Business Cycle
What term describes the rise and fall of economic activity over time?
What is the business cycle?
What amendment to the U.S. Constitution established Prohibition?
What is the 18th Amendment?
Who was the president at the start of the Great Depression?
Who is Herbert Hoover?
What major change did women experience in the workplace during the 1920s?
What is an increase in job opportunities?
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
What is a cultural, social, and artistic explosion centered in Harlem during the 1920s?
During which phase of the business cycle do unemployment rates typically rise?
What is a recession?
What year did Prohibition officially begin?
What is 1920?
What was Hoover's first response to the Great Depression?
Hands off
Which amendment granted women the right to vote in 1920?
What is the 19th Amendment?
Name one of the key figures in the Harlem Renaissance.
Who is Langston Hughes?
What economic conditions characterized the boom of the 1920s?
What is high employment and increased consumer spending?
Name a famous illegal bar that operated during Prohibition.
What is a speakeasy?
What public works project is associated with Hoover's administration?
What is the Hoover Dam?
What was the main issue in the Scopes Trial?
What is the teaching of evolution versus creationism?
What themes were commonly explored in Harlem Renaissance literature?
What is racial pride and identity?
How did the stock market crash of 1929 affect the business cycle?
What is it led to a significant contraction in economic activity?
What was one major consequence of Prohibition in America?
What is the rise of organized crime?
Why did many people blame Hoover for the Great Depression?
What is because he was seen as ineffective in addressing the economic crisis?
What was the result of the Scopes Trial?
What is Scopes was found guilty?
How did the Harlem Renaissance influence American culture?
What is it introduced African American culture to mainstream society?
How did Prohibition end?
What is the 21st Amendment repealing the 18th Amendment?
Describe one way Hoover attempted to alleviate the effects of the Great Depression.
What is through the Reconstruction Finance Corporation?
What year did the Scopes Trial take place?
What is 1925?
Describe the impact of jazz music during the Harlem Renaissance.
What is it became a symbol of the era and influenced many artists?