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24 Cards in this Set
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Neutrality |
not choosing sides in a conflict |
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Zimmerman Telegram |
secret message from Germany to Mexico; a cause of U.S. intervention in WW1 |
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Submarine Warfare |
German attacks that threatened "freedom of the seas" and caused U.S. to intervene in WW1 |
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League of Nations |
Woodrow Wilson's idea for a "fairness committee" of nations that would prevent future wars |
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Treaty of Versailles |
WW1 peace treaty that included the League of Nations; rejected by the Senate because they thought it would drag us into future conflicts |
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Checks and Balances |
when one branch stops another branch from doing something |
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Senate |
part of the legislative branch (Congress) |
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Isolationism |
more extreme than neutrality; avoiding any foreign commitments or alliances |
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Overproduction |
making too much of something |
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Installment Buying |
way to buy stuff with credit; cause of the Great Depression |
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Buying on Margin |
way to buy stocks with credit; cause of the stock market crash |
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Dust Bowl |
environmental disaster caused by drought (lack of water) and poor farming methods |
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Great Plains |
flat grassy area in the middle of the U.S. |
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Bonus March |
WW1 veteran protest during the Depression; Hoover's harsh response made him look bad |
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Hoovervilles |
homeless communities during the Depression |
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New Deal |
FDR's plan to fix the Great Depression |
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SEC |
New Deal program to regulate the stock market |
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FDIC |
New Deal program to insure bank deposits |
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CCC |
New Deal program to hire unemployed young men to plant trees for $1 per day |
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Social Security |
New Deal program to provide monthly payments to retired old people |
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Wagner Act |
New Deal law to make collective bargaining legal; helps labor unions |
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Collective Bargaining |
when labor unions can negotiate a contract for all workers; helps workers get more $ |
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Huey Long |
critic of the New Deal who said FDR didn't do enough to help the poor |
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Court Packing Scandal |
when FDR tried to add his friends to the Supreme Court so it would support the New Deal |
