Mr.M group 7 vocab
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| 352628810 | Harlem Renaissance | Racial pride blossomed in northern black communities | |
| 352628811 | National Origin Act | Laws that even restricted immigration through a system of quotas | |
| 352628812 | Cultural Isolation | When different cultures only associate with themselves | |
| 352628813 | 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st amendments | Established prohibition/women rights to vote/advanced president integration | |
| 352628814 | Andrew Mellon | One of the wealthiest men of his day controlled congress with other business tycoon | |
| 352628815 | Neutrality Acts | Laws placed an embargo on exports of war prohibited loans to deligerant narrows trade-bay policies | |
| 352628816 | Albert fall | Was involved secretary of interior; was involved in teapot dome scandal | |
| 352628817 | John l. lewis | Militant founder of the united mine workers union | |
| 352628818 | Hoovervilles | Shanty-towns that housed many who had lost everything. Shelters were built of old boxes and other discards. | |
| 352628819 | Back to africa movement | Mobilized the movement of africans who united to leave for the republic of liberia | |
| 352628820 | Spirit of st. lewis | The plane charles linebergh flew across the atlantic in 1987 | |
| 352628821 | Palmer raids | A series a government attacks on suspected radicals in the United States. | |
| 352628822 | Lost generation | Refers to a growth of american writer who lived primarily in paris during the 1920s | |
| 352628823 | Keynesian economics | Economic philosophy that when the demand doesn't meet expectations there is unemployment and progression | |
| 352628824 | Warren g. harding | 29th president of the US | |
| 352628825 | F. scott fitzgerald | Author of the great gatsby during the roaring 20s | |
| 352628826 | National labor relations act | This act established and refined unjust labor practices to harbor the right to bargain | |
| 352628827 | Industrial recovery act | Established the National Recovery Administration which set up industrial codes. Set floors below which no company would lower prices for a competitive edge. | |
| 352628828 | Huey long | Governor of Louisiana, "Share the Wealth" wants to give $5k to all families. | |
| 352628829 | Georgia o'keeffe | An american artist major figure in american art in the 1920s | |
| 352628830 | john steinbeck | Author who wrote grapes of wrath a book that illustrated the life of a dust bowl family. | |
| 352628831 | Lend-lease act | The name of the program which US supplied the UK, USSR, China and France with war materials | |
| 352628832 | Court packing scheme | Adding more justices to the supreme court in 1936, FDR | |
| 352628833 | Indian reorganization act | Reverse the individualists approach and belatedly tried to restore the tribal basis of indian life | |
| 352628834 | Work Progress Administration (WPA | Work Progress Administration: Massive work relief program funded projects ranging from construction to acting; disbanded by FDR during WWII | |
| 352628835 | Securities and exchange commission | An independent agency of the US government enforcing federal security | |
| 352628836 | Langston hughes | Writer during the harlem renaissance, wrote the cross man, This man was well known for making the Harlem Renaissance famous because of his poems. | |
| 352628837 | Quota system | An arrangement placing a limit on the number of immigrants from each country. | |
| 352628838 | NAACP | Civil rights organization lead by W.E.B. DuBois | |
| 352628839 | bonus march | WWI veterans marched protesting in DC for their war bonuses | |
| 352628840 | schenck v US | Can limit free speech when there is a "clear and present danger" | |
| 352628841 | phony war | period of time after the German invasion of Poland that included little military operation in Europe | |
| 352628842 | sacco and vanzetti | were two italian born american laborers and anarchists who were tired convicted and executed via electrocution for an armed robbery, it is believed they had nothing to do with the crime. | |
| 352628843 | Tennesse Valley Authority | this new deal program built dams to provide cheap electricity for 6 southern states | |
| 352628844 | henry ford | United States manufacturer of automobiles who pioneered mass production (1863-1947) | |
| 352628845 | universal negro improvement association | Association founded by Marcus Gravey in 1914 to foster African American economic independence and establish an independent black homeland in Africa. | |
| 352628846 | american first committee | Organization created by isolationists who argued that the United States should keep out of Europe's business. | |
| 352628847 | kellogg briand pact | agreement signed in 1928 in which nations agreed not to pose the threat of war against one another | |
| 352628848 | hundred days | the special session of Congress that Roosevelt called to launch his New Deal programs. | |
| 352628849 | new deal | The name of President Roosevelt's program for getting the United States out of the depression | |
| 352628850 | calvin coolidge | Became president when Harding died. Tried to clean up scandals. Business prospered and people's wealth increased. | |
| 352628851 | social security | federal program of disability and retirement benefits that covers most working people | |
| 352628852 | fair labor standard act | 1938, Industries involved in interstate commerce were to set up minimum wage and maximum hour standards. Child labor under the age of 16 was forbidden. | |
| 352628853 | federal deposit insurance corporation | An independent federal agency that insures up to $100,000 for bank deposits, thus helping put faith back into the banks. | |
| 352628854 | share the wealth | Each family was to receive $5000, allegedly from the rich. The math of the plan was ludicrous. | |
| 352628855 | thomas hart benton | missouri senator, expansionist, wanted to stand up to britain over the oregon territory issue. | |
| 352628856 | h.l. mencken | one of the most important authors in american literature, not afraid to express his antisemitism | |
| 352628857 | normalcy | the way of life harding wanted to return to before WWI | |
| 352628858 | cash and carry | policy adopted by the United States in 1939 to preserve neutrality while aiding the Allies. Britain and France could buy goods from the United States if they paid in full and transported them. | |
| 352628859 | congress of industrial organization | a federation of unions that organized workers in industrial unions in the United States and Canada from 1935 to 1955 | |
| 352628860 | washington naval conference | set a standard on the desired battleships that each nation should have | |
| 352628861 | ku klux klan | White supremacy organization that intimidated blacks out of their newly found liberties | |
| 352628862 | scottsboro boys | nine black boys were wrongly accused of raping white girls | |
| 352628863 | scopes trail | prosecution of a tennesse teacher for teaching about evolution; started a movement away from christianity. | |
| 352628864 | schecter v US | Court declared NRA unconstitutional, also struck down laws preventing farm mortgage foreclosures and pensions for railroad workers. | |
| 352628865 | margaret sanger | she organized a birth-control movement which openly championed the use of contraceptives in the 1920's. | |
| 352628866 | herbert hoover | 31st president of the US who promised the American people prosperity and attempted to first deal with the Depression by trying to restore public faith in the community. | |
| 352628867 | marcus garvey | founder of United Negro Improvement Association; promoted resettlement of American blacks to own "African homeland", sponsored stores & businesses to keep money in blacks' pockets. | |
| 352628868 | charles lindbergh | American pilot who made the first non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean. | |
| 352628869 | elijah mohammad | led Black Muslims and the Nation of Islam; early teacher of Malcom X; fought by the white press to teach hatred of whites | |
| 352628870 | brain trust | Group of expert policy advisers who worked with FDR in the 1930s to end the great depression | |
| 352628871 | franklin d. roosevelt | 32nd president of the US; during Great Depression and World War II | |
| 352628872 | sinclair lewis | United States novelist who satirized middle-class America in his novel Main Street (1885-1951) | |
| 352628873 | wagner act | 1935; established National Labor Relations Board; protected the rights of most workers in the private sector to organize labor unions, to engage in collective bargaining, and to take part in strikes and other forms of concerted activity in support of their demands. | |
| 352628874 | sit-down strike | work stoppage in which workers refuse to leave a factory | |
| 352628875 | frank lloyd wright | Considered America's greatest architect. Pioneered the concept that a building should blend into and harmonize with its surroundings rather than following classical designs. | |
| 352628876 | teapot dome scandal | a government scandal involving a former United States Navy oil reserve in Wyoming that was secretly leased to a private oil company in 1921 | |
| 352628877 | edward hopper | 1926 artist who painted Early Sunday Morning: personal cityscapes | |
| 352628878 | ernest hemingway | an American writer of fiction who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1954 (1899-1961) | |
| 352628879 | destroyer deal | U.S. agreed to "lend" its older destroyers to Great Britain. Signaled the end of U.S. neutrality in the war. | |
| 352628880 | bank holiday | closed all banks until government examiners could investigate their financial condition; only sound/solvent banks were allowed to reopen | |
| 352628881 | national recovery administration | established production limits, set wages and working conditions and allowed fair competitive practices. | |
| 352628882 | Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA) | New Deal farm agency that attempted to raise prices by paying farmers to reduce their production of crops and animals | |
| 352628883 | Prohibition | Ban on the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol throughout the US. | |
| 352628884 | Reconstruction Finance Corporation | Hoover's economic recovery program that provided government loans to businesses, banks and ralroads; it was "pumping priming," but it was too little ($300 million) too late to make any eal improvements in the economy | |
| 352628885 | Flappers | A term used to describe women who were now more sexually active on the outside and inside. It was an example of how America was changing in the 1920s. | |
| 352628886 | Sanford Dole | Used US Marines to remove Queen Liliuokalani from power, and then declared Hawaii a repubic and asked to be annexed from US | |
| 352628887 | Stimson Doctrine | Notes to China and Japan that incorporated a diplomatic approach used by earlier secretaries facing crises in the Far East | |
| 352628888 | Francis Townshend | retired physician who devised plans for senior citizens to receive pensions |
