1920s Economy & Government
In the 1920s wealth was __________ distributed.
unevenly
What group symbolized new freedoms for women in the 1920s?
Flappers
What event in 1929 triggered the Great Depression?
Stock Market Crash
What president created the New Deal?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
I fought for civil rights and supported my husband’s New Deal policies. I changed the role of First Lady forever.
Eleanor Roosevelt
What risky practice involved borrowing money to buy stocks?
Buying on the Margin
What law banned alcohol in the United States?
18th amendment
What were makeshift communities called during the Depression?
Hoovervilles
What are the three goals of the New Deal? (Hint they all start with R)
Relief, Recovery, Reform
I was president during the early years of the Great Depression and believed in limited government action.
Herbert Hoover
Hardings plan for a return to traditional life with less government and less global involvement
"Return to Normalcy"
What amendment gave women the right to vote?
What was the unemployment rate at its peak during the Depression?
25 percent
What program insured bank deposits?
I believed African Americans should build their own communities and even promoted a return to Africa.
Marcus Garvey
What problem occurred when farmers produced too many crops after WWI?
Prices dropped and farmers went into debt
What cultural movement celebrated African American identity in Harlem?
Harlem Renaissance
What environmental disaster forced farmers to move west?
The Dust Bowl
What program gave jobs building roads and public works?
The WPA
I wrote poetry during the Harlem Renaissance that captured the struggles and pride of African Americans, often inspired by jazz rhythms and everyday life.
Langston Hughes
What type of economic policy favored less government regulation of business?
Laissez faire economics
What famous trial showed conflict between science and religion?
Scopes Trial or the Monkey Trial
A group of WWI veterans, families, and activists who marched on Washington, D.C., in 1932, demanding early payment of promised bonuses to survive the Great Depression
The Bonus Army
How many trees did the CCC plant between 1933 and 1942?
3 to 3.5 billion
I was a famous gangster who made money during Prohibition and claimed I was just supplying public demand.
Al Capone