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Name the 4 presidents from this chapter and are they Liberal or Conservative |
Coolidge (C), Hoover (C), Harding (C), FDR (L) |
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What led to increased popularity of the KKK? |
Nativism |
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Where was the KKK most popular? |
All over the US |
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What was the Red Scare? |
The fear of communism in the US, expanded in the US because 70,000 Americans joined the party |
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Who supported Prohibition? |
Reformers and religious groups because they thought drinking was sinful, unhealthy, and devastating to families |
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Why was prohibition difficult to enforce? |
The bureau of prohibition was underfunded by the government; they were the people who busted people for prohibition |
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Where did the population shift of the 1920's occur? |
From rural areas to urban cities |
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Describe a 1920's flapper |
She was an emancipated young woman who embraced new fashions and urban attitudes of the day, short hair, no more pre-war clothes |
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What is the double standard? |
A set of principles granting greater sexual freedom to men over women |
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When and what was the Harlem Renaissance? |
A literary and artistic movement celebrating African-American culture in the 1920's |
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What were serious problems threatening economic prosperity in the 1920's? |
Railroads losing business to new transport, less demand for cars less sold, textile mills faced competition from other countries, housing market decreased, consumer goods decreased. |
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Consequences of falling farm prices |
Rural banks fail, Coolidge denied helping them. |
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What is buying on Margin? |
Paying a small percentage of a stock's price as down payment and borrowing the rest, people needed to sell to pay off debt, prices kept sinking |
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What is Black Tuesday? |
The crashing of the stock market on Oct 29. 1929 |
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How did the Great Depression affect the lives of people? |
Unemployment, hunger, bread lines, sop kitchens, homelessness, shanty towns, Hoovervilles |
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What is the Glass-Steagal Banking Act (FDIC)? |
Guaranteed a person's bank account up to $5,000 |
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What is the Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)? |
Sought to raise crop prices by lowering production, gov. paid farmers to produce less |
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What is the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)? |
Put men ages 18-25 to work doing labor stuff for the city's benefit, paid $30 a month, $25 was sent straight to the family |
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How did the New Deal affect Federal Government and it's role in the economy? |
Infused millions of dollars by creating federal jobs, set up agencys and went into debt to provide jobs |
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How did the New Deal affect the Environment? |
TVA harnessed water power, CCC made trails, fire watch towers, SCS taught farmers how to conserve soil. Created national parks system. |
