Economics
When customers try to go to the bank to withdraw all their money because they're afraid the bank is going to fail
Bank Run
The "new" kind of music, very popular amongst the youths
Jazz
These secret bars were everywhere! Over 100,000 in NYC alone
Speakeasies
Who was president from 1928-1932
Herbert Hoover
The Battle of Yorktown!
1781!
Borrowing money to buy something you can't afford with the intent to pay it off gradually over time is called
Credit
This hate group reappeared in the 1920s, this time expanding their targets beyond just African Americans
Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
The name for illegal smugglers during Prohibition
Bootleggers
What group of veterans went to Washington DC in 1932 to demand an early payment they were promised
Bonus Army
Which car manufacturer used the assembly line to increase production?
Ford
On top of the Great Depression, drought, high winds, and over-farming created problems in the Midwest for many farmers
Dust Bowl
What group of young women rebelled by doing scandalous things like going to college and cutting their hair short
Flappers
Prohibition meant that most of the illegal alcohol came to the US from which 2 countries?
Canada and Mexico
What group built roads and hiking trails to make National Parks more accessible?
Civilan Conservation Corps (CCC)
This Amendment gave women the right to vote
19th
What country borrowed money from the United States to pay reparations... until the US had no more money
Germany
This musician was known for his trumpet-playing skills and deep, gravelly singing voice
Louis Armstrong
This mobster went to prison for tax evasion, not because of his other crimes
Al Capone
The biggest scandal amongst Warren G. Harding's corrupt group of advisors
Teapot Dome Scandal
What fruit does Ms. Bahr think is gross, unless it is in bread form?
Bananas
Describe the Cycle of Depression
Production falls – Unemployment rises – Demand falls – Company makes less money
The most famous silent film actor of his time
Charlie Chaplin
Prohibition was created by which Amendment?
18th
Under this act, only healthy, solvent banks could reopen after passing a Federal Inspection
Emergency Banking Act
This Act was the first time the government began to regulate the Stock Market
Securities and Exchange Act