1920's to New Deal US History Cycle 3 Review Flash Cards

Second New Deal

• More focus on reform, in an effort to prevent future depressions

• Creation of the Federal Reserve System

• Establishment of the National Labor Relations Board

• Implementation of the New Deal Coalition

Atlanta Compromise

• Speech by W.E.B. Du Bois advocating for immediate civil rights.

• Speech by Booker T. Washington advocating for peaceful acceptance of segregation.

• Speech by Martin Luther King Jr. promoting nonviolent protest.

• Speech by Frederick Douglass demanding full equality for African Americans.

Fundamentalist Movement

• A religious movement that promoted a literal interpretation of the Bible and opposed Darwin's theory of evolution.

• A secular movement advocating for the separation of church and state.

• A philosophical movement emphasizing reason and scientific inquiry over religious beliefs.

• A cultural movement focused on the revival of traditional art and literature.

The Red Scare

• Americans become fearful of a communist revolution and/or communist infiltration in the US

• Americans embrace communist ideologies and seek to implement them in government

• Americans celebrate the rise of socialism in Europe

• Americans ignore the threat of foreign ideologies and focus on domestic issues

W.E.B. DuBois

• Black civil rights leader

• Famous jazz musician

• Prominent scientist

• Political cartoonist

"Court-Packing" Scheme

• FDR argued that he should have the power to appoint new Supreme Court Justices

• FDR wanted to reduce the number of Supreme Court Justices

• FDR aimed to increase the number of justices to 15

• FDR believed the Supreme Court should be elected

Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Depression

• Created the "New Deal", which focused on relief, recovery, and reform

• Implemented the "Great Society" to combat poverty

• Established the "Square Deal" to promote fairness

• Introduced the "New Frontier" to advance civil rights

Sacco and Vanzetti

• Italian immigrants and anarchists who were convicted of murder on questionable evidence, then executed

• Famous American inventors known for their contributions to electricity

• Notorious gangsters during the Prohibition era

• Prominent civil rights activists in the 1960s

First New Deal

• Creation of many new Federal agencies to provide financial relief and create jobs on a huge scale

• Implementation of strict regulations on Wall Street

• Introduction of a national sales tax to fund government programs

• Establishment of a universal healthcare system

Harlem Renaissance

• A movement of artistic expression by African American writers, musicians, and artists

• A political campaign for civil rights

• A style of architecture popular in the 1920s

• A famous jazz festival held in New York City