Social Issues of the 20s
Culture and Economy of the 20s
Start of the Great Depression
Start of The New Deal
Programs of the New Deal
Critics of FDR
Extra Information (Bonus)
100
How did the Trial of Sacco and Vanzetti describe the views of Americans in the 1920s?
Americans didn't trust immigrants because they thought immigrants would spread communism.
100
Why did African-Americans decide to move from the South to the North in the 1920s?
Find new industrial jobs and attempt to escape racism
100
In 1932, which group marched on Washington demanding a promised payment?
Bonus Army/WW1 Veterans
100
FDR used this tactic to help gain the public's trust...
Fireside Chats
100
This program hired young men to improve public lands around the United States.
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
100
This individual criticized Roosevelt on a weekly radio show the reached millions
Father Charles Coughlin
100
What disease did FDR have that made him partially paralyzed?
Polio
200
What was major impact of Prohibition?
Led to a rise in organized crime
200
How did the economy grow in the 1920s?
People began to buy products/goods on credit.
200
How did President Hoover react to the Great Depression?
Thought it would be temporary and that it would be an issue that local governments fixed not the national government
200
FDR's first step in his time as President was to...
Close the nation's banks for 4 days so people could feel more confident in the banks
200
The act aimed to raise farm prices and offered subsidies for farmers not to use all of their land
Agricultural Adjustment Act
200
Huey Long's plan to tax the rich heavily was called what?
Share Our Wealth Plan
200
In which region of the United States did the Dust Bowl take place?
The Great Plains
300
A period in the United States when people feared the spread of Communism.
Red Scare
300
This period was known for being the rebirth of African-American culture through art, music, and literature during the 1920s.
Harlem Renaissance
300
Name the two causes of the Dust Bowl. (Double Points)
Overproduction of crops and severe droughts
300
Name the three ways the New Deal was supposed to fix the Great Depression.
Reform, Relief and Recovery
300
Why did Roosevelt create the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) & Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)?
To restore confidence in financial institutions like the banks and stock market.
300
Who did Dr. Francis Townsend feel that FDR forgot about in the New Deal?
Retired and Elderly People
300
Why were the 1920s known as the Roaring 20s?
It was a time of social and cultural change in the US.
400
What were the two immigration acts that limited the amount of immigrants allowed in the United States?
Emergency Quota Act of 1921 and National Origins Act of 1924
400
Why did Presidents like Coolidge and Hoover place high tariffs/taxes on imported goods?
So Americans could buy American-made products at at cheaper rate.
400
Why did the Stock Market Crash in 1929?
Many people wanted to sell their stocks, and so few wanted to buy, that stock prices collapsed and the stock market crashed.
400
Why did FDR win the Election of 1932?
Americans blamed Hoover for the Depression and Roosevelt offered a new hope to Americans.
400
This act taxed workers and employers to help the elderly and retired workers during the Great Depression.
Social Security Act
400
Why were groups like Republicans and Big Business owners against the New Deal?
Felt the New Deal gave the government too much power and caused more government spending.
400
What helped bring an end to the Great Depression?
Start of World War 2
500
What was the issue at the center of the Scopes Trial?
Whether teaching evolution was legal or illegal in public schools.
500
This government change allowed the American government to place high tariffs on imported goods during the 1920s.
Hawley-Smoot Tariff
500
What did farmers living in the Great Plains during the Dust Bowl do to adjust?
Left their farms and moved out west to find new jobs.
500
What was the purpose of the New Deal?
Create new jobs and aid for Americans to help the economy go back to normal.
500
Why was the Wagner Act/National Labor Relations Act important to workers during the Great Depression?
Allowed workers to form labor unions to create better working conditions, increase pay and end child labor.
500
Why did FDR want to change the number of justices in the Supreme Court?
He wanted to elect justices that would support his New Deal
500
How did the New Deal change government?
Created the idea that the federal government should be more involved in the well-being of the citizens
600
What is the main idea of the political cartoon?
The United States set a limit on the number of immigrants coming into the United States.
600
What is the main idea of the cartoon?
During the 1920s, business and the economy in the United States were seen as strong and healthy because of the creation of new products and the use of credit.
600
Name 3 causes of the Great Depression.
Overproduction, Gap between Rich and Poor, Banking Failures, Unemployment, Government Decisions, Dust Bowl
600
What was the major difference between FDR and Hoover?
FDR felt that the government should use its power to help the unemployed while Hoover thought the economy would fix itself.
600
What issue did programs like the Civil Works Administration (CWA) and Works Progress Administration (WPA)?
Unemployment
600
According to this cartoon, why was FDR's idea of "packing the court" negative?
It upset the checks and balances of the United States and violated the US Constitution.
600
How many new bills did FDR pass in his first 100 days as President?
15 new bills