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History Ch. 24 & 25

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Marcus Garvey   Political activist   show
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show Musician    
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show Musician    
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Langston Hughes   Author   show
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Claude Mckay   show  
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Bessie Smith   Musician   show
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James Weldon Johnson   show  
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Countee Cullen   show  
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show a flowering of African American culture, a movement that instilled an interest in African culture and pride in being African American    
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Capitalism   show  
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Bolsheviks/ Communists/ "Reds"   show  
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Recession   an economic downturn   show
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Speakeasies   show  
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Flappers   show  
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Gross National Product   show  
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Expatriate   show  
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show making and selling illegal alcohol    
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Isolationism   show  
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"Red Scare"   fear of "red" coup   show
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show limited the size of the navies of The US, Italy, France, Japan and Britain    
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show called for outlawing war    
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Eighteenth Amendment   show  
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show Guaranteed women the right to vote    
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show established an arrangement placing a limit on the number of immigrants from each country    
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show Evolution was not allowed to be taught in schools. It was challenged by John Scopes.    
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show Sacco and Vanzetti were charged and killed for robbing a bank and killing a guard. It revealed deep feelings against foreigners and radicals, U.S. nativism    
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Actions of Calvin Coolidge in the Boston Police Force strike   show  
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Name of the corruption scandal that symbolized Harding's administration and presidency   show  
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Babe Ruth   show  
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The Jazz Singer   the first "talkie", movie with sound   show
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The results of the car boom   it provided jobs for americans, needed materials for building the cars, such as rubber, glass and steel, which they got from other industries, which boosted their industries   show
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Charles Lindbergh and the Spirit of St. Louis   show  
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Will Rogers   grew up roping cattle, starred in wild west shows, he wrote a column in the newspaper about his views on the government and people listened to him on the radio. he died in a plane crash.   show
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T.S. Eliot   show  
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Franklin D. Roosevelt   show  
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John Steinbeck   show  
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Benny Goodman & Glen Miller   show  
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Lou Henry Hoover   President of the US during the beginning of the Great Depression, thought the Great Depression was temporary, tried to support the needy and called on business leaders not to cut wages or production of goods   show
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show Wife of FDR, the first lady, who often acted as her husband's eyes and ears, she campaigned for minorities and women    
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show Roosevelt's secretary of labor    
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Shirley Temple   young movie star, that earned $400,000 in 1934   show
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show American film actor, known as the king of hollywood, starred in gone with the wind    
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show became the first women to fly the atlantic ocean solo    
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show movie about a giant gorilla on a mysterious island    
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Bugs Bunny   a cartoon rabbit that entertained people with his famous phrase " eh, Whats Up, Doc?"   show
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Joe Louis   show  
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Jesse Owens   an african american athlete who won four gold medals in track and field events at the 1936 olympic games in berlin   show
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Chiang Kai Shek & Mao Tse Tung   mao zedong was the head of the chinese communist forces who defeated chiang kai-skek, the head of the chinese government   show
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show photographer who photographed people during the depression-era    
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The Great Depression   a severe economic crisis that the US slid into due to the stock market crash and other financial problems   show
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Default   fail to make loan payments   show
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Migrant workers   show  
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Fireside Chats   informal radio talks made by Roosevelt hoping to gain the public's confidence   show
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show when panicked traders sold almost 13 million shares due to the slowly declining stock prices    
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Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)   provided jobs for young men to plant trees and build bridges   show
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Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA)   paid farmers not to grow certain crops   show
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)   show  
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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)   regulated the sale of stocks and bonds, the law gave the SEC the power to punish dishonest stockbrokers and speculators   show
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show created a tax on workers and employers, that money provided a monthly pension for retired people. The SSA helped, people with disabilities, the elderly, the poor, and the children of parents who could not support them    
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show Built ports, schools, and aircraft carriers    
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show Built dams to provide cheap electric power to seven Southern states; set up schools and health centers    
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Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)   Gave relief to the unemployed and needy   show
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Pluto   furthest planet from the sun, recently has been a dwarf planet   show
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show pitiful, shanty towns made out of boxes that homeless lived in during the Depression    
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New Guinea   show  
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Antarctica   show  
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show they were veteran soldiers from WW1, and they wanted their $1000 bonus that they were promised to get in 1945    
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What was the Dust Bowl and what caused it?   The dust bowl was a wind storm in the great plains that picked up soil, that had dried out when farmers cleared millions of acres of sod, which was holding the soil in place and then a drought struck.   show
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Ma Rainey   Musician   show
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What states were most affected by the Dust Bowl?   show  
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show some radio programs were soap operas, soap operas earned their names because they were sponsored by laundry detergents    
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show many african americans in the south lost their jobs and the collapse of farm prices crushed african american farmers, many african americans had to move up north    
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How did FDR attempt to prevent the supreme court from undoing the new deal?   show  
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Why did the supreme court rule some new deal programs unconstitutional?   show  
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Who were FDR's man supporters in the 1936 election? What group would most likely not vote for him?   show  
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What was the New Deal?   the name given to the new laws aimed at relieving the Depression, which were passed by Congress during the Hundred Days and the months that followed   show
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What were four major factors that led the Great Depression?   Stock Market Crash, Banks suffered when people defaulted, The growing gap in wealth between rich people and most americans, employers cut wages and laid off workers so they could no longer afford consumer goods   show
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What areas, and groups of people, were the hardest hit by the Great Depression? Why?   The south because many farmers lost their farms, and minorities (African americans, hispanic americans and native americans) because they had to move and they lost many of their jobs.   show
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How did Hoover handle the Depression?   he thought the depression was temporary, hoover called on business leaders not to cut wages or production of goods and on charities to help the needy, he authorized additional federal spending on public works   show
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Why did the stock market crash?   show Also rich stock owners started selling their stocks, the companies were losing a lot of their money, so their stocks went down  
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How did talkies change the roles of actors?   show  
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show the people may like the actor/actress better if they could hear their voice, rather than just seeing the words on the screen    
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What were two aviation inventions in the Great Depression?   show  
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How did FDR handle the Depression?   show Congress established the FDIC to insure bank deposits and avoid future banking crisis. Congress also passed a law regulating the sale of stocks and bonds and created the SEC. FDR also passed the Social security act which provided pensions for the needy  
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