The Roaring 20's
The Roaring 20's began and brought a sense of joy and optimism following the end of this war...
The crash of _____________ in 1929 marked the beginning of the Great Depression.
The Stock Market
Franklin D. Roosevelt
This time period took place in New York City and saw the emergence of many Black artists, musicians, poets, activists and more
The Harlem Renaissance
As a response to the growing issues related to alcohol consumption, the temperance movement was successful in passing the 18th amendment which banned the production and selling of alcohol. This time period is known as...
Prohibition
Along with many forms of new entertainment such as movies and radio, music became popular especially in these two genres (name both)
Jazz and Blues
Taking place in the Midwest, this was an environemental disaster that was caused by drought, poor land management, and overuse of land
The Dust Bowl
What are the three R's of the New Deal?
Relief, Recovery and Reform
To escape violence in the South and gain new opportunities, millions of African-Americans moved to various cities in the North and West known as...
The Great Migration
This terrorist organization saw a resurgence in the 1920's especially in places throughout the midwest following the migration of Black Americans to these places
The Ku Klux Klan
Young girls of the 1920's challenged how women should act and look. They had shorter haircuts and dresses, enjoyed single life over being married, and stayed out late partying. They were known as...
Flappers
Named after the president at the beginning of the 1920's these shantytowns housed millions of Americans who experienced homelessness during the Depression
Hoovervilles
These programs aimed to help HEAL the American economy such as stabilizing prices, decreasing overproduction and more.
Recovery Programs
Life during the Depression life was hard for many people but especially difficult for Black Americans. The average unemployment rate was 25% but for Black Americans it was...
50%
During the Red Scare these groups were targetted for spreading ideas which threatened American capitalism
Socialists and Communists
Throughout the 1920's consumerism grew as a result of Americans being able to afford many new goods by purchasing them with this
What was the effect of the Hawley-Smoot Tariff?
It raised the tax on imported goods which led to other countries cutting off trade with the US. This hurt American businesses and made the Depression worse.
These programs aimed to bring major changes to the American economy (such as deposit insurance, social security, regulation of stock market).
Reform Programs
This act of violence was used in the South to intimidate Black communities. It is when a mob kills an individual without any due process of law.
Lynching
In Tennessee a teacher was accused for breaking a state law that banned the teaching of the theory of evolution instead of the Christian creation story of Adam and Eve. The court case was known as...
The Scopes Monkey Trial
This dance move became a total sensation during the 1920's
The Charleston
This famous country singer was an "Okie" who wrote songs about his experience of migrating from town to town in search of work
Woody Guthrie
What was one of the major criticisms of the new deal?
The neighborhood of Greenwood, often referred to as this, was an incredibly successful black community in Tulsa Oklahoma that was destroyed by white mobs during the Tulsa Race Massacre
Black Wall Street
Why did conservatism rise in the 1920's?
Many Americans feared all of the changes happening in the country related to religion, political beliefs, race, and immigration