1920s Culture
This group symbolized generational conflict by rejecting Victorian-era social norms through fashion and behavior.
Who were flappers?
This term describes the widespread buying of goods fueled by advertising and credit
What is consumerism?
The dramatic collapse of stock prices on October 29, 1929. This day was called?
What is Black Tuesday?
These makeshift communities symbolized public frustration with the 31st president's economic policies
What were Hoovervilles?
This collection of federal programs marked a shift away from laissez-faire policies.
What was the New Deal?
This artistic and literary movement challenged racial stereotypes and promoted Black identity in urban America.
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
This production method allowed goods to be made faster and cheaper
What is the assembly line?
This environmental factor devastated American farmers and reduced agricultural productivity in the early 1930s
What are drought conditions or the dust bowl?
Millions of Americans lost their savings when these institutions collapsed.
What were banks?
What were the 3 goals of the programs implemented by FDR?
What are relief, recovery and reform?
Rather than eliminate alcohol consumption, this constitutional amendment contributed to the growth of organized crime.
What was the 18th Amendment?
This purchasing method allowed Americans to increase consumption without immediate full payment, increasing household debt.
What are installment plans?
This economic imbalance occurred when factories and farms produced more goods than consumers could afford to buy.
What is overproduction?
This event ultimately increased industrial production and helped end the Depression.
What is World War II?
This agency restored confidence in financial markets by regulating stock transactions.
What is the SEC?
This influential jazz musician of the Harlem Renaissance helped popularize improvisation and became one of the most important figures in American music history.
Who was Louis Armstrong?
Practice of investing heavily in assets—often with borrowed money—based on the expectation that prices will keep rising, even when those prices are not supported by real economic value
What is overspeculation?
What are 4 causes of the Great Depression that we learned about in class?
What is the stock market crash, trade restrictions, drought conditions and reduction in purchasing?
Unemployment rose to nearly this percentage at its peak.
What is about 25%
These presidential radio broadcasts strengthened public trust by explaining policy directly to citizens.
What were the Fireside Chats?
This Harlem Renaissance poet used his writing to celebrate Black identity and highlight racial injustice in America.
Who was Langston Hughes?
Purchasing stocks with borrowed money, paying only a portion upfront and borrowing the rest with the stock itself as collateral
What is buying on the margin?
This 1930 law raised U.S. tariffs on imported goods, reduced international trade, and worsened the global economic downturn.
What was the Smoot-Hawley Tariff?
What are the 4 effects of the Great Depression that we learned about in class?
What is unemployment, bank failures, business failures and foreclosures
This 1935 law established federal responsibility for retirement pensions and unemployment insurance.
What is the Social Security Act?