16180338
Description
Flashcards by KAYDEN CRANE, updated more than 1 year ago
|
Created by KAYDEN CRANE
over 5 years ago
|
|
| Question | Answer |
| Domestic affairs | Internal (national) issues—stuff that happens in America |
| Tariff | • Tax on imported goods • Example: Smoot-Hawley Tariff raised taxes on all imported goods |
| Isolationism | • When a country keeps to itself and stays out of world conflicts & wars • Example: America after WWI |
| Protectionism | • Trying to protect native born Americans and American businesses • Examples: limiting immigration; passing a tariff on German steel; “buy American” programs |
| Communism | • The government makes all economic decisions |
| Red Scare | • Post WWI reaction to communism—driven by fear and mistrust |
| Sacco and Vanzetti | • Italian-immigrant-anarchists—accused of murder—and executed |
| Anarchy | • NO Government |
| Palmer Raids | • Raids on suspected communists |
| 19th amendment | • Gave women the right to vote |
| Great Migration | • Movement of African-Americans from southern farms to northern cities |
| Jim Crow | • Segregation laws that kept Blacks and Whites separate in the South |
| Urban Areas | • Cities |
| Rural Areas | • The country |
| Harlem Renaissance | • A celebration of African-American culture in the 1920s: Jazz Art Poetry Literature |
| Prohibition | • 13-year ban on alcohol (1920s) |
| Speakeasy | • Secret bar where people drank during prohibition |
| Popular culture | • The stuff most people do and like |
| Consumerism | • Buying more and more all the time |
| Installment Plan | • Buying stuff on payments (instead of paying cash upfront) |
| Flapper | Young, modern, 1920s woman: Short hair Short dresses Smoked Drank Alcohol |
| Buying Stocks on margin | • Making a down payment on a stock & trying to sell it for a profit (before paying for the rest) |
| Stock Speculation | • Buying stocks in anticipation that their price will go up (regardless of the true value of the stock) |
| Herbert Hoover | President 1929-1933 All about businesses & Laissez Faire economics |
Want to create your own Flashcards for free with GoConqr? Learn more.