Roaring 20s
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100

A Time when African American artists, Authors, and Musicians flourished was known as 

What was the Harlem Renaissance

100

What event marked the start of the great depression?

What was The stock market crash of 1929

100

Who won the 1932 Election that set the path of the Country in a different direction

Who is Franklin Delano Roosevelt 

100
What is the term given to the movement of more than 6 million African Americans from the south to the north for new opportunity?

What is The Great Migration

100

What city was becomin the heart of a new cultural movement?

What is Harlem/NYC
200

What term describes young women in the 1920s who challenged social norms by wearing shorter dresses and bobbing their hair>

What is Flappers

200

What event was created because of overfarming, draught and high winds?

What is the Dust bowl

200

What were FDRS radio addresses to the American Public called? 

What are Fireside Chats

200

What did FDR call his plan for America to overcome the economic crisis of the Great Depression

The New Deal

200

Which Amendment Repealed Prohibition? 

What is the 21st amendment 

300

Which music genre became popular during the 1920s and is associated with musicians like Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington?

What is Jazz

300

The Stock market crash, bank falures over production and declining consumer spending resulted in what?

What is the great depression

300

FDRs 3 R include relief, recovery and what

What is Reform

300

What was the nickname for the shanty towns where homeless people built shacks out of things like scrap wood and cardboard?

What are Hoovervilles

300

The major issue debated during the scopes trial was the teaching of 

What is evolution

400

What was a key factor that contributed to economic prosperity in the 1920s

What is mass production and consumer goods

400

Where would people stand in extra-long lines waiting for food?

What are Soup Kitchens or Bread Lines

400

What was the agency that coordinated government projects that focused on providing work relief to unemployed workers

 

What is the Work progress Administration (WPA)

400

What is another word for a loan

What is Credit
400

What is the term for a thick dust cloud that covered everything and could cause blackness during the day for hours 

What is Black blizzard

500

What Amendment granted women's suffrage?

What is the 19th Amendment? 

500

During the dust bowl where did farmers migrate to find work

What is California 

500

What act was passed that started to tax a percentage of all workers pay in order to provide monthly checks to workers who reach retirement?

What is the Social security act/administration

500

what is the term that means "A Period of Rising stock prices"

What is Bull Market

500

This woman reshaped the role of the First Lady

Who is Eleanore roosevelt

600

What amendment started prohibition and made the purchasing and selling of alcohol illegal?

What is the 18th Amendment

600

What marked the end of the great depression?

What is WWII

600

The Agricultural Adjustment Administration was put into place to help who recover?

Who are Farmers

600

What term describes buying stocks by paying only a small percentage upfront and borrowing the rest

What is Buying on Margin

600

How many Terms did FDR get elected for?

What is Four

700

The day the stock market crashed and is often called the beginning of the great depression is called what?

What is Black Tuesday

700

The rise of organize crime was a result of 

What is Prohibition

700

Banks reopened under the supervision of the federal treasury which allowed for more stabilized banking and a new confidence in the banking system which act is this? (EBA)

The Emergency Banking ACT 

700

what term refers to a tax placed on items from other countries that are often used to limit trade? 

What is a Tariff

700

This set limits on immigration

What is the Quota System

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