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Flappers
nickname for American women who symbolized the freedom and independence through shorter hemlines, bobbed hair and cigarettes
Speakeasies
bars that operated illegally during the time of Prohibition
Charles Lindbergh
flew from New York to Paris in one flight
Harlem Renaissance
was a cultral movement that took place from 1920-1930
Jazz & Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington
-combined West African rhythms, African Americans work songs and spirituals,and European harmonies
-Armstrong was a famous horn player of Jazz
-Ellington was a composer, pianist & big band leader
Emergence of National Sports & Sports Heroes
-Bobby jones was a golf player who almost won every golf championship
-Bill Tilden and Helen Wills were famous tennis players
-Gertrude Ederle was the first woman to swim across the English Channel
-Jack Dempsey reigned as world heavyweight boxing champion
-Babe Ruth set a home run record in baseball
Marcus Garvey
Was an African American leader, publisher, and journalist
Mass Culture
common culture experienced by a large number of people
Al Jolson & the Jazz Singer
The Jazz Singer was the first talkie movie it brought a new era to movies.
Growth & Importance of Hollywood
Movies started to become more poular and with sound.
Expatriates
people who leace their own country to live in a foreign land
Isolationism
To keep cut off from the world
Installment buying
buying on credit
On-margin buying
pay only part of the cost of the stock when they make th purchase
Depression
a long-term economic state characterized by unemployment and low prices and low levels of trade and investment
Causes of the Great Depression
over production, weakness in the banking system, and people going bankrupt
Overproduction/Consumerism
-too many goods/food produced
-people bought too much on credit
Scopes Trial
a highly publicized trial in 1925 when John Thomas Scopes violated a Tennessee state law by teaching evolution in high school
Stock Market Crash
-When value of stock fell so low
-people were left with huge debts
-banks ran out of money and closed,
-people lost jobs
-Start of Great Depression.
Hoovervilles
group of shacks in which the homeless lived in during the great depression
Bonus Army
Army men that wanted a bonus they were promised
Dust Bowl
-Region of the Great Plains that experienced a drought in 1930
-lasting for a decade
-leaving many farmers without work or substantial wages
The New Deal
The programs and policies to promote economic recovery and social reform introduced during the 1930s by President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Bank Failures
banks could not give people all of their money
FDR's 1st 100 Days
-Marked by a flurry of legislation.
-Dozens of bills were passed, some contradicted each other
-Gave Americans hope once again.
AAA
Agricultural Adjustment Act
TVA
Tennessee Valley Authority
CCC
Civilian Consevation Corps
FDIC
Federal Deposit Insurance Coperation
WPA
Works Progress Association
NIRA/NRA
National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA). Nation Recovery Act (NRA).
Social Security & its Problems
federal government pays people who : are unemployed, retired, can't work, can't afford health insurance. National Debt Soars
Second New Deal
Jan 1935-Sept1935- Reorganized federal program for jobless relief. Assistance to rural poor, support for organized labor, social welfare benefits for elderly, stricter business regulations, heavier taxes on wealthy.
Social Changes Caused by the Depression
sports, movies, prohibition, organized crime, more liberal fun, more spending
National Debt
the total sum of money the government owes
Deficit Spending
the government was spending more than it took in
How Depression Ended
the New Deal helped overcome the Great Depression
Consumerism
a movement advocating greater protection of the interests of consumers
Consumption
(economics) the utilization of economic goods to satisfy needs or in manufacturing
recession
An economic slowdown of the economy which results in rising unemployment, increased business failures, declining economic growth and higher personal bankruptcies.
Nativism
A policy of favoring native-born individuals over foreign-born ones
KKK in the 1920s
dramatic expansion due to nativism and The Birth of a Nation; favored White supremacy and restrictions on immigration; hostile towards immigrants, Catholics, Jews, and African Americans