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Isolationism Normalcy 1920s Common View President
Harding Isolationism Normalcy 1920s Common View
Overproduction Dust Bowl Technological Farm Equipment Debt 1920s & 1930s Economic Hardship Agricultural Adjustment Act
Farmers Overproduction Dust Bowl Technological Farm Equipment Debt 1920s Agricultural Adjustment Act
First talkie Movie 1920s
The Jazz Singer First talkie Movie 1920s
Intellectual movement African Americans Re-birth of African Art, literature & Music
Harlem Renaissance Intellectual movement African Americans Re-birth of African Art, literature & Music
Photos Migrant farmers Poor 1920s – 1930s
Dorothea Lange Photos Migrant farmers Poor 1920s – 1930s
Overproduction Speculation Buying on margin Easy credit
Causes of Great Depression Overproduction Speculation Buying on margin Easy credit
Franklin D. Roosevelt Radio 1st time President used technology to reach
national audience
Fireside Chats Franklin D. Roosevelt Radio 1st time President used technology to reach
national audience
Buy portion of stock Borrow for remainder Pay interest Hope to make profit if stock rises
Buying on margin Buy portion of stock Borrow for remainder Pay interest Hope to make profit if stock rises
FDR Increase Supreme Court Justices from 9 to
15 Wanted to favor New Deal Programs
Court Packing Scheme FDR Increase Supreme Court Justices from 9 to
15 Wanted to favor New Deal Programs
President Scandals in administration Teapot Dome, Wyoming Albert Fall Leased oil fields to private business
Harding Scandals in administration Teapot Dome, Wyoming Albert Fall Leased oil fields to private business
African American leader 1920s Back to Africa Movement Made black community stronger
African American leader 1920s Back to Africa Movement Made black community stronger
Marcus Garvey
Shacks Named after Hoover Ate at breadlines and soup kitchens
Shacks Named after Hoover Ate at breadlines and soup kitchens
Hooverville
Bible is God’s truth Fought against Darwinism Billy Sunday & Aimee Semple McPherson
Bible is God’s truth Fought against Darwinism Billy Sunday & Aimee Semple McPherson
Fundamentalism
The Grapes of Wrath Migrant farmers
The Grapes of Wrath Migrant farmers
John Steinbeck
Economic polices Harding Coolidge Hoover
Economic polices Harding Coolidge Hoover
Laissez-faire Economics
Stock market collapsed October 29, 1929 Beginning of Great Depression
Stock market collapsed October 29, 1929 Beginning of Great Depression
Black Tuesday
Overly bureaucratic Created planned economy Applied to New Deal Huey P. Long Farther Charles Coughlin
Overly bureaucratic Created planned economy Applied to New Deal Huey P. Long Farther Charles Coughlin
Critics of New Deal
1st female cabinet member FDR appointed Secretary of Labor
1st female cabinet member FDR appointed Secretary of Labor
Francis Perkins
Protective tariff Caused more harm European Nations put up own Worsened Depression
Protective tariff Caused more harm European Nations put up own Worsened Depression
Hawley-Smoot Tariff
Massive amount of New Deal Legislation
passed First part of FDR’s Administration
First Hundred Days Massive amount of New Deal Legislation
passed First part of FDR’s Administration
Retired workers Old-age pension Safety net for retired who had lost life
saving during the Bank Runs
Retired workers Old-age pension Safety net for retired who had lost life
saving during the Bank Runs
Social Security Act
Bank Holiday Took US off Gold Standard Re-build American confidence
Emergency Banking Act Bank Holiday Took US off Gold Standard Re-build American confidence
Banking FDIC Re-build American confidence
Glass-Stegal Act Banking FDIC Re-build American confidence
Relief Reform Recovery
Goals of New Deal Relief Reform Recovery
WWI Veterans Set-up Hooverville on Washington Square Hoover sent out troops
Bonus Army March WWI Veterans Set-up Hooverville on Washington Square Hoover sent out troops
Rugged Individualism No direct aid to poor Lost Election of 1932
Hoover Rugged Individualism No direct aid to poor Lost Election of 1932
New Deal Direct Aid to poor Created programs for assisting poor Brain Trust Black Cabinet Expanded Bureaucracy
Franklin D. Roosevelt New Deal Direct Aid to poor Created programs for assisting poor Brain Trust Black Cabinet Expanded Bureaucracy
Disillusioned writers Society greedy and corrupt Gertrude Stein F. Scott Fitzgerald Ernest Hemingway
Lost Generation Disillusioned writers Society greedy and corrupt Gertrude Stein F. Scott Fitzgerald Ernest Hemingway
Fought Comestock Law Birth Control Women’s Rights
Margaret Sanger Fought Comestock Law Birth Control Women’s Rights
Drank Smoked Rebelled against Victorian society Modern women of 1920s Bobbed hair
Flappers Drank Smoked Rebelled against Victorian society Modern women of 1920s Bobbed hair
1st trans-Atlantic Flight Adventurer
Charles Lindbergh 1st trans-Atlantic Flight Adventurer
1st female to try to fly round the world adventurer
Amelia Earhart 1st female to try to fly round the world adventurer
Unskilled workers jobs Artists & actors jobs
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Unskilled workers jobs Artists & actors jobs
Young unmarried men 17-23 Build dams Plant trees Run electric lines
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Young unmarried men 17-23 Build dams Plant trees Run electric lines
Fair codes of competition in business Found unconstitutional
National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)
Fair codes of competition in business Found unconstitutional
Hydroelectric power River valley Brought electricity to Southeast US
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Hydroelectric power River valley Brought electricity to Southeast US
electric power Brought electricity to Rural US
Rural Electrification Act (REA) electric power Brought electricity to Rural US
Quota system for farmers Limit production Drive up prices
Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
Quota system for farmers Limit production Drive up prices
Pump priming Deficit spending
Way FDR funded New Deal Pump priming Deficit spending
Fight between Fundamentalism & Modernism Conservatives & Liberals
Show trial Clarence Darrow = defense Science teacher taught Evolution
Scopes Trial Fight between
Fundamentalism & Modernism Conservatives & Liberals
Show trial Clarence Darrow = defense Science teacher taught Evolution
Direct relief to poor New Deal Program
Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)
Direct relief to poor New Deal Program
Aggressive plan Relief, Reform & Recovery Programs to create jobs
New Deal Aggressive plan Relief, Reform & Recovery Programs to create jobs
Great Gastby Lost Generation Writer
F. Scott Fitzgerald Great Gastby Lost Generation Writer
Ended Great Depression
WWII Ended Great Depression
Pay small payments Started in 1920s to increase people
spending
Installment Plan buying Pay small payments Started in 1920s to increase people
spending
Environmental disaster Drought Overtilling of land Great Plains Okies
Dust Bowl Environmental disaster Drought Overtilling of land Great Plains Okies
Jazz Trumpet player
Louis Armstrong Jazz Trumpet player
Bootlegging Organized crime speakeasies
Effects of 18th Amendment (Volstead Act)
Bootlegging Organized crime speakeasies
Nickname for New Deal
Alphabet Soup Nickname for New Deal
Harlem Renaissance Writer African-American Experience Build pride
Langston Hughes Harlem Renaissance Writer African-American Experience Build pride
Their Eyes Were Watching God Female Harlem Renaissance Writer
Zora Neal Hurston Their Eyes Were Watching God Female Harlem Renaissance Writer
Albert T. Fall Leased Navy Oilfields to private business
Teapot Dome Albert T. Fall Leased Navy Oilfields to private business
Ensured fair trading Limit buying on margin Stop excessive speculation New Deal program
Securities Exchange Commission (SEC)
Ensured fair trading Limit buying on margin Stop excessive speculation New Deal program
Made up of Scholars Economic experts Social experts
Created plans to fix Great Depression
Brain Trust Made up of
Scholars Economic experts Social experts
Created plans to fix Great Depression
Banks closed Bank Runs Investors lost money because they bought
to much on margin Stock prices fell People became poor overnight
Effects of the Great Depression Banks closed Bank Runs Investors lost money because they bought
to much on margin Stock prices fell People became poor overnight