unit 3 vocab american history

american history

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“Return to Normalcy”

A return to the way of life before WW1, and the United States presidential candidate Warren G Harding's campaign slogan for the election 192

Assembly Lines

a series of workers and machines in a factory by which a succession of identical items is progressively assembled.

Consumer Revolution

the period from approximately 1600 to 1750 in England in which there was a marked increase in the consumption and variety of luxury goods a

Installment Buying

Purchasing a commodity over a period of time. The buyer gains the use of the commodity immediately and then pays for it in periodic payments

Bull Market

a market that is on the rise and is economically sound, while a bear market is a market that is receding, where most stocks are declining in

Buying on margin

the purchase of an asset by using leverage and borrowing the balance from a bank or broker.

Teapot Dome scandal

an American political scandal of the early 1920s. It involved the secret leasing of federal oil reserves at Elk Hills, California, and Teapo

Washington Naval Disarmament Conference

a disarmament conference called by The United States and held in Washington, D.C., from November 12, 1921 to February 6, 1922.

Kellogg-Briand Pact

international agreement in which signatory states promised not to use war to resolve "disputes or conflicts of whatever nature or of whateve

dawes plan

successfully resolved the issue of World War I reparations that Germany had to pay.

Modernism

modern character or quality of thought, expression, or technique.

Fundamentalism

a form of a religion, especially Islam or Protestant Christianity, that upholds belief in the strict, literal interpretation of scripture.

Scopes Trial

The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes and commonly referred to as the Scopes Monkey Trial, was an American legal case in July 1925

Quota System

the concept of organising society by a quota system, whether by racial, gender, language or another demographic attribute.

Prohibition

the action of forbidding something, especially by law.

Eighteenth Amendment

he prohibition of "intoxicating liquors" in the United States.

Volstead Act

formally National Prohibition Act, U.S. law enacted in 1919 (and taking effect in 1920) to provide enforcement for the Eighteenth Amendment,

Bootleggers

Rum-running, or bootlegging, is the illegal business of transporting alcoholic beverages where such transportation is forbidden by law.

Speakeasies

a blind pig or blind tiger, is an illicit establishment that sells alcoholic beverages. Such establishments came into prominence in the Unit

Flapper

(in the 1920s) a fashionable young woman intent on enjoying herself and flouting conventional standards of behavior.

Speakeasies

called a blind pig or blind tiger, is an illicit establishment that sells alcoholic beverages. Such establishments came into prominence in t

Flapper

girls that danced around with jazz in 1920s

“Lost Generation”

the generation reaching maturity during and just after World War I, a high proportion of whose men were killed during those years.

Jazz

the type of music many people back in the 1900s listened and danced to

Harlem Renaissance

an intellectual, social, and artistic explosion centered in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, spanning the 1920s.

Speculation

the forming of a theory or conjecture without firm evidence.

Black Tuesday

October 29, 1929. On this date, share prices on the New York Stock Exchange completely collapsed, becoming a pivotal factor in the emergence

Hawley-Smoot Tariff

a law that implemented protectionist trade policies in the United States. Sponsored by Senator Reed Smoot and Representative Willis C. Hawl

Hoovervilles

a shanty town built during the Great Depression by the homeless in the United States.

Breadlines

a line of people waiting to receive free food.

Tenant Farmers

one who resides on land owned by a landlord.

Dust Bowl

a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s

Okies

Trickle-down economics

refers to the economic proposition that taxes on businesses and the wealthy in society should be reduced as a means to stimulate business i

Bonus Army

a group of 43,000 demonstrators – made up of 17,000 U.S. World War I veterans, together with their families and affiliated groups

New Deal

a series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the United Stat

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

an independent federal agency insuring deposits in U.S. banks and thrifts in the event of bank failures.

Tennessee Valley Authority

a federally owned corporation in the United States created by congressional charter on May 18, 1933, to provide navigation, flood control,

Civilian Conservation Corps

a voluntary public work relief program that operated from 1933 to 1942 in the United States for unemployed, unmarried men.

National Recovery Administration

a prime New Deal agency established by U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) in 1933. The goal of the administration was to eliminate "

Public Works Administration

a large-scale public works construction agency in the United States headed by Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes.

Second New Deal

term used by commentators at the time and historians ever since to characterize the second stage, 1935–36, of the New Deal programs of Presi

Works Progress Administration

the Work Projects Administration) was an American New Deal agency, employing millions of job-seekers (mostly unskilled men) to carry out pu

Social Security Act

a system of old-age benefits for workers, benefits for victims of industrial accidents, unemployment insurance, aid for dependent mothers an

Wagner Act

a New Deal reform passed by President Franklin Roosevelt on July 5, 1935.

Collective Bargaining

negotiation of wages and other conditions of employment by an organized body of employees.

Sit-down strike

a labour strike and a form of civil disobedience in which an organized group of workers, usually employed at factories or other centralized

Court packing

a legislative initiative proposed by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt to add more justices to the U.S. Supreme Court in order to obtain

Warren G. Harding

the 29th president of the United States from 1921 until his death in 1923

Henry Ford

ndustrialist and a business magnate, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, and the sponsor of the development of the assembly line techniqu

Herbert Hoover

an American engineer, businessman, and politician who served as the 31st president of the United States from 1929 to 1933.

Calvin Coolidge

American politician and lawyer who served as the 30th president of the United States from 1923 to 1929.

Marcus Garvey

was born to a moderately prosperous Afro-Jamaican family in Saint Ann's Bay, Colony of Jamaica and apprenticed into the print trade as a tee

Louis Armstrong

nicknamed "Satchmo", "Satch", and "Pops", was an American trumpeter, composer, vocalist, and actor who was among the most influential figur

Langston Hughes

an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from Joplin, Missouri.

Al Capone

"Scarface", was an American gangster and businessman who attained notoriety during the Prohibition era as the co-founder and boss of the Ch

Franklin D. Roosevelt

often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American politician who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his

Eleanor Roosevelt

an American political figure, diplomat and activist. She served as the First Lady of the United States from March 4, 1933, to April 12, 1945

Huey Long

"The Kingfish," was an American politician who served as the 40th governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932