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U4L3Notes2
Unit 4 Lesson 3 Notes 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Laissez-faire | A policy or attitude of letting things take their own course, without interfering. |
| New Deal | Economic program implemented by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR). |
| Women's Suffrage | The right of women to vote |
| Prohibition | A period of time between 1920-1933 when the law prohibited the selling, making, and/or transportation of alcohol in the United States. |
| Speakeasies | Popular but illegal liquor-serving bars where you had to give a password to enter, hence the name |
| Isolationism The United States decided to pull back from involvement in outside economics or politics | |
| Hands Off Attitude | The government policies of the 1920's supported the "hands off" attitude to the US economy. |
| Herbert Hoover | A 1920's president who believed in Laissez-Faire policies or a "hands off" approach to managing the US economy. |
| Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) | The 32nd president of the United States who lead the country during the 1930's and the Great Depression. Founded policies such as the New Deal and Social Security. |
| Social Security Act | A federal act passed in the 1920's that guaranteed federal payment for retired persons 65 years of age and older. |
| Repeal | To reverse a law or policy. |
| Al Capone | A crime leader from the 1920's who committed crimes and broke the laws of prohibition. |
| 18th Amendment | A constitutional amendment that outlawed the buying, selling, and transportation of alcohol in the United States. |
| 19th Amendment | A constitutional amendment passed in 1919 that became law in 1920 and gave women the right to vote. |
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