Corruption by a President Warren Harding's cabinet member, who took bribes to allow oil drilling on public lands.

People who wanted the United States to stay out of world affairs.

Idea that government should play as small a role as possible in economic affairs.

Production method that breaks down a complex job into a series of smaller tasks.

A law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages (1920-1933).

A business operation that supplies illegal goods and services for profit.

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; a black interest group active primarily in the courts.

Literal or word-for-word interpretation of the Bible.

Someone who chooses to live outside of, or renounce, his or her native country.

The practice of making high-risk investments with borrowed money in hopes of getting a big return.

October 29, 1929; the day the stock market crashed. Led to the Panic of 1929.

Economic crisis beginning with the stock market crash in 1929 and continuing through the 1930s.

Government-funded project to build resources such as roads and dams.

World War I veterans who marched on Washington demanding their $1,000 bonus pay before the 1945 due date.

Democratic president (32nd) who created the New Deal to counter the effects of the Great Depression

Radio speech given by Franklin D. Roosevelt while he served as president.

Franklin Roosevelt's economic reform program designed to solve the problems of the Great Depression.

The first hundred days of Franklin Roosevelt's term as president (1933).

A regular payment to a person that is intended to allow them to survive without working, usually someone who has retired.

A disagreement or argument about something important.