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26 Cards in this Set
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The Butler Act
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prohibited the teaching of evolution in TN schools
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credit and how it worked
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credit was a way for a person to buy a item that they didn't have the money for and pay a certain amount at different times for a certain amount of time. For example example $10 a month for 6 months.
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interest
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Interest is the percent of the amount borrowed owed to the lender
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The Great Depression and what caused it
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In 1929 the stock market busted and people did not have enough money
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The Dust Bowl
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Too much plowing, farming and grazing had worn away the earth. The wind blew loose dirt all over the country. It caused damaging dust storms
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Governor Austin Peay
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1. new road system to attract business and increase tourism 2. government funding for schools |
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Franklin D. Roosevelt, his election What were 100 days? |
Roosevelt accepted the nomination in person, visited 38 states and promised a "New Deal" In the 100 days he kept the promises the of the New Deal and started programs to help thousands of Americans |
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What is the TVA
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Tennessee Valley Authority largest New Deal program in TN Developed the region around the TN River Valley, build dams to control flooding, created jobs and produced electricity |
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Smoky Mountains
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residents of East TN and NC were determined to preserve the land so they raised money, bought the land and created Smoky Mountains National Park
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The Roaring Twenties
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Exciting period of our nations history. After the war women could vote, people had cars and the economy was booming. Popular music styles were Ragtime and the Blues. People enjoyed motion pictures and the radio.
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Charles Lindbergh
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He had a plane called the Spirit of St. Louis and he became a national hero by flying from New York to Paris
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Herbert Hoover
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President who believed the Depression was a temporary problem and felt like the government should not get involved
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October 29, 1929
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Black Tuesday everyone tried to sell their stocks before prices went down again. This busted the market |
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What happened to banks during the Great Depression?
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People tried to get their money out of the banks, but the banks had loaned it to other people so the banks closed
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New Deal Programs
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FDIC-protected people's money in bank AAA-agriculture adjustment act helped TN farmers TVA CCC-civilian conservation corps-put young people to work |
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Agricultural Adjustment Act
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New Deal program that paid farmers to not plant land to increase value of goods
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W.C. Handy
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musician that became known as the Father of the Blues
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nickelodeon
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the first movie theatres cost a nickel to go |
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phonograph
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invented by Thomas Edison recorded and played sounds |
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evolution
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idea that human beings evolved or changed from lower life forms such as animals |
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Hooverville
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homeless city of shacks by the railroad during the Great Depression
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navigation
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to steer an aircraft or ship
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Clarence Saunders and Piggly Wiggly
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founded the first self-service grocery store in Memphis
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talkies
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films with sound
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John T. Scopes
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24 year old teacher who was arrested for teaching evolution.
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tributary
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a stream that flows into a large body of water-dams were built here to produce electricity
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