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Assembly Line:
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Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC):
In a factory, an arrangement where a product is moved from
worker to worker, with each person performing a single task in
the making of the product. Created and perfected by Henry
Ford
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Big Stick policy:
Roosevelt's philosophy - In international affairs, ask first but
bring along a big army to help convince them. Threaten to use
force, act as international policemen
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planted trees and created National Parks
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Credit:
An agreement in which a buyer is allowed to pay over a period
of time, usually with interest or fees added
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Dust Bowl:
Black Tuesday:
October 29, 1929; date of the worst stock-market crash in
American history and beginning of the Great Depression.
Region of the Great Plains that experienced a drought in 1930
lasting for a decade, leaving many farmers without work or
substantial wages.
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Electricity:
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(1929-1939) The dramatic decline in the world's economy due to
the United State's stock market crash of 1929, the
overproduction of goods from World War I, and decline in the
need for raw materials from non industrialized nations. Results
in millions of people losing their jobs as banks and businesses
closed around the world. Many people were reduced to
homelessness, and had to rely on government sponsored soup
kitchens to eat. World trade also declined as many countries
imposed protective tariffs in an attempt to restore their
economies.
A form of energy used in telegraphy from the 1840s on and for
lighting, industrial motors, and railroads beginning in the 1880s.
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Great Depression:
Franklin D. Roosevelt:
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Hepburn Act:
President of the United States during the Great Depression and
World War II, Responsible for the "New Deal" and America
entering WWII in 1941
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GNP:
This 1906 law used the Interstate Commerce Commission to
regulate the maximum charge that railroads to place on
shipping goods.
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Herbert Hoover:
Gross National Product - the sum of all goods and services
produced in a nation in a year
President of the United States at the beginning of the Great
Depression, blamed by some for the depression
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Hoovervilles:
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New Deal:
Shanty towns that the unemployed built in the cities during the
early years of the Depression; the name given to them shows
that the people blamed Hoover directly for the Depression.
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Income Tax:
A program created by President Roosevelt to put Americans
back to work during the Great Depression
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Nicholas Tesla:
Tax paid to the state, federal, and local governments based on
income earned over the past year.
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Monopoly:
a Serbian American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical
engineer, physicist, and futurist best known for his
contributions to the design of the modern alternating current
electricity supply system
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Progressive Era:
Complete control of a product or business by one person or
group
The direct election of US senators, women's suffrage, and
greater government regulation of large industries were all
issues importance in the early 1900s in large urban areas
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Robber Barons:
Negative term used to describe large businessmen of the late
1800's because of the fact that they used ruthless practices to
destroy competition and took advantage of workers. This
included Tesla, Ford, Rockefeller, Carnegie, and more
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Social Security:
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A system for buying and selling shares of companies
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(FDR) 1935, guaranteed retirement payments for enrolled
workers beginning at age 65; set up federal-state system of
unemployment insurance and care for dependent mothers
and children, the handicapped, and public health
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Temperance Movement:
an organized effort to end alcohol abuse and the problems
created by it. This was led predominately by women. This will
cause the passing of the 18th amendment which prohibits the
sale, production, and consumption of alcohol. Began in 1820s
Square Deal:
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Progressive concept by Roosevelt that would help capital, labor,
and the public. It called for control of corporations, consumer
protection, and conservation of natural resources. It
denounced special treatment for the large capitalists and is the
essential element to his trust-busting attitude. This deal
embodied the belief that all corporations must serve the
general public good.
Stock Market:
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA):
built dams for hydroelectric power in the Tennessee Valley
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Theodore Roosevelt:
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Trust Busting:
Government activities aimed at breaking up monopolies and
trusts.
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Unions:
1858-1919. 26th President.Known for trust-busting, Hepburn
Act, safe food regulations, "Square Deal," creating the Panama
Canal, increasing the navy, received a Nobel Peace Prize for
negotiation of peace in Russo-Japanese War. "Walk Softly and
Carry a Big Stick" policy
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Thomas Edison:
An association of workers, formed to bargain for better working
conditions and higher wages.
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US Imperialism:
American inventor who developed many devices such as the
phonograph, the motion picture camera, and a long-lasting,
practical electric light bulb
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Trench Warfare:
The strategy of fighting with trenches with mines, and barbed
wire. Horrible living conditions, great slaughter, no gains,
stalemate, used in WWI.
U.S. gains interest in imperialism to grow the nation. Many U.S.
imperialist supported Social Darwinism. U.S. sets their eyes on
Hawaii and overthrew their queen to annex the land, which
McKinley accepts. Treaty of Paris was signed and Spain lost
Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Pacific island of Guam. United States
also gained Philippines. McKinley wants to gain control of
Philippines and civilize them because he fears of losing
Philippines to Spain and it would be "cowardly and
dishonorable."
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Woman's Suffrage:
1840s, women challenged traditional role of women (life of mother and caretaker) as they gathered at SENECA FALLS CONVENTION
which was beginning of 1st wave feminism. Women continued to fight for the right to vote after the Seneca Falls Convention until the 19th
amendment was passed in 1920.
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Works Progress Adminstration (WPA):
built buildings, roads, airports, and schools during the Great Depression
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World War 1:
(1914-1918) First time all European Countries are engulfed in one war (Italy, Austria-Hungry, and Germany, against France, Russia, Great
Britain) as a result of industrial revolution, scramble for Africa, and alliance system, and at least 20 million people die, the assignation of
Archduke Ferdinand was the breaking point, end of empire system. Easily identifiable by Trench Warfare