1920s Flashcards
Bank Holiday
F.D.R shut down banks for 4 days in order to stabilize the banks
Harlem Renaissance
cultural revival in Harlem NY, African American music, art, dance, etc
actions taken to stop great depression
-New Deal Programs-Major federal programs and agencies made to balance economy
-National Recovery Act- made to regulate fair wages and prices\
-*Assembly Line (MODEL T)- paid workers to do one part of a job process
Bank Panics
everyone started trying to take money out while bank didn’t hold enough money to give in reality
New Deal Programs
Major federal programs and agencies made to balance economy
Red Scare
fear for the immigrants in America, led to mass deportation
how people taking bank money impacted economy
people taking money out of banks, over 4000 banks shut down, people losing their money, unable to pay employees, people lose their jobs, unable to make new money, poverty in US
Causes Great Depression
stock market crash
unemployment
loss of consumer confidence
new deal
Flappers
1920s womens style, boyish
Palmer raids
raids conducted by the U.S. Department of Justice in 1919 and 1920 in an attempt to arrest foreign anarchists, communists, and radical leftists, most deported
New deal
made by Franklin D Roosevelt, stabilized economy by passing laws, like mandatory minimum wage, stabilize banks,
Hoovervilles/Hoover blankets
used newspaper to keep warm b/c they were so poor
dust bowl
1930-1936 severe dust storms that damaged agriculture
Checks and Balances
power in the gov’t to check on other branches in order to prevent one branch from becoming too powerful
Court Packing
the idea of adding justices to the Supreme Court or lower courts to shift the balance in a liberal, conservative or other direction
