October 29, 1929, when 16.5 million shares were sold, is also known as ________
What is Black Tuesday
100
Democratic candidate who won the 1932 election by a landslide. He pledged a "New Deal" to the American public in order to relieve the US of the Great Depression.
Who is Franklin Roosevelt
100
A substance which was not allowed to made, sold, or consumed during the prohibition era.
What is alcohol or liquor?
100
Which amendments contributed to the Harlem Renaissance?
What is the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments
200
The unemployment rate in 1933, when the depression hit the hardest?
What is 25%
200
The act that guaranteed retirement payments for enrolled workers beginning at age 65; set up federal-state system of unemployment insurance and care for dependent mothers and children and the handicapped
What is the Social Security Act
200
This individual was a notorious Chicago gangster who made over 60 millions dollars from his bootlegging empire and was responsible for increasing criminal activity which led to the St. Valentines Day Massacre in 1929.
Who is Al Capone?
200
Which state was the core of the Harlem Renaissance?
What is New York
300
The practice in which an investor could purchase stocks by putting as little as 10% of the cost with the rest of the money on credit, that led to the depression.
What is Buying on margin (over expansion of credit)
300
The agency that reduced unemployment by letting young men go to rural camps for 6 months to do construction work in national parks
What is the Civilian Conservation Corps
300
The ____ amendment ratified on Jan 19 1919 banned the sale and consumption of liquor and the ___ amendment ended the ban and repealed the before mentioned amendment?
What are the 18th and 21st amendments?
300
Ten year period of the Renaissance.
What is 1920-1930s
400
The group of 15000 veterans from WW1 that marched on Washington demanding immediate payment of their BONUS certificates, although they weren't due until 1945?
Who is The Bonus Army
400
An independent federal agency created by Glass-Steagall Reform Act. It insures up to $100,000 for bank deposits, thus helping put faith back into the banks.
What is the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
400
The election of this president marks the end of the 18th amendment and prohibition in most states. He celebrated the end of the prohibition with a dirty martini.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
400
The original name of the Harlem Renaissance
What is the Negro-Movement
500
The corporation established by Herbert Hoover in 1932 that lent $2 billion to state and local governments, railroads, farm mortgage associations, and large corporations
What is the Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC)
500
The act that established National Labor Relations Board; protected the rights of most workers in the private sector to organize labor unions, to engage in collective bargaining, and to take part in strikes.
What is the Wagner Act
500
On this year all states including, Mississippi, had completely lifted their ban on the sale and consumption of alcohol.
What is 1966?
500
The American composer, pianist, and band leader who wrote "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)"