Isolationism Normalcy 1920s Common View President

Harding Isolationism Normalcy 1920s Common View

Overproduction Dust Bowl Technological Farm Equipment Debt 1920s & 1930s Economic Hardship Agricultural Adjustment Act

Farmers Overproduction Dust Bowl Technological Farm Equipment Debt 1920s Agricultural Adjustment Act

First talkie Movie 1920s

The Jazz Singer First talkie Movie 1920s

Intellectual movement African Americans Re-birth of African Art, literature & Music

Harlem Renaissance Intellectual movement African Americans Re-birth of African Art, literature & Music

Photos Migrant farmers Poor 1920s – 1930s

Dorothea Lange Photos Migrant farmers Poor 1920s – 1930s

Overproduction Speculation Buying on margin Easy credit

Causes of Great Depression Overproduction Speculation Buying on margin Easy credit

Franklin D. Roosevelt Radio 1st time President used technology to reach

national audience

Fireside Chats Franklin D. Roosevelt Radio 1st time President used technology to reach

national audience

Buy portion of stock Borrow for remainder Pay interest Hope to make profit if stock rises

Buying on margin Buy portion of stock Borrow for remainder Pay interest Hope to make profit if stock rises

FDR Increase Supreme Court Justices from 9 to

15 Wanted to favor New Deal Programs

Court Packing Scheme FDR Increase Supreme Court Justices from 9 to

15 Wanted to favor New Deal Programs

President Scandals in administration Teapot Dome, Wyoming Albert Fall Leased oil fields to private business

Harding Scandals in administration Teapot Dome, Wyoming Albert Fall Leased oil fields to private business

African American leader 1920s Back to Africa Movement Made black community stronger

African American leader 1920s Back to Africa Movement Made black community stronger

Marcus Garvey

Shacks Named after Hoover Ate at breadlines and soup kitchens

Shacks Named after Hoover Ate at breadlines and soup kitchens

Hooverville

Bible is God’s truth Fought against Darwinism Billy Sunday & Aimee Semple McPherson

Bible is God’s truth Fought against Darwinism Billy Sunday & Aimee Semple McPherson

Fundamentalism

The Grapes of Wrath Migrant farmers

The Grapes of Wrath Migrant farmers

John Steinbeck

Economic polices Harding Coolidge Hoover

Economic polices Harding Coolidge Hoover

Laissez-faire Economics

Stock market collapsed October 29, 1929 Beginning of Great Depression

Stock market collapsed October 29, 1929 Beginning of Great Depression

Black Tuesday

Overly bureaucratic Created planned economy Applied to New Deal Huey P. Long Farther Charles Coughlin

Overly bureaucratic Created planned economy Applied to New Deal Huey P. Long Farther Charles Coughlin

Critics of New Deal

1st female cabinet member FDR appointed Secretary of Labor

1st female cabinet member FDR appointed Secretary of Labor

Francis Perkins

Protective tariff Caused more harm European Nations put up own Worsened Depression

Protective tariff Caused more harm European Nations put up own Worsened Depression

Hawley-Smoot Tariff

Massive amount of New Deal Legislation

passed First part of FDR’s Administration

First Hundred Days Massive amount of New Deal Legislation

passed First part of FDR’s Administration

Retired workers Old-age pension Safety net for retired who had lost life

saving during the Bank Runs

Retired workers Old-age pension Safety net for retired who had lost life

saving during the Bank Runs

Social Security Act

Bank Holiday Took US off Gold Standard Re-build American confidence

Emergency Banking Act Bank Holiday Took US off Gold Standard Re-build American confidence

Banking FDIC Re-build American confidence

Glass-Stegal Act Banking FDIC Re-build American confidence

Relief Reform Recovery

Goals of New Deal Relief Reform Recovery

WWI Veterans Set-up Hooverville on Washington Square Hoover sent out troops

Bonus Army March WWI Veterans Set-up Hooverville on Washington Square Hoover sent out troops

Rugged Individualism No direct aid to poor Lost Election of 1932

Hoover Rugged Individualism No direct aid to poor Lost Election of 1932

New Deal Direct Aid to poor Created programs for assisting poor Brain Trust Black Cabinet Expanded Bureaucracy

Franklin D. Roosevelt New Deal Direct Aid to poor Created programs for assisting poor Brain Trust Black Cabinet Expanded Bureaucracy

Disillusioned writers Society greedy and corrupt Gertrude Stein F. Scott Fitzgerald Ernest Hemingway

Lost Generation Disillusioned writers Society greedy and corrupt Gertrude Stein F. Scott Fitzgerald Ernest Hemingway

Fought Comestock Law Birth Control Women’s Rights

Margaret Sanger Fought Comestock Law Birth Control Women’s Rights

Drank Smoked Rebelled against Victorian society Modern women of 1920s Bobbed hair

Flappers Drank Smoked Rebelled against Victorian society Modern women of 1920s Bobbed hair

1st trans-Atlantic Flight Adventurer

Charles Lindbergh 1st trans-Atlantic Flight Adventurer

1st female to try to fly round the world adventurer

Amelia Earhart 1st female to try to fly round the world adventurer

Unskilled workers jobs Artists & actors jobs

Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Unskilled workers jobs Artists & actors jobs

Young unmarried men 17-23 Build dams Plant trees Run electric lines

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

Young unmarried men 17-23 Build dams Plant trees Run electric lines

Fair codes of competition in business Found unconstitutional

National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)

Fair codes of competition in business Found unconstitutional

Hydroelectric power River valley Brought electricity to Southeast US

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Hydroelectric power River valley Brought electricity to Southeast US

electric power Brought electricity to Rural US

Rural Electrification Act (REA) electric power Brought electricity to Rural US

Quota system for farmers Limit production Drive up prices

Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)

Quota system for farmers Limit production Drive up prices

Pump priming Deficit spending

Way FDR funded New Deal Pump priming Deficit spending

Fight between Fundamentalism & Modernism Conservatives & Liberals

Show trial Clarence Darrow = defense Science teacher taught Evolution

Scopes Trial Fight between

Fundamentalism & Modernism Conservatives & Liberals

Show trial Clarence Darrow = defense Science teacher taught Evolution

Direct relief to poor New Deal Program

Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)

Direct relief to poor New Deal Program

Aggressive plan Relief, Reform & Recovery Programs to create jobs

New Deal Aggressive plan Relief, Reform & Recovery Programs to create jobs

Great Gastby Lost Generation Writer

F. Scott Fitzgerald Great Gastby Lost Generation Writer

Ended Great Depression

WWII Ended Great Depression

Pay small payments Started in 1920s to increase people

spending

Installment Plan buying Pay small payments Started in 1920s to increase people

spending

Environmental disaster Drought Overtilling of land Great Plains Okies

Dust Bowl Environmental disaster Drought Overtilling of land Great Plains Okies

Jazz Trumpet player

Louis Armstrong Jazz Trumpet player

Bootlegging Organized crime speakeasies

Effects of 18th Amendment (Volstead Act)

Bootlegging Organized crime speakeasies

Nickname for New Deal

Alphabet Soup Nickname for New Deal

Harlem Renaissance Writer African-American Experience Build pride

Langston Hughes Harlem Renaissance Writer African-American Experience Build pride

Their Eyes Were Watching God Female Harlem Renaissance Writer

Zora Neal Hurston Their Eyes Were Watching God Female Harlem Renaissance Writer

Albert T. Fall Leased Navy Oilfields to private business

Teapot Dome Albert T. Fall Leased Navy Oilfields to private business

Ensured fair trading Limit buying on margin Stop excessive speculation New Deal program

Securities Exchange Commission (SEC)

Ensured fair trading Limit buying on margin Stop excessive speculation New Deal program

Made up of Scholars Economic experts Social experts

Created plans to fix Great Depression

Brain Trust Made up of

Scholars Economic experts Social experts

Created plans to fix Great Depression

Banks closed Bank Runs Investors lost money because they bought

to much on margin Stock prices fell People became poor overnight

Effects of the Great Depression Banks closed Bank Runs Investors lost money because they bought

to much on margin Stock prices fell People became poor overnight