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ADV US HISTORY
ADV US 1920s - 1930s Unit Test- 2/9
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| nativism | prejudice against foreign-born individuals and their descendants |
| isolationism | the pulling away from world affairs |
| communism | all economic and social activity is controlled by a totalitarian state dominated by a single and self perpetuating political party |
| how did nativism impact the 1920s | the red scare limiting immigration the quota system KKK |
| the red scare | communist party forms in america and people get scared Palmer Raids |
| limiting immigration | keep america for america |
| the quota system | limiting immigration through the emergency quota act of 1921 can only have a certain amount of immigrants from one country |
| KKK | WASP |
| WASP | perfect american according to KKK White Angelo Saxon Protestant |
| labor strikes | boston police strike steel mill strike coal miners strike |
| calvin coolidge | focused on promoting business low taxes high tariffs available loans |
| prohibition/ bootleggers/ speakeasies 1920s | speakeasies created organised crime led to war on drugs today |
| women flappers 1920s | pushed against social norms Susan B Anthony and Cady Stantion 19th ammendment |
| entertainment and literature1920s | creation of art deco, impressionism, and expressionism |
| immigration 1920s | led to non prejudiced judical system (lawyers get to pick jury) nativism, racism, etc |
| harlem renaissance/ jazz 1920s | acceptance and promotion of african american culture let to great migration equality for african american community |
| what were the 1920s called and why | the Guilded Age Everything was happy outside but on the inside/ reality everything was crumbling |
| what amount of american's lived at the 'minimum comfort level' by 1929 | 2/3 |
| when did the market crash | October 29,1929 |
| what percent of the workforce was unemployed | 25% |
| what amount of the workforce was underemployed (not paid enough to live) | 1/3 |
| causes of Great Depression | lack of diversification in industry maldistribution of purchasing power credit structure international trade international debt |
| lack of diversification in industry | new industries start to grow but can't make up for collapse of construction and automobile industry |
| maldistribution of purchasing power | most money went to rich so not enough had money to buy new products |
| credit structure | people were buying on credit and thus couldn't afford to pay it back when econ. got worse |
| international trade | due to their own growth, other countries weren't buying american products as much |
| international debt | due to debt from WW1 other countries couldn't buy our products and were still not able to pay back the loans to us |
| city dwellers | lose jobs evicted from homes shanty towns soup kitchens |
| effect of GD in rural areas | falling crop prices -> rising debt |
| men in GD | hobos rode trains to find work |
| women in GD | can't get jobs because men need them more take care of the children at home |
| kids in GD | health problems (stunted growth) schools closing trying to find work |
| impact of GD by 1932 | little to no government relief |
| rugged individualism | each individual should be able to help themselves out and the government shouldn't help economic situation |
| what was hoover's philosophy of government | help businesses and not people rugged individualism |
| what was hoover's initial reaction of GD | invited businesses to fix it (doesn't force them) lies to american population |
| what did Hoover do about the economic situation | reconstructive finance situation holly smoot tariff raise taxes |
| what did hoover do about the bonus army | he let the police out on them and then started the kill them with military force |
| FDR's philosophy | federal government must provide americans with protection against the dislocation caused by modern capitalism |
| New Deal goals | relief of the needy economic recovery finanical reform |
| bank holiday | reopened closed banks to create investor confidence |
| fireside chats | radio addresses by FDR to american public |
| FDR major legislation | business assistance and reform farm relief and rural development housing labor relations retirement |
| impact of the New Deal | created millions of jobs through public works programs and agencies no commitment to women or african americans :( failed to end GD |
| First New Deal main point | help businesses and the needy |
| Second New Deal main point | help everyone |
| End of New Deal | pressure from congress and supreme court to end New Deal as programs ended there was a decrease in industrial production and an increase in unemployment WW2 begins |
| what ends the GD | WW2 |
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