Roaring 20s
During the Roaring Twenties, these young women challenged traditional gender roles through dress and behavior.
Who were flappers?
This 1929 event is considered the spark that began the Great Depression.
What was the Stock Market Crash?
These makeshift shantytowns were named after the president blamed for the Depression.
What were Hoovervilles?
This president launched the “New Deal” in his first 100 days in office.
Who was FDR?
The Second New Deal was focused primarily on this "R" of the Three R's of the New Deal.
What was reform?
This national ban on alcohol led to organized crime and illegal speakeasies.
What was Prohibition?
Thousands of these financial institutions failed during the Great Depression, causing many to lose their life savings.
What were banks?
This belief of President Hoover’s said that people should help themselves, not depend on government aid.
What was rugged individualism?
These three goals guided FDR’s New Deal.
What were relief, recovery, and reform?
This branch of the federal government overturned several key New Deal laws.
What was the Judiciary or Supreme Court?
This cultural movement celebrated Black art, music, and writing in New York City.
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
The Smoot–Hawley Bill of 1930 imposed these kinds of taxes on imported goods, worsening the Depression.
What are tariffs?
By 1932, about this percentage of Americans were unemployed.
What was 25%?
This program gave young men jobs building parks, planting trees, and conserving natural resources.
What was the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps)?
This 1935 law provided monthly payments to the elderly, unemployed, and disabled.
What was the SSA (Social Security Act)?
This famous 1925 trial debated whether evolution could be taught in public schools.
What was the Scopes “Monkey” Trial?
This “hands-off” policy meant the government did not regulate banks or businesses.
What was laissez-faire?
This 1940 event finally ended the Great Depression by creating millions of jobs.
What was mobilization for World War II?
This New Deal program restored trust in the nation's banking system.
What was the FDIC or the Bank Holiday?
This 1937 plan by FDR was viewed as a threat to the system of Separation of Powers and failed as a result of public opposition.
What was the Court Packing Plan?
This law limited immigration from southern and eastern Europe.
What were the Quota Acts?
This form of speculation on the stock market helped contribute to the start of the Great Depression.
What is buying on the margin?
This group of veterans marched on Washington, D.C., demanding their promised payment.
What was the Bonus Army?
This program built large public projects like bridges, dams, and schools.
This program built large public projects like bridges, dams, and schools.
This law established the minimum wage, limited working hours, and banned child labor.
What was the Fair Labor Standards Act?