Roaring 20's
This president promised a "return to normalcy" after World War I.
Who is Warren Harding?
These fashionable women of the 1920s challenged traditional gender roles with their dress and behavior.
Who are flappers?
A period when stock prices are rising and people are optimistic is called this.
What is a bull market?
This president was often blamed for the Great Depression’s hardships.
Who is Herbert Hoover?
This man was elected president in 1932, promising a “New Deal” for Americans.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
This president took office after Harding’s death and believed in minimal government interference in business.
Who is Calvin Coolidge?
This movement celebrated African American culture through music, poetry, and art in the 1920s.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
This dangerous investing practice in the 1920s involved borrowing money to buy stocks.
What is buying on margin?
These unemployed men traveled the country by train looking for work.
Who are hoboes?
She redefined the role of First Lady, becoming a political activist and voice for the poor and minorities.
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?
This term describes the economic theory that cutting taxes will lead to increased investment and economic growth.
What is supply-side economics?
This Black nationalist leader promoted a return to Africa and Black pride.
Who is Marcus Garvey?
This economic disaster happened in October 1929 and marked the start of the Great Depression.
What is the Great Crash?
This nickname describes the dry and overfarmed Great Plains area hit by severe dust storms.
What is the Dust Bowl?
This program temporarily closed all banks to prevent further collapse and restore public confidence.
What are bank holidays?
This controversial court case in 1925 debated evolution vs. creationism in public schools.
What is the Scopes Monkey Trial?
This amendment gave women the right to vote in 1920.
What is the 19th Amendment?
This caused many banks to close after people rushed to withdraw their money.
What are bank runs?
These were government-funded projects meant to create jobs during the Depression.
What are public works?
This 1935 law guaranteed workers the right to form unions and bargain collectively, marking a major victory for organized labor.
What is the Wagner Act?
This group re-emerged in the 1920s promoting white supremacy and targeting immigrants, Catholics, and African Americans.
What is the Ku Klux Klan (KKK)?
This term describes a group of post-WWI writers disillusioned with American society.
Who are the Lost Generation?
This mistake involved keeping interest rates low in the 1920s and then raising them during the Depression, was committed by this government agency.
What is the Federal Reserve?
In 1932, this group of World War I veterans marched on Washington to demand their promised bonuses early.
Who are the Bonus Marchers?
This New Deal program put young men to work on environmental projects like planting trees, building trails, and fighting forest fires.
What is the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)?