Vocabulary
Period of low economic activity and rising unemployment
Great Depression
The most influential new form of music in the Roaring 20s, which blended African American rhythms and European instruments
jazz
The stock market crash became known by this name
Black Tuesday
The reason why newspapers stopped printing obituaries
Too many people were committing suicide.
The President that helped the country get out of the Great Depression
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
The constitutional ban on the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages
prohibition
During the Great Migration, African Americans moved out of the South and migrated here to escape racism
Northwest, Midwest, and West
Amount of wealth that vanished
$200 billion
This president was often blamed for the severity of the Great Depression
President Hoover
A series of programs and reforms enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt
The New Deal
quota system
The new woman of the 1920s, who wore shorter skirts, cut their hair, and challenged traditional roles
Flappers
What happened to peoples' life savings?
Disappeared
Three states were affected by the Dust Bowl, name 1 state
Texas, Kansas, and Oklahoma
Name one program that was created in the New Deal that is still around today
Social Security
nativism
This major invention of the 1920s changed daily life by allowing families to information, music, and entertainment from their own homes
True or False: The Great Depression was only felt in the United States
False
President Hoover's name was used as a shorthand for suffering, one one thing that people used is name in
Your money
Buying stocks by paying only a small percentage and borrowing the rest
margin loans
The Harlem Renaissance
25%
Who marched to the capital to demand their bonuses for their service? Be specific
World War 1 veterans
The most famous line from Roosevelts speech
"The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself."