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Chapter 24 & 25
SS unit 4 vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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1920s Installment Buying | during the 1920's many people bought items on credit- it was a new policy of "buy now pay later"- put many into debt. |
Isolation | a foreign policy of having little to do with foreign nations- Americans thought this was the best policy in the 1800's and after WW1 |
The Growing Auto Industry | other industries such as steel, road construction, gas station and restaurants increased |
Harlem Renaissance | during the 11920's large numbers of African American musicians, artist, and writers settled in Harlem in New York City- led to rebirth in African American culture |
Flapper | in the 1920's women who rebelled against traditional values- these women dressed differently smoked in public and visited speakeasies |
Differences in the Response to the Great Depression from Hoover and FDR | Hoover did little FDR attacked problems with drastic changes & gave people lots of help |
Deficit Spending | FDR used this practice during the great depression- the government practice of spending more money than it takes from taxes |
Wagner Act | law passed by Congress in 1935 which allowed workers the right to collective bargaining- protect workers from unfair business practices |
New Deal | enacted by FDR and Congress- created programs to provide jobs such as the CCC and WPA, fixed banking problems with the FDIC |