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Roaring '20s and Depressing '30s

TermDefinition
consumer culture culture that is focused on the buying of goods and services
legislation one or more laws created by a government; the act of creating or proposing laws
overproduction producing of a surplus of goods that results in lowered prices
stock shares in a business or corporation that can be bought or sold
unemployment producing a surplus of goods that results in lowered prices, made farming difficult for American farmers inthe 1920s
welfare state country in which the government takes responsibility for the financial support of its people
conservative religious belief that has biblical or traditional views and values
fundamentalist term for a person who stands for the basic teachings of the Bible
modernist religious belief that supports liberal views of religion or wants to update Christianity for the modern world and that human reason and experience hold authority over the Bible
National Recovery Administration (NRA) program that required businesses to pay workers a minimum wage and forbade businesses from competing with each other
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) program that provided work for young men and later trained them for military service
Social Security program that provides for retirees and the unemployed through workers’ taxes
New Deal program that was proposed by Roosevelt to help the US economy recover from the Great Depression
Roosevelt used a political machine to get votes
Clarence Darrow represented the defense in the Scopes Trial
Calvin Coolidge became president after President Harding died
Why was Roosevelt determined not to let the Supreme Court end the entire New Deal? He thought the New Deal was not just a way to end the Depression. The Depression was the reason to get the New Deal in place. He thought the New Deal was necessary for the security and success of ordinary Americans.
Herbert Hoover tried to improve the economy but made the Depression worse
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