Post WWI, 1920's, 1930's

Question 1

Domestic affairs

Answer 1

Internal (national) issues—stuff that happens in America

Question 2

Tariff

Answer 2

Tax on imported goods

Ex: Smoot-Hawley Tariff raised taxes on all imported goods.

Question 3

Isolationism

Answer 3

When a country keeps to itself and stays out of world conflicts & wars

Question 4

Protectionism

Answer 4

Trying to protect native-born Americans and American businesses
Ex: limiting immigration; passing a tariff on German steel; “buy American” programs

Question 5

Communism

Answer 5

The government makes all economic decisions

Question 6

Red Scare

Answer 6

Post WWI reaction to communism—driven by fear and mistrust

Question 7

Sacco and Vanzetti

Answer 7

Italian-immigrant-anarchists—accused of murder—and executed

Question 8

Anarchy

Answer 8

NO Government

Question 9

Palmer Raids

Answer 9

Raids on suspected communists

Question 10

19th amendment

Answer 10

Gave women the right to vote

Question 11

Great Migration

Answer 11

Movement of African-Americans from southern farms to northern cities

Question 12

Jim Crow

Answer 12

Segregation laws that kept Blacks and Whites separate in the South

Question 13

Urban Areas

Answer 13

Cities

Question 14

Rural Areas

Answer 14

The country

Question 15

Harlem Renaissance

Answer 15

A celebration of African-American culture in the 1920s: Jazz Art Poetry Literature

Question 16

Prohibition

Answer 16

13-year ban on alcohol (1920s)

Question 17

Speakeasy

Answer 17

Secret bar where people drank during prohibition

Question 18

Popular culture

Answer 18

The stuff most people do and like

Question 19

Consumerism

Answer 19

Buying more and more all the time

Question 20

Installment Plan

Answer 20

Buying stuff on payments (instead of paying cash upfront)

Question 21

Flapper

Answer 21

Young, modern, 1920s woman: Short hair Short dresses Smoked Drank Alcohol

Question 22

Buying Stocks on margin

Answer 22

Making a down payment on a stock & trying to sell it for a profit (before paying for the rest)

Question 23

Stock Speculation

Answer 23

Buying stocks in anticipation that their price will go up (regardless of the true value of the stock)

Question 24

Herbert Hoover

Answer 24

President 1929-1933 All about businesses & Laissez Faire economics

Question 25

Stock Market Crash

Answer 25

A severe drop in stock values

Question 26

Consumers

Answer 26

People who buy stuff

Question 27

The Dust Bowl

Answer 27

The great plains were a desert

Question 28

Soup Kitchens

Answer 28

Served food to poor people

Question 29

Bonus Army

Answer 29

WWI Vets–protested in Washington– wanted bonus checks–got gassed

Question 30

Shantytowns/Hoovervilles

Answer 30

Homeless settlements–named for President Hoover

Question 31

Franklin Roosevelt (FDR)

Answer 31

President 1933-1945–Made “New Deal” reforms

Question 32

New Deal

Answer 32

FDR’s Plan to end the Depression–greatly increased the size of the federal government
Examples: CCC, FDIC, SEC, Social Security

Question 33

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

Answer 33

Government Program–jobs to young men on conservation projects

Question 34

Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)

Answer 34

Regulates the stock market to prevent abuse

Question 35

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

Answer 35

Insures bank deposits up to $250,000

Question 36

Social Security Administration

Answer 36

Provides Old-Age and Disability insurance

Question 37

Subsidy (Subsidies)

Answer 37

Monetary support from the government

Ex: food stamps; the government giving farmers money to encourage them to grow certain foods