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roosevelt speaking directly to public through radio
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"Brain Trust"
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Roosevelt's cabinent for new deal
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New Deal Coalition was with who?
Definition
African Americans and southern democrats
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Frances Perkins
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first female cabinet member,helped create social security system and secretary of labor
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Mary McLeod Bethune (Black Cabinet)
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ensured they hired African Americans in white house
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Agricultural Adjusment Act
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paid farmers NOT to far, raised crop prices
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Civilan Conservation Corps
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direct relief for unemployed men ages 18-25
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Civil Works Admin,
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provided 4 million jobs, reduced unemployment rate
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Emergency Banking Relief Act
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treasury closed and inspected banks, gave people confidence
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Fair Labor Standards Act
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minimum wage, max hours, age limit was 16 and over
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Federal Emergency Relief Admin
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food and clothing to needy, states provided help for unemployed
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Federal Securities Act
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complete info on stock offerings, confidence in stock market
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Glass Steagall Banking Act
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FDIC couldnt put money on stock market,federal insurance for individual banks
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National Industrial Recovery Act
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public works, set labor standards, promoted industrial growth
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National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act)
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settled disputes between employees and employers, defined unfair labor practices
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National Youth Administration
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provided job training for young people
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Social Security Act
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provided for retired and disabled
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Tenessee Valley Authority
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develop tennessee valley, leading to thousands of jobs and flood control and electricity
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Works Progress Adminstration
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create as many jobs as quickly as possible
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court packing
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every justice over the age of 70 was removed and reappointed by Roosevelt
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Charles Coughlin
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broadcaster, turned against the New Deal, favored annual income and nationalization of banks
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Huey Long
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Share our wealth, promised wealth to everyone, threat to the us
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Francis Townsend
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critics of new deal, made a pension plan that benefited elderly
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Woodie Guthrie
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musician that sang bout problems of the Great Depression
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Orson Welles
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War of the Worlds broadcast
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Grant Wood
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aritist that portrayed life in the mid west during the great depression
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Richard Wright
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African american author who wrote bout a young man trying to survive in a racist world
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Gone with the Wind
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famous film, escape from depression
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Grapes of Wrath
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John steinback, lives of okies during the Dust Bowl moving to California
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