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Term | Definition |
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Hands off policy | When government does not interfere with the economy; laissez-faire |
Prohibition | 18th Amendment; this made it illegal to sell alcohol |
Women's suffrage | 19th Amendment; this gave women the right to vote |
Isolationism | The policy of the US prior to WWI when they decided to stay out of the foreign policy of other countries |
Herbert Hoover | Republican president when the Great Depression started |
Franklin D. Roosevelt | Democratic president during the Great Depression |
Black Friday | The day when the stock market lost a lot of money; this ushered in the Great Depression |
New Deal | Roosevelt's economic policy to help get the country out of the Great Depression |
Social Security | Federal guaranteed payment towards citizens who retire at or after age 65 |
Al Capone | Famous gangster who got rich by selling illegal liquor |