Unit IV Flashcards Chapters 23 and 24
#1 Bonus Army Review Unemployed veterans of World War I gathering in Washington in 1932 demanding payment of service bonuses not due until 1945. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT
Congress for Industrial Organizations #2 Review An alliance of industrial unions that spurred the 1930s organizational drive among the mass-production industries. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT
Emergency Banking Act Review #3 Emergency Banking Act Review 1933 act that gave the President broad discretionary powers over all banking transactions and foreign exchange. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT
Fireside chat #4 Review Speeches broadcast nationally over the radio in which President Franklin D. Roosevelt explained complex issues and programs in plain language, as though his listeners were gathered around the fireside with him. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT
Great Depression Review #5 Great Depression Review The nation’s worst economic crisis, extending through the 1930s, producing unprecedented bank failures, unemployment, and industrial and agricultural collapse. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT
Harlem Renaissance Review #6 Review A new African-American cultural awareness that flourished in literature, art, and music in the 1920s. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT
1921 act setting a maximum of 357,000 new immigrants each year. #7 Immigration Act Review 1921 act setting a maximum of 357,000 new immigrants each year. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT
League of Women Voters Review #8 League of Women Voters Review League formed in 1920 advocating for women’s rights, among them the right for women to serve on juries and equal pay laws. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT
National Industrial Recovery Act #9 Review 1933 act that was meant to be a systematic plan for economic recovery. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT
National Labor Relations Act #10 National Labor Relations Act Review Act establishing Federal guarantee of right to organize trade unions and collective bargaining. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT
#11 New Deal Review The economic and political policies of the Roosevelt administration in the 1930s. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT
New Deal coalition Review #12 Review Coalition that included traditional-minded white Southern Democrats, big-city political machines, industrial workers of all races, trade unionists, and many Depression-hit farmers. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT
#13 Open shop Review Factory of business employing workers whether or not they are union members; in practice, such a business usually refuses to hire union members and follows antiunion policies. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT
Sheppard-Towner Act Review #14 Sheppard-Towner Act Review The first federal social welfare law, passed in 1921, providing federal funds for infant and maternity care. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT
Act establishing Federal old age pensions and unemployment insurances. #15 Social Security Act of 1935 Review Act establishing Federal old age pensions and unemployment insurances. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) #16 Review Federal regional planning agency established to promote conservation, produce electric power, and encourage economic development in seven Southern states. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT
Volstead Act #17 Review The 1920 law defining the liquor forbidden under the 18th Amendment and giving enforcement responsibilities to the Prohibition Bureau of the Department of the treasury. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT
Welfare capitalism Review #18 Review A paternalistic system of labor relations emphasizing management responsibility for employee well-being. MARK FOR REVIEW SHOW NEXT
Reference Faragher, J. M. , Buhle, M. J. , Czitrom, D. , & Armitage, S Reference Faragher, J. M., Buhle, M. J., Czitrom, D., & Armitage, S. H. (2009). Out of many: A history of the American people, Vol. I (5th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. END REVIEW