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9262353016Red Scare- US turns inwards; propaganda influence - Denounce radicals (reds): Bolsheviks/communists, socialists, anarchists - Labor problems blamed on reds0
9262353017KKK- "Bible Belt" - more like 1850's nativism as opposed to anti-black movement of the 1860's - anti: foreigners, Catholic, black, Jewish, pacifist, Communist, evolutionist, etc. - pro: Anglo-Saxon, protestant, "native" American1
9262353018Emergency Quota Act- 1921 - 3% of immigrants using 1910 census2
9262353019Immigration Act of 1924- National Origins Act - 2% of immigrants using 1890 census - completely restricts Japanese3
926235302018th Amendment- 1919 - prohibits sale, manufacturing, transport, and import/export of alcohol4
9262353021Volstead Act- National Prohibition Act - 1919/1920 - enforces the 18th Amendment5
926235302221st Amendment- 1933 - repeals the 18th Amendment - ratified by 3/4 state conventions6
9262353023Scopes Trial- 1925 - "Monkey Trial" - TN...Bible Belt - Fundamentalism/creationism v. Evolution - William Jennings Bryan v. John T. Scopes/Charles Darrow - WJB wins but ridicule cast on creationists7
9262353024Jazz Age- 1920's - solos and freedom - Cotton Club - Louis Armstrong8
9262353025Harlem Renaissance- flowering of African American arts (actors, artists, musicians, and writers) - Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston - Marcus Garvey and the United Negro Improvement Association (UNIA): black separatists, economic self sufficiency, back to Africa, pride9
9262353026Literature in the Jazz Age- "The Lost Generation" - Literature of Alienation - scorned religion and sacrifice of wartime - F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Sinclair Lewis, Ezra Pound, TS Eliott, Eugene O'Neil10
9262353027Women in the Jazz Age- "flappers": bobbed hair, alcohol, smoking, risque - Margaret Sanger: birth control11
9262353028Charles Lindbergh- "Lucky Lindy" - 1927 - flies from NY to Paris by himself - world figuratively shrinks12
9262353029Henry Ford- The Automobile - Ford Motor Company (1903) - Assembly Line (1913): bring work to worker - Model T (1908)13
9262353030Mass Consumption Economy- Prosperity - Consumption - Advertising - Credit - Implications14
9262353031Election of 1920- Warren G. Harding - Republican - "Return to normalcy"15
9262353032Harding's Cabinet- Good: Herbert Hoover (commerce), Andrew Mellon (treasury), Charles Evan Hughes (state) - Bad: Albert Fall (interior), Henry Daugherty (Attorney General), Charles Forbes (Veterans' Bureau)16
9262353033Harding's Domestic Policy- pro laissez faire - Adkins v. Children's Hospital (1923) - Fordney-McCumber Tariff (1922): raises17
9262353034Forbes Scandal- 1923 - Vet. Bureau skimmed $200 million from gov't18
9262353035Daugherty Scandal- 1924 - selling liquor permits and pardons19
9262353036Teapot-Dome Scandal- Teapot Dome (WY) and Elk Hills (CA) - 1921-1923 - Naval Oil Reserves leased for $400,00020
9262353037Harding's Foreign Policy- Washington Disarmament Conference (1921-1922) - Kellogg-Briand Pact (1928)21
9262467481Coolidge's Rise to Presidency- 1923 - not linked to scandals during Harding administration22
9262467482Coolidge's Beliefs and Policy- pro laissez-faire - "The business of America is business"23
9262467483Coolidge's Foreign Policy- Dawes Plan (1924): what if America's economy dries up??24
9262467484Election of 1924- conservative over liberal because country wanted Coolidge to remain in office25
9262467485Election of 1928- Herbert Hoover (Republican) - Alfred Smith (Democrat) - HH wins 21.4/15.0 and 444/8726
9262467486Economic Situation during the Late 1920's- uneven distribution of wealth (5% of pop has 30% of $) - Bull-Market Speculation (as opposed to bear market) - buying on margin - overproduction27
9262467487Stock Market Crash- 1929 - 10% of country owned stock - buying on margin (10% down, 90% borrow) - October 24 (Black Thursday) and October 29 (Black Tuesday): panic selling (30 million stocks are sold) - artificial inflation (stock watering) - savings evaporate - banks fail - first visible sign of Depression (did not cause depression)28
9262467488The Great Depression- 1929-1941 - prolonged period of high unemployment, low prices, and business failures that are widespread29
9262467489Causes of the Great Depression- overproduction and under-compensation (over-saturation) - blue collar wages drop - wealth in the hands of few (5% have 30%) - over-expansion of credit (own things without paying) - monetary policy (inelastic/elastic money supply) - stock market unregulated/uncontrolled (buying on margin) - Banks playing market, not securing funds - Hawley Smoot Tariff (60%)30
9262467490Effects of the Great Depression- unemployment (25% of 12 million) (1933) - wages slashed - banks collapse (9000) (1933) - farms and homes lost (Hoovervilles) - breadlines, soup kitchens, apple selling (humanitarianism) - lower birth rate - less consumption31
9262467491Hoover's Reaction to Great Depression- no gov't handouts - "trickle down" - public works projects (Hoover Dam) ($2.25 billion)32
9286297536Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC)- 1932 - gov't lending agency ($500 million) - provides indirect relief - too little too late, but opens door for New Deal33
9262467492Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)- NY Senator, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, VP Candidate, Governor of NY - educated at Harvard, polio (paralyzed from waist-down), married to Eleanor Roosevelt - "forgotten man": money is dispensable but not humanity34
9262467493Election of 1932- FDR (Democrat): promises a "new deal" (sweeping economic and social reform) - HH (Republican): bleak outlook ("could have been worse") - FDR wins 472/59 and 22.8/15.735
9262467494Fireside Chats- FDR speaks to Americans over the radio once a week - positive effect36
9262467495Eleanor Roosevelt- America's most active first lady - battled for the oppressed, the dispossessed, and the impoverished37
9262467496FDR's Bank Holiday- closes every bank in America - federal inspectors visit each one and only re-open them if they believe the bank is stable38
9262467497The New Deal- Relief: must come first, relieve all Americans in economic distress and relieve human suffering - Recovery: spur economy, get USA out of depression - Reform: prevent another severe depression by correcting current causes - Short term: immediate relief and recovery within 2 years - Long term: permanent reform of causes and abuses39
9262467498Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)- 1933 - provide employment for ~3 million men - must be 18-25 - provided shelter, food, and clothes - $30/month ($25 must be sent home) - reforestation and conservation40
9262467499Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)- 1933 - Harvey Hopkins - $3 billion to states for relief checks and projects41
9262467500Works Progress Administration (WPA)- 1935 - provides employment for 9 million people - Harry Hopkins - $11 billion towards blue and white collar work42
9262467501Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA)- 1st and 2nd - 1933/1938 - raise prices and surpluses using "soil bank" and "parity" - artificial scarcity - processing tax (unconstitutional) - prices raise, unemployment rises43
9262467502National Recovery Administration (NRA)- 1933 - stimulate economy by aiding industry, labor, and the unemployed - Hugh Johnson - blue eagle: "we do our part" - fair competition codes - collective bargaining allowed and "yellow dog" contracts struck down - ruled unconstitutional in 1935 in Schechter "sick chicken" case (congress cannot delegate legislative power to the president)44
9262467503Public Works Administration (PWA)- 1933 - employment and business activity - Harold Ickes (Sec of Interior) - construction of roads, bridges, dams, etc.45
9262467504Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)- 1933 - Senator George Norris (NE) - price gauging in Tennessee Valley - puts people to work and creates independent public corporation to reform power monopoly - Positives: full employment, low cost housing, flood control, cheap power, reforestation - Negatives: seen as socialistic46
9262467505Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)- 1933 - regain public faith and stop bank closures - federal gov't insured deposits up to $5000 - successful47
9262467506Social Security Administration (SSA)- 1935 - cushion future depressions for those who cannot provide for themselves - paid for by payroll tax - gov't recognizes responsibility for the welfare of its citizens48
9262467507Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)- 1934 - "watchdog"49
9262467508The Dust Bowl- 1930's - NM, TX, CO, OK, KS, NE - "black blizzards" - causes: droughts, overproduction, poor farming techniques, economic situation of farmer (debt) - effects: destroys farm land, disrupts lives, poverty, migration (2.5 mil Arkies and Okies) - end: rain returns, dry farming, better seeds, better farming techniques, gov't aid50
9262467509Critics of the New Deal- Democrats: FDR doing too little - Republicans: FDR doing too much51
9262467510Demagogue- one who plays upon one's prejudices and fears for personal benefit52
9262467511Father Charles Coughlin- Catholic priest - anti New Deal broadcasts - anti-Semetic53
9262467512Huey Long- Louisiana - "The Kingfish" - "share our wealth" program - assassinated (1935)54
9262467513Dr. Francis Townsend- early proponent of old-age insurance55
9262467514FDR and the Supreme Court- SC rules New Deal legislation unconstitutional (AAA and NRA) - FDR court scheme (1937) - asks for 6 more justices for a max of 15 - Congress and American public backlash b/c they see FDR as tampering with checks and balances - SC starts ruling in favor of New Deal legislation so Roosevelt won't pursue "packing the court"56
9262467515National Labor Relations Act- 1935 - Wagner Act - National Labor Relations Board - enforces law - allows Unions to organize and bargain collectively57
9262467516Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)- 1938 - minimum wage of 40 cents/hour - max 40 hr week - excludes agricultural and domestic jobs58
9262467517Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)- 1938 - John L. Lewis - breaks away from AFL - all workers (skilled and unskilled)59
9262467518Positives of the New Deal- employment: relieve human suffering, hope and pride - change in gov't involvement: non-laissez faire - economic reforms - conservation - prevented economic system (capitalism) from failing - kept order and stability (preserve democracy)60
9262501940Negatives of the New Deal- expensive, debt, deficit spending - JM Keynes - Socialist: "creeping socialism" - hit and miss, confusing, overlap - bureaucratic nightmare - DID NOT PULL COUNTRY OUT OF DEPRESSION61

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