Politics
What political party dominated during the 1920s?
Republican Party
Which new deal program paid farmers to not plant crops in an attempt to fix agriculture in the US?
Agricultural Adjustment Act
Who was the 1935 heavy weight champion nicknamed the Cinderella Man?
James J Braddock
Which amendment gave women the right to vote?
19th Amendment
What triggered the Great Depression?
Collapse of the Stock Market
This presidential canidate was unable to walk due to Polio, and wanted to give every American a "New Deal." Who is it?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)
Which New Deal program improved rural eletricty access, rasing the number of farms with electricity from 1/10 to 1/4?
Rural Electrification Act
Name of the first full length animated film, released in the 1930s.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
List two exceptions to the ban on alcohol during Prohibition.
Churches
Medical Practices
Research
How did the Government respond to previous depression and the start of the great depression?
Do nothing, it'll fix itself.
What was the name of the Louisiana governor who ran a dictatorship over the state?
Huey Long
What New Deal Program established a 44 hour work week and set a minimum wage at $.40 an hour?
Fair Labor Standards Act
Famous baseball player of the 1920s.
Babe Ruth
Name for the revival of black culture in the 1920s that created Jazz.
Harlem Renaissance
Explain the relationship between business and consumers that helped to make the Great Depression worse.
Raise prices
People buy less
Less Profit
Layoffs
Less Money (Repeat)
President from 1929-1933 who's handling of the depression allowed it to spiral into chaos.
Herbert Hoover
This new deal program hired people to help build public works projects like dams, schools, and deep water ports.
Public Works Administration
Name of the first movie with color that was not animated?
The Wizard of OZ
What form of payment became popular in the 1920s?
Credit
What was the name for the large dust storms that ravaged the West and Midwest in the early 1930s?
The Dust Bowl
What were Roosevelts three R's that he campaigned on. Must have all three.
Relief
Recovery
Reform
List two valid criticisms political opponents of FDR's New Deal had.
Wasteful Spending
Government Overreach
Not enough
Award winning civil war film which subtly pushed the Lost Cause myth.
Gone with the Wind
List three groups that were persecuted by the second Klan following its rebirth in 1915.
African Americans
Italians
The Irish
Jews
What is the day month and year of Black Tuesday?
October 29th 1929