Chapter 12
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20 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Calvin Coolidge | elected Vice President and succeeded as 30th President of the United States when Harding died in 1923 (1872-1933) |
| Mitchell Palmer | Attorney General who prosecutes many suspected Communists |
| John L. Lewis | long-time labor leader who organized and led the first important unskilled workers labor union, called in to represent union during sit-down strike |
| F.D. Roosevelt | The only 4 term preident; had polio, which made him use a wheelchair; president during the Great Depression when the economy was really bad; known for his "fireside chats" when people would listen to him on the radio, his is on the dime |
| Porfirio Diaz | a dictator who dominated Mexico, permitted foriegn companies to develop natural resources and had allowed landowners to buy much of the countries land from poor peasants |
| Getulio Vargas | Dictator of Brazil from 1930 to 1945 and from 1951 to 1954. Defeated in the presidential election of 1930, he overthrew the government and created Estado Novo ('New State'), a dictatorship that emphasized industrialization. (823) |
| Emiliano Zapata | Mexican revolutionary who led a revolt for agrarian reforms (1879-1919) |
| Arturo Alessandri | Chile´s president, who convocated the Populist Front, and came up with the idea of Chileanization |
| Herbert Hoover | 31st President of the United States |
| Lazaro Cardenas | President of Mexico (1934-1940). He brought major changes to Mexican life by distributing millions of acres of land to the peasants, bringing representatives of workers and farmers into the inner circles of politics, and nationalizing the oil industry 820 |
| Good Neighbor Policy | FDR's foreign policy of promoting better relations w/Latin America by using economic influence rater than military force in the region |
| Ku Klux Klan | a secret society of white Southerners in the United States |
| Augusto Sandino | latin american hero who lead guerrilla war against US |
| Mexican Constitution 1917 | Promised land reforms, limited foreign ownership of key resources, guaranteed rights of workers, and placed restrictions on clerical education; marked formal end of Mexican Revolution. (p 776) |
| PRI | gov. leaders organize Institutional Revolutionary Party, dominated Mexican politics ever since, accommodates all groups, backs reforms |
| Sacco and Vanzetti | were two italian born american laborers and anarchists who were tired convicted and executed via electrocution on Aug 3 1927 in Ma for the 1920 armed robbery. it is believed they had nothing to do with the crime |
| 1st and 2nd New Deal | The New Deal is a series of economic programs implemented in the United States between 1933 and 1936. |
| Stock Market Crash | Another leading component to the start of the Great Depression. The stock became very popular in the 1920's, then in 1929 in took a steep downturn and many lost their money and hope they had put in to the stock. |
| Red Scare | Most instense outbreak of national alarm, began in 1919. Success of communists in Russia, American radicals embracing communism followed by a series of mail bombings frightened Americans. Attorney General A. MItchell Palmer led effort to deport aliens without due processs, with widespread support. Did not last long as some Americans came to their senses. Sacco/Vanzetti trial demonstrated anti-foreign feeling in 20's. Accused of armed robbery & murder, had alibis. "Those anarchists bastards". Sentenced to death and executed. |
| Welfare State | a government that undertakes responsibility for the welfare of its citizens through programs in public health and public housing and pensions and unemployment compensation etc. |
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