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20s/great depression
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What did the US fear would come from Russia after its revolution in 1917? | communism |
| The Red Scare of 1919-1920. Some say Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer overreacted? Example? | palmer oversaw the palmer raids, which arrested 6,000 people in 36 cities, deported 556 people. this was meant to arrest foreign anarchists, communists,. an anarchist was mailing bombs and this was in response to that. |
| Why is the Buford remmembered? | a boat that sent accused communists/anarchists to the Soviet Union (sometimes called the Soviet Arc) |
| From the Bill of Rights, which seemed threatened or abused at this time? | the first amendment (freedom of speech) also the right to a fair trial |
| How did some people take advantage of the "Red Scare?" | they used it to break unions |
| Meanwhile, in nearby Braintree MA, what factors besides the alleged crime itself, likely led to the execution of Sacco and Vanzetti? | xenophobia (fear/prejudice/dislike of those from another country) |
| In addition to Black people, who else is on the long list that the KKK opposes? | communists, catholics, anarchists (basically everyone but white supremesists) |
| What scandal will slow the KKK's membership? | ????? |
| Where were the "new immigrants" coming from in the 1920s? | southerns and easter europe (mostly) |
| What will the Immigration Act of 1924 state about who could/could not come to America? What can you conclude about the US view towards immigrants? | asians, greeks, russians, jewish, and italians were banned |
| Which group is completely exculded? | ???? |
| What happened to immigration by 1931? | ?????? |
| Which group that we studied before, supports Prohibition (outlawing of alcohol anywhere in the US)? | progressives and women |
| Which amendment made Prohibition the law of the land? | 18th amendment |
| Why did Southerners like the idea of Prohibition? | religious and racisit reasons (thought that it would make Black people crazy while working) |
| Why did Prohibition not work? | illegal alcohol was not regulated, making the prices high and the product dangerous |
| What were the benefits of the "noble experiment" to ban alcohol? | ?????? |
| Which industries boom in the 1920s? | automobiles, fashion, music, entertainment, movies, radio |
| What new industries will grow because of the demand for cars? | automobiles, steel, gasoline |
| How did automobiles change the life of women? | allowed women to drive and own a car instead of being a passenger while men drove |
| What will Charles Lindberg accomplish in the 1920s? Why is it so important? | first person to fly solo across the atlantic ocean |
| What will be glorified by one early film, Birth of a Nation? What does this tell use about the times? | the film glorifies racism and tells us that this was a very racist time |
| Give three examples of how women are affected by 1920s. How do flappers represent this change? | flappers went against the standards set by the patriarchy |
| What new, completely American form of music is born in the 1920s? | jazz |
| What was the Harlem Renaissance and why is it so important? | ???? |
| Why is Marcus Garbey important? | Jamacian advocate who preached racial separatism |
| Problems of the roaring 20s that led to the stock market crash | speculation, over production (prices go down and a lot of money is wasted/lost) |
| what was Hoover's motto? | a chicken in every pot |
| what did Hoover think about the depression? | he thought it would fix itself, invisible hand theory, realized they may have to have government involvement, 50% tariff |
| RFC (hoover) | Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act (bank lending program failed to deliver goods) |
| Farm Board (hoover) | stopped farmers from makign too much surplus |
| Home Loan Bank Act (hoover) | helped farmers, businesses, and the people intended to lower the coast of home ownership to create a network of government sponsored banks and boards to provide mortgage credit |
| amount unemployed by the election of 1932 | 1/4 of the US population was unemployed |
| fireside chats (Roosevelt) | spoke on the radio to import/reassure the people about the impending crisis his famous quote: "the only thing to fear is fear itself" |
| Approach to New Deal (Roosevelt) | deficit budgeting and public works banking reforms production controls encouragement of consumption optimism and recovery |
| Bank holiday | shut down banks (temporarily for 5 days) |
| bank loans | lo-interest loans were givent to farmers/small homes |
| FDIC | federal deposit insurance corporation (back up bank accounts, ensures people get the money in the bank) |
| Gold standard | was restricted |
| 'Pumping Priming' | introducing more money into the people to stimulate growth |
| three R's | relief, recovery, and reform |
| relief | CCC, WPA, NYA, CWA |
| recovery | AAA, PWA, HOLC, FHA, NIRA(NRA) |
| reform | SEC, Social Security, REA, PUHCA, TVA |
| CCC | offered employment to young men (federal land projects) and families got small monthly payments |
| WPA | provided jobs and income for millions of americans |
| NYA | focused on providing work and education fro americans between the ages of 16 and 25 |
| CWA | it temporarily gave people jobs for construction projects |
| AAA | offered farmers subsidies in exchange from limiting their production of crops, was deemed unconstitutional in US v. Butler |
| PWA | construct cities using government money (gave jobs) |
| HOLC | provided mortgage relief to home owners at risk of losing their homes through foreclosure |
| FHA | isured that the construction industry and homeowners received bank loans to build houses |
| NRA | attempted to assue a person obtained reasonable profits and fair wages for a decent amount of work hours |
| SEC | meant to regulate the stock marcket to prevent another crash from happening in the future |
| Social Security | created a social insurance program designed to pay retired workers age 65 or older a continuing income after retirement |
| REA | federal government provided low-cost loans to groups of farmers who created cooperatives that installed and oversaw power lines |
| PUHCA | regulate the operations of companies involvend in interstate commerce and to simplify the ownership landscape in the industry |
| TVA | an experiment to give thousands of peoplee from the poorest area (tennessee valley) jobs building dams, operating electric power plants, amd manufacturing fertilizer |
| The second New Deal | AFL-CIO, Fair Labor Standard Act, FEPC, Second AAA, National Housing Act (Wagner-Steagall), Hatch Act |
| AFL-CIO | advocated an array of social justice programs that included expansive economic rights and also equal political and social right for minorities |
| Fair Labor Standard Act | provided a minimum wage, 40 hour maximum workweek, and a minimum working age of 16 (expect in certain industries) |
| Second AAA | added food stamps and production quotas to the AAA programs |
| National Housing Act | created the FHA, FDR hoped that the law would spur employment in the construction industry |
| Hatch Act | limits certain political activities of federal employees |
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