Unit 4 Test- US History

Young, dramatic, stylish & unconventional women of the 1920s

Enforcement responsibility of the 18th Amendment fell to the Treasury Department

Feared the new morality & worried about America’s social decline

Weekly radio speeches directly talking to the public to inform them about what he was trying to accomplish

Winds whipped the arid earth covering everything like a snowfall

WWI veterans were not paid; marched on Washington D.C.

Allowed Alcohol to be sold and manufactured again

Biggest stock dive in history-$10 to $15 billion in one day

Comes from that time period; from someone who was present

Human inequalities were inherited & said that inferior people should not be allowed to breed

Tested the Butler Act by teaching evolution

Extremely high stock market

Sec. of Interior Albert Fall allowed private interests to lease lands containing oil reserves

FDR’s Alphabet Soup Programs were kickstarted during this

Italian immigrants and anarchists who were accused of murder and victims of nativism

The policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants.

America wanted to be left alone to pursue prosperity

Nicknames for shanty towns during the Great Depression

When people didn’t have the money to buy stocks they would promise to pay it back later.

Comes from reading or studying the topic; one or more steps away from the event

Outlawed the sale and manufacture of alcohol

Stimulated artistic developments, racial pride in the African American community

Divided operations into simple tasks that unskilled workers could perform