VOCAB
bootlegger:
a person who makes, distributes, or sells illegal goods
What was the relationship between America and alcohol leading up to the early 1920s?
People drank alcohol every day for a variety of reasons.
This natural disaster in 1927 caused massive destruction in Louisiana and led to major changes in flood control.
Answer: What is the Great Mississippi River Flood of 1927?
This risky practice allowed Americans to buy stocks with borrowed money during the 1920s.
Answer: What is buying on margin?
This decade was known for economic growth, jazz music, new inventions, and Americans buying goods on credit.
Answer: What are the Roaring 20s?
renaissance:
a new growth of activity or interest in something, especially art, literature, or mus
. What did women like Frances Willard want to include in the WCTU’s agenda?
Woman's suffrage
This technology helped oil companies locate underground oil deposits in southern Louisiana.
Answer: What is seismic technology?
This environmental disaster in the Midwest was caused by drought and poor farming practices.
Answer: What is the Dust Bowl?
This risky investment strategy during the 1920s allowed Americans to buy stocks with borrowed money.
Answer: What is buying on margin?
populism:
a political approach that focuses on appealing to people who feel mistreated or overlooked by the elites
What was the nickname given to Louis Armstrong?
The great "Satchmo"
This Louisiana governor proposed the “Share Our Wealth” program during the Great Depression.
Answer: Who is Huey Long?
This president believed in “rugged individualism” and did not think the federal government should directly help struggling Americans.
Answer: Who is Herbert Hoover?
This 1927 disaster led the federal government to move away from a levee-only flood control plan.
Answer: What is the Great Mississippi River Flood of 1927?
spur:
a short railroad line that connects to a main line
How many gold medals did Jesse Owens win in the 1936 olympics?
4
This 1898 Louisiana Constitution primarily took away equal rights from this group of people.
Answer: Who are Black Louisianans?
This economic policy placed high taxes on imported goods to protect American businesses.
Answer: What is protectionism (or high tariffs)?
This Louisiana governor proposed the “Share Our Wealth” program to fight poverty during the Great Depression.
Answer: Who is Huey Long?
protectionism:
the practice of shielding a country's domestic industries from foreign competition through restrictions on international trade
What caused demand for products to fall throughout the 1920s
Home inequality
This major flood-control strategy adopted in 1885 relied only on building levees to control the Mississippi River.
Answer: What is the levee-only plan?
This program built dams to control flooding and generate electricity in the Tennessee Valley region.
Answer: What is the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)?
This environmental disaster of the 1930s was caused by drought and over-plowing of farmland, forcing many farmers to migrate west.
Answer: What is the Dust Bowl?