Vocabulary
A new form of purchasing introduced in the 1920's, also known as "Buy now, pay later"
What is Credit/Installment Plans?
Owning a share within a company
What is Stock
Towns and slums built during the Great Depression by the homeless were called?
What is Hoovervilles?
A type of music gained popularity in the 1920's
What is Jazz?
A new popular piece of technology promoting music, consumerism, and nationwide listening
What is the Radio?
The growth of African American culture, literature, music, and art, which was heavily driven by the Great Migration
What is The Harlem Renaissance?
On October 24th, 1929, the day the Stock Market crashed.
What is Black Tuesday?
A New Deal Program to combat high unemployment rate, specifically for young, unmarried men (18-25 years old), also known as FDR's "Tree Army"
What is the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
A divide that occurred due to the rise of city living and breaking social norms (ex: ___ vs. ____)
What is Urban vs. Rural/Rural vs. Urban?
An event/amendment occurred in the 1920's, increasing the rise of Speakeasies, Mobs/Mafias, and organized crime.
What is 18th Amendment/Prohibition?
A series of solutions enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to help citizens during the Great Depression
What is the New Deal Programs?
A devastating environmental disaster during the 1930's causing below average crops.
What is The Dust Bowl?
President Franklin D. Roosevelt promoted support for his New Deal Programs over the radio with 30-minute-long segments.
What is Fireside Chats?
What is The Scopes Trial?
The President during the start of the Great Depression
Who is Herbert Hoover?
The "hands-off" style of government for which President Herbert Hoover was known to use
What is Laissez-Faire?
A tariff that taxed both agricultural and industrial products
What is the Smoot-Hawley Tariff?
The unemployment percentage during the Great Depression?
25%
The amendment in the 1920's recognizing women's ability to vote
What is the 19th Amendment?
Utilized in the 1920's by Henry Ford, revolutionizing manufacturing by using conveyor belts to move products.
What is The Assembly Line?
A controversial legislative effort from President Franklin D. Roosevelt to expand the U.S. Supreme Court
What is the Court Packing Scandal?
Monetary system of currency value being directly tied to a fixed amount of gold. It hinders economic flexibility causing crisises like The Great Depression
What is Gold Standard
Group of veterans from World War 1 who did not recieve their service bonus certificates
Who is the Bonus Army?
Due to an increase in income and credit, it allowed for increased purchases in new technology and trends, which led to a rise in...
What is Consumerism?
President Franklin D. Roosevelt set a benchmark to help the nation rise from the Great Depression in a certain amount of time, a benchmark that Presidents still use today.
What is First 100 Days?