Roaring 20's A
True or False: The 20's were said to "roar" because of the widespread wars that occured.
False: The 20's wear said to "roar" because of economic prosperity & cultural change.
Who started the “Back to Africa” movement?
Marcus Garvey
Forget television and movies! They weren't invented yet! The ____ was the most popular form of entertainment during the 1920's.
Radio
This Amendment gave women the right to vote
19th
The time period that followed the stock market crash was called the ______ ______ because many people lost their jobs, savings, and livelihood.
Great Depression
Fashion and appearance changed a lot for women in the 1920's. They cut their hair and wore shorter, more revealing dresses. Women that took on this style were called...
Flappers
The 19th Amendment of the Constitution, signed in 1920, did what for women?
Gave them the right to vote.
The artistic movement of African American's in a neighborhood of New York was called the...
The Harlem Renaissance
The idea that one's country, nation or state is more important than others
Nationalism
The US blamed this president for the Great Depression
Herbert Hoover
A "rebirth" of African-American arts and culture
The Harlem Renaissance
The Roaring 20's was also known as the _____ Age.
Jazz
One of the first major causes of "The Great Depression"
The Stock Market Crash of 1929
Black Tuesday was the day the ____ _____ ____, signaling the end of the prosperity of the roaring 20's.
stock market crashed.
This president provided a plan for Relief, Recovery and Reform after the Great Depression
Franklin D. Roosevet (FDRs New Deal)
A foreign policy of fewer foreign interactions is called
Isolationism
The ability for news to reach many people across great distances is called?
Mass Media
What is Using credit to purchase stock?
"Buying on a Margin"
During the 1920's, many people bought new inventions on _______, giving companies a false sense of wealth / profit.
Credit
When stock market prices soar way beyond the value and eventually "burst"
a Bubble
True or False: The 15th Amendment gave African-American men the right to vote
True
A renowned (well-known) nightclub in Harlem during the 1920's where many African-Americans performed
The Cotton Club
Margaret Mitchell was an American novelist and journalist who only wrote this one book
Gone With the Wind
Black Sunday and Black Blizzards describe this event that increased the effects of The Great Depression
The Dust Bowl
A severe economic downturn from 1929-1939, triggered by the Stock Market Crash that led to high unemploment, bank failures and poverty amongst the US people.
The Great Depression