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Topic 13 Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Bonus Army | a group of veterans who marched to Washington in 1932 to demand immediate payment of a World War I bonus |
| Deficit Spending | FDR used this practice during the Great Depression; the government practice of spending more money than it takes in from taxes |
| Dust Bowl | Nickname for much of the area of the Great Plains that suffered severe drought; the wind kicked up huge dust storms |
| Fad | Something that is popular for a short period of time |
| Flapper | In the 1920s women who rebelled against traditional values - these women dressed differently, smoked in public and visited speakeasies |
| Great Depression | the most severe economic decline in United States history, begin- ning in 1929 |
| Harlem Renaissance | During the 1920s large numbers of African American musicians, artists, and writers settled in Harlem in New York City - led to a rebirth in African American culture |
| Hooverville | a group of shacks in which the homeless lived during the Great Depression |
| Hundred Days | First 3 months of FDR's presidency - dealt primarily with problems of the Depression |
| Installment buying | During the 1920s many people bought items on credit; it was a new policy of "buy now pay later" - put many into debt; the consumer would make a down payment then pay monthly until the product was paid for plus interest |
| Mass Culture | a set of shared practices and beliefs that arise from widespread exposure to the same media |
| New Deal | Enacted by FDR and Congress - created programs to provide jobs such as the CCC and WPA, fixed banking problems with the FDIC |
| On margin | Buying stock with only a 10% down payment.; the buyer would hold the stock until the price rose and then sell it to make a profit |
| Pension | A sum paid regularly to a person usually after retirement |
| Prohibition | To outlaw the drinking of alcohol |
| Public Works Program | Set up by Hoover, hired workers to construct schools, courthous- es, dams and pave highways |
| Red Scare | Radicals were arrested and foreigners were deported |
| Relief | Giving help to the needy |
| Social Security Act | Passed in 1935 - set up a system of pensions for the retired, set up unemployment insurance and gave states money to support dependent children and people with disabilities |
| Stock exchange | A place where shares in corporations are bought and sold through an organized system |
| The Growing Auto Industry | Other industries such as steel, road construction, gas stations and restaurants increased |
| Unemployment insurance | Payments by the government for a limited period of time to people who lost their jobs |
| Wagner Act | Law passed in 1935, protected American workers from unfair management practices - gave workers the right to collective bar- gaining |
| Works Progress Administration | New Deal program that employed men and women to build hospitals, schools, parks, and airports; employed artists, writers, and musicians as well |
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