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Prohibition- Volstead Act
Enacted to carry out the intent of the 18th amendment -
Prohibition- 18th Amendment
Prohibition of consuming alcohol beverages, production, sale, and transport of alcohol deemed illegal -
Antired Statutes
Made the advocacy of violence for change illegal -
Religion-Modernism
Historical and critical view of certain passages of the bible and believed they could accept Darwin's theory of evolution without completely abandoning their faith -
Religion- Fundamentalism
Condemned modernism and taught that every word of the bible must be accepted as literally true -
Politics- Normalcy
This term symbolized, to powerful business men, the immediate abandonment or foreign and domestic policies by president Wilson, return to high protective tariffs and reduced taxes -
Economy- Trickle Down Economics
Economic theory that holds that money lent to banks and businesses will trickle down to consumers -
Economic- Consumerism
Theory that it is economically attractive to encourage the attainment of goods and services in ever-increasing amounts -
Immigration- Case of Sacco and Vanzetti
Italian-born American anarchists who were convicted of murdering a guard and a paymaster during an armed robbery -
Culture- The Lost Generation
Refers to the first generation of artists, writers, and intellectuals that came of age during the first world war -
African American Identity- Harlem Renaissance
Intellectual, social, and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem,New York, known as the "New Negro Movement' -
Resurgence of the KKK
Spawned by post war reaction, xenophobic, anti foreign, anti-catholic, anti-jewish, anti-pacifist, anti-communist, anti-internationalist, anti-revolutionist, anti-bootlegger -
Politics- Teapot Dome Scandal
Government scandal involving a former U.S Navy oil reserve in Wyoming that was secretly leased to a private oil company -
Politics- Warren G. Harding
29th president of the United States -
Politics-Ohio Gang
Men that were friends of Harding whom he appointed to office who used their power to gain money for themselves -
Immigration- Emergency Quota Act
Established number of immigrants at 3% of people of same nationality living in the U.S in 1910 -
Economy- Fordney McCumber Tariff
Rose rates on imported goods in hopes that domestic manufacturing would prosper -
Politics- Alfred E Smith
A leader of the American Liberty League who was a former Democratic presidential candidate who highly opposed FDR's deals -
Rugged Individualism
President Hoover stated that anyone could become successful if they worked hard enough -
Stock Market Crash-Black Thursday
12.9 million shares were traded as investors rushed to salvage their losses -
Stock Market Crash-Black Tuesday
Share prices on the New York Stock Exchange completely collapsed, becoming a pivotal factor in the Great Depression -
Economic- Bull Market
A situation which the value of stocks rises quickly -
Herbert Hoover's Policies: Hawley-Smoot Tariff
Set tax increases ranging from 31% to 49% on foreign imports -
Dust Bowl
Severe drought hit the Great Plain, killing all crops of the region -
Herbert Hoover's Policies- Debt Moratorium
Suspension on the payment of international debts -
Bonus Army
Group of world war one veterans marched to demand early release of bonuses promised by congress -
James T Ferrell
Writer who portrayed the grim life of Chicago's Irish immigrants in his Studs Lonigan trilogy -
New Deal- The Emergency Banking Relief Act
Authorized the government to examine the finances of banks closed during the bank holiday and reopen judged to be sound -
New Deal- The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Guaranteed individual bank deposits up to 5,000$ -
New Deal- The Home Owners Loan Corporation
Providing refinancing of small homes to prevent foreclosures -
New Deal- The Farm Credit Administration
Provided low-interest farm loans and mortgages to prevent foreclosures on the property of indebted farmers -
New Deal- The Federal Relief Administration
Offered outright grants of federal money to states and local governments that were operating soup kitchens and other forms of relief for the jobless and the homeless -
New Deal- The Public Works Administration
Allotted money to state and local governments for building roads, bridges, and other public works -
New Deal- The Civilian Conservation Corps
Employed young men on projects on federal lands and paid their families small monthly sums -
New Deal- The Tennessee Valley Authority
Hired thousands of people in one of the poorest regions in the nation, Tennessee Valley, to build dams, operate electric power plants, control flooding and erosion, and manufacture fertilizer -
New Deal- The Civil Works Administration
Hired laborers for temporary construction projects sponsored by the federal government -
New Deal- The Securities and Exchange Commission
Regulates the stock market and placed strict limits on speculative practices that led to the Wall Street crash -
New Deal- The Federal Housing Administration
Gave both construction industries and homeowners a boost by insuring bank loans for building new houses and repairing old ones -
New Deal- Resettlement Administration
Provided loans to sharecroppers, tenants, and small farmers. Also established federal camps where migrant workers could find decent housing -
New Deal- Rural Electrification Administration
Provided loans for electrical cooperatives to supply power in rural areas
