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US History Quiz Bowl. Goal 9 Terms Hosted by Mrs. Chavers. Goal 9. Franklin D. Roosevelt. American President during the Depression and WWII who started the New Deal Programs and promised to help relieve the suffering of the poor during the Depression. Elected to four terms as President. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Goal 9 Terms
Hosted by
Mrs. Chavers
Goal 9
Franklin D. Roosevelt
American President during the Depression and WWII who started the New Deal Programs and promised to help relieve the suffering of the poor
during the Depression. Elected to four terms as President.
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Stock Market Crash or Black Tuesday
October 29, 1929 Signaled the Financial collapse of the nation. Seen as a beginning point of
the Great Depression.
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PWA or CWA
New Deal program designed to give jobs to the unemployed. The program
was used to build many public buildings, roads, and schools.
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Schenck v. US
Supreme Court case where the court set the doctrine of “clear and present danger.” Court started that rights are
curtailed during the times of war.
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Herbert Hoover
Elected President in 1928. Predicted the end of poverty and was President when the Depression began. Believed in Rugged Individualism and refused
direct relief to the poor.
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Harlem Renaissance
Period of African American art, music, and literature during the 1920’s.
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TVA
New Deal program designed to provide jobs and electricity through one of the nation’s poorest areas. Program still
exists today.
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KKK
Group that experienced large growth during the Red Scare of the 1920’s. Membership declined quickly as the discriminatory practices of the group offended most moderate Americans.
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Court Packing
Controversy involving FDR’s suggestion that the Supreme Court
needed additional members because of its ruling against several New Deal
programs
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Huey Long
New Deal critic who was a Senator from Louisiana and promoted a
program in which he said “every man is a king” and people should be guaranteed an annual income, a home, and a college education.
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18th Amendment
Amendment that prohibited the sale and/or manufacture of alcohol in the nation. It was later repealed by the
21st Amendment.
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Bonus Army
Protestors who came to Washington to ask Congress to pay a WWI payment to veterans earlier than promised.
Congress refused and the protestors were dispersed by the US military.
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Charles Lindbergh
First man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean and became the greatest of American heroes at the time. Plane was called the Spirit of St. Louis.
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Social Security
New Deal program that created a safety net for the elderly and the young. This is the single largest
program operated by our government today.
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Sacco and Venzetti
These were two Italian immigrants who were known socialists/anarchists.
They were accused of a murder and were convicted in a less than fair trial.
Both were later executed for the crime.
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Red Scare
Name given to the fear of communist radicals in the US after the end of WWI. Many suspected socialists or
communists were departed out of this fear.
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National Origins Act
1920’s Immigration Law that set up a quota system. Discriminatory system
against all non-Western Europeans.
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NRA
New Deal program designed to get businesses and consumers to support
the policies of the government. Cooperating businesses displayed the
program’s symbol of a blue eagle.
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Dust Bowl
This is the name given to the lower mid-west during a period of great
drought in the 1930’s. Many farmers had to abandon the area and become migrant workers in other parts of the
nation.
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Speakeasies
This is a secret drinking club that where found in thousands of cities all
across the US during Prohibition.
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Flappers
This is the name given to the new women of the 1920’s. She is a
carefree, wears different styles of clothing, and is much less
conservative than the Victorian age women before her.
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Francis Townsend
New Deal critic who proposed a pension system for the elderly. This
helped to bring about the Social Security act of 1935.
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CCC
New Deal program where young men were sent to do work outside planting trees, fighting forest fires, and working
in national parks.
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1st 100 Days
The name given to the first part of FDR’s administration where they
worked with Congress to pass and create many new programs to try and
deal with the Depression.
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New Deal
Policy of FDR where he pledged to help the poor of the American public in the
Depression and he would provide direct aid to those who needed it.
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Rugged Individualism
Belief of Herbert Hoover’s that the government should not give direct aid to the poor because it would destroy the person’s pride and their belief in
hard work.
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Teapot Dome
Scandal in the Harding Administration where government lands containing oil
reserves were leased at a very low price to all companies for a kickback
payment to certain officials.
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WPA
New Deal program where the government gave jobs for public works
but also to artists, musicians, photographers, and writers to
complete project for the public’s benefit.
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FDIC
New Deal Program that was designed to foster confidence in the banking
system because the government will guarantee your savings are safe.