Roaring 20s
What genre of music became popular during the Roaring 20s?
Jazz
The Roaring Twenties saw a period of Economic
Prosperity/boom
Which hate group experienced a resurgence in the 1920s by promoting nativist beliefs and increased hostility toward immigrants, african-americans, and other minorities?
KKK
What was the impact of the Great Depression on employment?
Widespread unemployment
What was a Hooverville?
A makeshift shelter community
Americans wanted to get rich quick so they got involved in this risky stock market move
Buying on Margin
What was one of the most important new consumer goods in the 20s used to listen to music, shows, and other broadcasts?
Radio
What was a 'flapper' in the 1920s?
A young woman defying traditional norms
Who was elected president in 1932 and introduced the New Deal?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
What was the main focus of the New Deal programs?
To create jobs and provide economic relief
What was the main goal of Prohibition?
To ban the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcohol
What was a speakeasy?
An illegal bar during Prohibition
What right was guaranteed to women by the United States Constitution in 1920, marking a major step toward gender equality?
Suffrage (the women's right to vote)
The New Deal programs were broken into these 3 categories
Recovery, Reform, and Relief
Insured bank deposits of up to 250,000. This helped to bring confidence back into the banks.
FDIC
What was a major economic trend in the United States during the 1920s? (The average person became more interested in buying stuff).
Increase in consumerism
What was the Red Scare?
A fear of communism spreading in the U.S.
Which event highlighted the cultural divide between science and religion (modernist vs traditionalist) in the 1920s, when a high school teacher was arrested for teaching Darwin’s Theory of Evolution?
The Scopes Monkey Trial
Jobs for 2 million young men. Replanted forests and built state/national parks
the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
FDR's New Deal plans successfully lowered this
Unemployment
The affordability of this contributed to the growth of suburbs
Cars
What was the cultural significance of jazz in the 1920s?
It was a new and energetic music genre crossing racial lines
Many Americans returning from fighting in the First World War felt:
Angry/Disillusioned/Confused
This event is what actually brought the US out of the Great Depression
WWII
Financial Aid to farmers who were encouraged to burn crops and slaughter livestock to reduce supply and increase demand.
Agricultural Adjustment Act