Impressive Progressives
Progressives rejected this theory, which held that people's fortunes were never a product of their circumstances.
What is Social Darwinism?
The 1920s were defined by this economic trend, as Americans found value and status in luxury goods.
What is Consumerism?
Overcultivation and drought led to a crisis in the midwest known as this (some midwesterners still store their glasses upside down as a result).
What is the dust bowl?
This series of laws and agencies represented the government's response to the Great Depression, the term was coined by FDR.
What is the New Deal?
Jacob Riis exposed the harsh living conditions of the Gilded Age with this 1890s publication.
What is How the Other Half Lives?
Jacob Riis and Upton Sinclair were examples of these--journalists who investigated and exposed the problems of the Gilded Age.
What are Muckrakers?
The "New Woman" of the 1920s embodied individualism and independence, which pervaded fashion in the form of this popular hairstyle.
What is the Bob?
Hoboes rode the railroads in search of work, and homeless Americans built camps known as these -- a not so subtle dig at the President of the US when the Depression began.
What are Hoovervilles?
What is Relief?
Emma Lazarus celebrated pro-immigration ideals with her poem "New Colossus," which described this American Icon.
What is the Statue of Liberty?
She was the pioneer of Settlement Houses, a progressive movement that aimed to solve for poverty and crime by building up poor communities.
Who is Jane Addams?
What is Laissez Faire?
Unemployment reached 25% during the Great Depression, but this other measure was double that -- it describes households who struggled to make ends meet or earned wages below their qualifications.
What is underemployment
Recovery programs like the WPA were designed to "prime the pump" of the US Economy by creating these.
What are jobs?
He authored the Great Gatsby, a tale of 1920s debauchery.
Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald?
This Amendment, which banned the production and sale of Alcohol, resulted from a progressive movement intended to solve for poverty and crime.
What is the 18th?
This new form of buying with credit allowed consumers to "buy now and pay later" in a series of smaller payments.
The Depression deepened because consumers lost confidence in banks and rushed to withdraw their savings in panics known as this.
What are bank runs?
This three-letter alliterative program hired young men to build trails in America's national Parks.
What is the CCC?
These are the best two teachers at Blue Valley West
Who are Mr. Smithyman and Mr. Lahasky?
He was the President of the United States during the women's suffrage movement, and signed the 19th amendment.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
White collar jobs in sales and marketing helped to elevate this economic class, which drove the consumer economy.
What is the Middle Class?
Buying stocks with credit, also known as this, amplified losses when the market crashed in 1929.
What is "on margin"?
Reform programs were designed to prevent future depressions. This four-letter agency aimed to restore confidence in US Banks.
What is the FDIC?
Upton Sinclair's The Jungle led to meaningful consumer protections including the Pure Food and Drug Act and this law, which enforced sanitization standards in food processing plants.
What is the Meat Inspection Act?