Unit 3 US History LEAP 2025

Underground hidden saloons or nightclubs during Prohibition

What was a cause of the Great Depression of the 1930s?

This 1920s trial displays conflict between religious fundamentalists and modernists

Enabled people to buy goods over an extended period without having to put down much money at the time of purchase.

In the 1930s, what did people call the new shantytowns that developed in American cities?

Who promoted a "return to normalcy" following World War I?

American investors loaned Germany $2.5 billion to pay back Britain and France with annual payments on a fixed scale.

An emancipated young woman during the 1920's who embraced the new fashions and urban attitudes of the day.

British economist who argued that for a nation to recovery fully from a depression, the government had to spend money.

Permanent programs to avoid another depression. It included programs like SSA, FDIC, and SEC.

FDR wanted to reorganize the federal judiciary system so he attempted to do this:

Name given to the cultural and artistic explosion that took place in New York among African Americans during the 1920s.

1935; established National Labor Relations Board; protected the rights of workers to organize and join unions

Senator of Louisiana; originally a supporter of the New Deal but became a critic of FDR; proposed "Share Our Wealth"

Sets the dates at which federal (United States) government elected offices end- also known as the lame-duck amendment.

New Deal program that decreased supply of crops so price would go up; criticized for paying farmers to stop farming.

A novelist that wrote about hardships in his classic study of economic heartbreak in 1939, "The Grapes of Wrath".

New Deal Agency set up to monitor stock market activity and ensure that no fraud or insider trading was taking place.

American novelist and short story writer, whose works illustrate the Jazz Age; known for labeling the 1920's as the Jazz

Jamaican-born black nationalist who created a 'Back to Africa' movement in the United States

Jazz pianist and composer; led his orchestra at the Cotton Club in Harlem, New York City; known for pieces "Mood Indigo"

What effectively ended the Great Depression?

President during the Stock Market crash and the Great Depression during the early 1930s;Believed in rugged individualism

Immediate action taken to halt the economies deterioration. (FERA), (CWA) and (CCC) were a part of this goal from FDR.

What amendment legalized Prohibition?

American aviation pioneer and author; was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean

American novelist and journalist. Served in WW1; known for "The Sun Also Rises" and "A Farewell to Arms"

The most popular communications medium of the 1920's. It reported events as they occurred into the homes of Americans.

All of the following are effects of the Great Depression of the 1930s EXCEPT

Nativism was displayed in the 1920s by

Raised taxes on U.S. imports to 60%,the highest level ever in the 1920s.It protected businesses from foreign competition

Involving Albert Fall during the 1920s and the leasing of government property to oil companies. Fall received kickbacks.

32nd President of the U.S. during the 1930s; won campaign using his New Deal for all Americans; president during WW2.

Informal talks given by FDR over the radio that gained the confidence of the people

An economic and political system based on one-party government and state ownership of property.

Educator who promoted opportunities for African Americans; promoted to the FDR's Black Cabinet

Temporary programs to restart the flow of consumer demand. It included programs like PWA, TVA and WPA.

Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas, New Mexico and Colorado- came to be known as this during the 1930s; plagued by storms