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This was defended at the Scopes Trial.
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Fundamentalism
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Illegal transfer of public lands and illegal drilling by oil companies
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Teapot Dome Scandal
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Campaigned on the idea of restoring "normalcy"
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Warren G. Harding
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One of the effects of this was a rise in organized crime
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Prohibition
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This is the name for the era after the Eighteenth Amendment went into effect.
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Prohibition
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This was an underground "saloon" or nightclub where liquor was sold illegaly.
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speakeasy
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This Protestant movement was based on the literal, word for word interpretation of the Bible.
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Fundamentalism
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The government failed to budget enough men and money to enforce this
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Prohibition
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Political and social system adopted in Russia after its revolution.
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Communism
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Accused of a robbery and murder, they were executed in the late 1920's
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Sacco and Vanzetti
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Idea that America should mind its own business and not be drawn into foreign affairs.
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Isolationism
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Leader of the United Mine Workers during their sucessful strike
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John L. Lewis
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Secret organization that wanted"America for Americans", meaning white, Protestant Americans.
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Ku Klux Klan
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Vice President who moved to the
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Calvin Coolidge
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Attorney General who authorized raids on suspected anarchists and communists
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A. Mitchell Palmer
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Johnt T. Scopes challenged a tennessee Law that forbade the teaching of
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creationism
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Charles Lindbergh was famous as a(n)?
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Aviator
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This term is the name of the most widely used measure of the stock market's health
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Dow Jones Industrial Average
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This term specifically refers to the stock market crash of October 29, 1929
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Black Tuesday
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This Republican won the presidential election of 1928
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Herbert Hoover
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This term refers to making extremely risky business transactions or purchases on the chance of making quick profit
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Speculation
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This reduced the flow of goods into the U.S.and prevented other countries from buyin U.S. exports.
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Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act
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This is the period from 1929 and 1940 in which the unemployement rose and economy declined.
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Great Depression
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Consumer buys now and pays later, usually on and installement plan with interest.
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Credit
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This term refers to paying a small percentage of a stock's price as a down payment and borrowing the rest.
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Buying on margin
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A government system for giving payments of food to the poor.
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Direct Relief
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The candidate that ran for president in 1932.
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Herbert Hoover and Franklin d. Roosevelt.
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Who made up the Bonus Army that marched on Washington
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World War I veterans and their families
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This created an agency to set fair prices on products and establish labor standards.
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National Industrial Recovery Act
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This helped create prosperity in a poverty-stricken region by providing funds to build and repair dams.
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Tennessee Valley Authority
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It paid farmers to lower production in order to raise crop prices and farm income.
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Agricultural Adjustment Act
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It Authorized the Treasure Department to inspect banks and close those that were unsound.It restored confidence in the system.
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Emergency Banking Relief Act
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It put 3 million young men to work building roads, parks and flood control projects.
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Agricultural Adjustment Act
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Corporations had to provide complete information on all stock offerings.
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Federal Securities Act.
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Agency to set fair prices on products and establish labor standards.
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National Industrial Recovery Act
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Provides old-age insurance program.
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Social Security Act
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It provides programs that aid needy families with children and the needy disabled.
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Social Security Act
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In 1934 it was created to monitor the stock market and enforce laws regarding the sale of stocks and bonds.
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Securities and Exchange Commission.
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This corporation protects peopl's samvings agaist loss in the event of a bank failure.
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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Created under the Wagner Act, it continues to act as a mediator in disputes between unions and employers.
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National Labor Relations Board
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The first major action President Roosevelt took?
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Closed all of the nation's banks and ordered inspections
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A New Deal Legislation was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
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National Indurstrial Recovery Act
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Who was the first women to serve in the cabinet?
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Francis Perkins`
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Was most directly responsible for creating new jobs and putting peopl back to work.
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Works Progress Administration
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What part did Eleanor Roosevelt have in the Roosevelt administration?
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An important advisor on domestic policy
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She was very concerned for African Americans Civil Rights.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
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In 1932 he promised to help the forgotten man.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Royal Oak priest with a national radio audience.
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Fr. Charles Coughlin
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She had a difficult childhood and wanted to do good for others.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
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What was the first three months of FDR's Presidency called.
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Hundred Days
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He governed a southern state and helped the poor and gained followers with his Share Our Wealth program.
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Huey Long
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He approved food relief in Europe after WWI but felt food relief In American would weaken individualism.
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Herbert Hoover
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A law restricting the number of immigrants who could come to the U.S.
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Emergency Quota Act of 1921
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Persons who wanted to overthrow governments.
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Anarchists
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Federal agents couldn't close down his activities until they got him for not paying his income tax.
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Al Capone
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Musician/singer who became very famous through the Harlem Renaissance.
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Louis Armstrong
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Illegal round-ups of persons who were suspected of being a threat to the country
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Palmer Raids
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Public servants stopped work because wages had not kept up with the increase of prices during the war.
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Boston Police Strike
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Communist takeover of Russia started this fear in many countries
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Red Scare.
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First cabinet member to be convicted of a felony.
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Albert Fall
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