AP US History: 1920s, Great Depression, and the New Deal
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 The Republican nominee in the Election of 1920 | Warren Harding |
| 18th Amendment | Prohibition |
| National Origins Act | restricted immigration from Asia and Eastern & Western Europe |
| The Republican nominee in the Election of 1924 | Calvin Coolidge |
| The Republican nominee in the Election of 1928 | Herbert Hoover |
| All 3 Presidents of the '20s favored this type of economic policy | laissez-faire |
| Secretary of the Treasury in the '20s | Andrew Mellon |
| "Ohio Gang" | Harry Daugherty & Albert Fall |
| 5 explanations for the severity of the Great Depression | automobile sales & construction declined, maldistribution of purchasing power, easy credit, decline in international trade, and international debt structure |
| Number of banks that shutdown between "30-'33 | 9,000 |
| Unemployment rate | 25% |
| Severe drought in the Northwestern states | The Dust Bowl |
| Made loans to banks,railroads, and insurance companies | Reconstruction Finance Corporation |
| This group, started in Idaho, encouraged farmers to hold their crops from the market | Farmers' Holiday Association |
| This force of 20,000 marched on Washington in 1932 | The Bonus Expeditionary Force |
| The Democratic nominee in the Election of 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Roosevelt used these to calm and inform the American public | fireside chats |
| Established inspectors from the Treasury to diagnose banks' health | Emergency Banking Act |
| Closed banks to prevent them from shutting down | bank holiday |
| Reduced government salaries & veterans' pensions | Economy Act |
| Created the FDIC | Glass-Stegall Act |
| stock market enforcer | Securities Exchange Commission |
| Repealed Prohibition | 21st Amendment |
| This board resulted in farmer subsidies and intentional destruction of livestock | Agricultural Adjustment Administration |
| The new face of the AAA | Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act |
| Extended power grids to rural areas | Rural Electrification Administration |
| Headed NRA | Hugh Johnson |
| set prices in their respective industry | business associations |
| Set up a "blanket code" of business and started public works projects | National Industrial Recovery Act |
| Led the Four Horsemen | James McReynolds |
| "The Sick Chicken Case" | Schecter Brothers v. The USA (1935) |
| This plan allowed Supreme Court justices to retire at age 70 or a new justice could be added to "help" them; failed to become law | court-packing |
| Provided electricity, jobs, and tourism/recreation; pure government economic planning | Tennessee Valley Authority |
| Federal government paid cash grants to support state relief programs | Federal Emergency Relief Administration |
| Allowed men, mostly from cities, to work on nature projects | Civilian Conservation Corps |
| Restructured farmers' loans | Farm Credit Administration |
| Restructured home owners' mortgages | Home Owners Loan Corporation |
| Wanted $200 pensions for the elderly | Dr. Francis Townsend |
| "The Radio Preacher" | Father Charles Coughlin |
| "Share Our Wealth" plan | Huey Long |
| Created the National Labor Relations board and forced employers to bargain with unions | Wagner Act |
| government pension system | Social Security Act |
| Created hundreds of thousands of jobs and built/renovated public buildings | Works Projects Administration |
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