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Lame Duck Amendment

March 20th to January 20th

who said "chicken in every pot and a car in every garage"

Hoover

repealed prohibition

21st amendment

Main issue of Monkey trial

Evolution vs. Modern Science

Stock market crashed?

1929

Prohibition was repealed in the year

1933

John Scopes was defended by?

Clarence Darrow

John Scopes was persecuted by ?

William Jenning Bryan

Teapot Dome Scandal

Sec. of the interior Albert Fall, leased federal oil reseerves in Teapot dome, WY & Elk Hills, CA to private oil companies

Al Capone

major gangster in Chicago. 1/2 police force on his payroll

Charles LIndbergh

1st person to fly across the atlantic non-stop



Social Security Act

pension at age 65

C.C.C?

Civilian Conservation Corps -


~ hired teenagers to early 20's to plant tree. and gave them new shoes



F.E.R.A. ?

Federal Emergency Relief Admin.


~ gave food and shelter


Gov't hand-out

P.W.A.

public Work Admin


~built new building, schools, hospitals, waterworks



W.P.A.

Work Progress Act


~ Created 9 million jobs to art theaters and opera houses



A.A.A.

Agriculture Adjustment Act


~ made rental payment to farmers to retire acreage



F.D.I.C.

Federal Doposit Insurance Corps


~ insured deposits in banks



H.O.L.C

Home Owner Loan Corp


~ loaned money on easier terms so they wouldn't lose their homes

N.L.R.A

National Labor Relations Act


~ created NLR board to mediate difficult labor strikes



N.R.A

National Recovery Admin.


~ standard for business, wage set, production limit, price set


~ not constitutional



Jonas Salk

made the Polio Vaccine

explain the deflationary spiral

- decreased consumer confidence & Consumption


- production decreased


- less production leads to deceased employment


- more unemployed leads to decreased consumption

Generations

The 20's the lost generation and the 60's Beatnik, the theme was they were anti-authoritians The lost gen. was protesting prohibition and tired of the government in their life. The Beatniks was protesting the Vietnam War. The women in the 20s were become afficiante in public, drink, and smoked. 60s "free love" drug active in protest. Fashion in 20's "bob" hair, short dress (Flappers), and make-up. the 60s was big hair, tie-dye, bell bottom skirts, hippie sign.


there was a huge music change 20s Jazz age, the "charleston" 60's was Rock-n-Roll.

TVA

Tennessee Valley Authority -Electricity/Power Plant


1. Gov't regulate prices


- scraed business would guage


2. expand electricity to rural areas


-sleeping habits


-Education


-radio and refridge


-more jobs-shifts





hoovers and roosevelt philosophies

hoover: the gov't is not responsible for the burdens of the people" he felt the depresion eould end itself. HOoover was blamed for the depresion which isnt fair but he didnt try to fix anything to make it better




Roosevelt: Relief, Recovery, Reform


The program created to meet these goals generate jobs and more importantly hope.


-Relief: immediate action taken to halt the economies deterioration.


-Recovery:temporary programs to restart the flow of consumer demand


-Reform: permanent programs to avoid another depression and insure citizens against economic disasters.