Butler Us History Goal 9

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Laissez-faire

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A belief that the government should not interfere in American businesses

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Flappers

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"New women" of the 1920s

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18th Amendment

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Banned the production, distribution, and consumption of alcohol

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19th Amendment

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Established women's suffrage

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Harlem Renaissance

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Movement of racial pride and celebration of African American art, music, etc.

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Women's Christian Temperance Society

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An organization who succeeded in banning the use of alcohol

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Prohibition

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Policy/law that led to a wide disregard for the law during the 1920s

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F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Wrote the book "The Great Gatsby"

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Charles Lindberg

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A great American hero who became the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic

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John T. Scopes

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A teacher in Tennessee who was fired for teaching Darwin's Theory of Evolution

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Herbert Hoover

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The President who refused to provide direct relief to people suffering Depression

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Nativism

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The attitude in the 1920's that led to quotas/restrictions on immigration

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Scopes Monkey Trial

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A court case that upheld Creationism over Evolution in school science classes

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Crash of the Stock Market

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This was caused by buying stocks on margin; immediate cause of the Great Depression

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Langston Hughes

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A famous writer/poet of the Harlem Renaissance

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Warren G. Harding

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The president who won the election of 1920 by promising "A return to Normalcy"

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

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His program created jobs and stimulated economic growth during the Depression

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Frances Perkins

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The first woman appointed to be head of an executive department and serve on a president's cabinet

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Huey Long

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A man who posed as a political threat to Franklin D. Roosevelt by promising every American a house and a car

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New Deal

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A plan to help the country's economy recover from the Great Depression; Expanded the role of the federal government in the lives of Americans

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Social Security Act

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A long-term impact of the New Deal that helped senior citizens

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Federal Depositors Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

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A government agency from the New Deal that insures people's money in banks

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Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

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A New Deal program that put young men to work planting trees

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Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

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A New Deal agency that created jobs and provided electricity for the Appalachian region

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Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)

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A New Deal policy/agency that paid farmers to limit production and destroy crops

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Easy Credit

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The underlying cause of the stock market crashing

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Indian Reorganization Act

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This reversed the Dawes Act by restoring tribal land out of respect for Indian cultural and tradition

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Wagner Act

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This provided government protection for unions to organize workers

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Overproduction

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The most important cause of the Great Depression

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High Tariffs

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The biggest cause of unbalanced foreign trade in the 1930s

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Court-Packing Plan

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Franklin D. Roosevelt's most controversial proposal that lost him support from some Americans

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Good Neighbor Policy

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Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt practiced this policy toward Latin America when they withdrew troops from Latin American countries

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Bonus Army

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World War One veterans who marched to Washington demanding help

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World War II

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The event that lowered unemployment after the Great Depression

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Relief for the unemployed

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Franklin D. Roosevelt's immediate goal for the New Deal