1920s
What was the time period during which alcohol was illegal?
Prohibition
What do we call the day the Stock Market Crashed (Oct. 29, 1929)?
Black Tuesday
credit
What was the Dust Bowl?
Severe drought on the Southern Great Plains during the 1930s
The music that became popular during the 1920's
Jazz
What amendment outlawed alcohol across the United States?
Eighteenth Amendment
Who was President when the Stock Market crashed?
Herbert Hoover
When someone buys something on credit, they are now in...
debt
What were the three goals of the new deal?
Relief, Recovery, and Reform
During the 1920's, Americans wanted to invest money in the
stock market
What were people who sold illegal alcohol beverages?
Bootleggers
List two causes of the Great Depression.
Overborrowing, Overproduction, Stock Market Crash, unequal distribution of wealth
The extra amount you owe by buying on credit that increases over time
interest
______________ is the idea that America should not interfere with the affairs of other countries.
isolationism
What did they call the rebirth of African American culture in New York City?
Harlem Renaissance
secret club for alcohol in the 1920's
speakeasy
What was a result of the stock market crashing
any acceptable answer
Why were people so quick to purchase things on credit
accept acceptable answers
_____________ was the most popular sport during the 1920s and 1930s.
baseball
During the 1920s, there were many new social and economic changes. As a result, this time period is known as
Roaring Twenties
Who was the brilliant musician who helped to create jazz?
Louis Armstrong
What were the names of the groups of homes that people lived in during the Great Depression
hoovervilles
3 examples of things that could be bought on credit
car, radio, washing machine
A rebellious girl was called this...
flapper girl