BMA 3 Flashcards
(38 cards)
The stock market crashed because
Everyone pulled their money out of the banks at the same time.
fear of communism
Red Scare
Two wrongfully executed Italian people who they thought were anarchists
Sacco & Vanzetti
group that hated everyone but white people (Western Europeans & Protestant)
KKK
monkey trial where the state argued against a school teacher who wanted to teach about evolution but the state outlawed it
Scopes Trial
Teddy Roosevelt
Trust Buster
Herbert Hoover’s response to the Great Depression was
He wanted the state to fix it; used localism; passive
Did many people lose their life’s saving because the banks failed?
Yes
Did people begin buying stocks when the stock market crashed?
No
Did investors gain money from the stock market crash?
No
tax on imported goods
Tariff
signed the Smoot-Hawley Tariff
Hoover
a group of WWI vets who wanted the money they were promised; they marched to Washington during the Great Depression; the current army tear-gassed them
Bonus Army
gave 160 acres of land to people if they built a well, built a road, and lived there for 5 years
Homestead Act
promised normalcy after WWI
Harding
refused to join the League of Nations after WWI
America
League of Nations turned into
United Nations
during times of war the government can take away your First Amendment rights, especially speech because they were putting pro-German stuff in the papers; people opposed the war
Espionage Act
We got Puerto Rico, Hawaii, Philippines, Panama, China, Guam, and Midway through
Imperialism
Which was the most important territory we gained out of Puerto Rico, Hawaii, Philippines, Panama, China, Guam, and Midway?
Hawaii
the day the stock market crashed (October 28, 1929)
Black Tuesday
America claimed the right to intervene in and take stuff from Latin American countries
Monroe Doctrine
Did we get Canada from imperialism?
No
Did we get Mexico from imperialism?
No
