Roaring Twenties 1
Roaring Twenties 2
Great Depression 1
Great Depression 2
The New Deal
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What inventions changed women’s lives during the Roaring Twenties?
Electric irons and washing machines
were invented, making work in the home much easier for women.
100
What 2 inventions changed transportation in the Roaring Twenties?
The invention of the Motel T Ford and air travel made transportation faster.
100
What are shantytowns? Who were they named after?
Shantytowns are make-shift homes that the homeless made out of scrap lumber and empty boxes in parks and other public spaces. These shantytowns were called “Hoovervilles”, named after President Herbert Hoover.
100
What is the stock market?
A place where stocks in a company are bought and sold
100
Describe the New Deal and who invented it.
President Franklin Roosevelt proposed a wide range of programs, called the New Deal, which focused on three goals: relief, recovery, and reform. Relief programs set out to assist with the feeding and housing of the poorest American citizens.
200
Why were consumer products more affordable during the Roaring Twenties?
Products could be produced faster and cheaper through mass production on assembly lines.
200
What are two examples of mass media in the Twenties?
The radio and the movies
200
Describe the Dust Bowl
Overworking farmland and drought caused the Dust Bowl conditions of the Midwest. This led others, such as the Okies (people from Oklahoma), to migrate to California where they sought jobs as migrant workers.
200
Where did Okies migrate toward in search of jobs?
California
200
What is the CCC?
The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was a relief program designed to provide young men who were roaming the countryside in search of work the opportunity to build parks and plant trees. The CCC can also be a recovery program because its purpose was to put money into the hands of people; who would in turn spend it, and help businesses to recover.
300
What is the 19th amendment?
Gave Women the Right to Vote
Allowed women to be recognized for their contributions during WWI and given the right to vote.
300
Describe the Harlem Renaissance.
Great interest and activity in the arts and music, especially among African American artists living in New York. This was a result of the Great Migration and African Americans bringing their culture from the South to the Northern cities.
300
What are 3 causes of the Great Depression
1. Credit 2. The Stock Market Crash 3. The Dust Bowl
300
What is a hoboe?
An unemployed young men and some young women who took to the highways or rode the trains from town to town seeking work or a handout
300
What was the SEC?
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to regulate trading on the stock market and curb out-of-control high-risk investments that led to the Stock Market Crash of 1929. This program required full disclosure of the information on stocks being sold
400
Describe the Great Migration
African Americans moved from southern rural areas to northern urban areas. They moved because they were facing the Jim Crow laws and lynching’s (being hung), as well as the economic hardship of sharecropping, and the lack of job opportunities.
400
What happened during Prohibition?
Prohibition outlawed the production and distribution of alcohol and was intended to control the immigrant
400
Describe the Stock Market Crash
Investors in the stock market recognized the slowing of the economy (people could not buy as much), they suddenly began selling their stocks. This sale was made worse because some investors had borrowed in order to buy stocks and could not pay off loans due to the devaluation of stocks. The stock market crash resulted.
400
Why did African Americans migrate north during the Great Migration?
They moved because they were facing the Jim Crow laws and lynching’s (being hung), as well as the economic hardship of sharecropping, and the lack of job opportunities.
400
What was the Social Security Act?
Social Security was also designed to make sure the disabled and the elderly would have some income and that the unemployed were protected against lay-offs.
500
What did America do about European immigrants when they felt the immigrants were taking away jobs from people born in America?
Americans made laws for immigration quotas to limit the number of immigrants from eastern and southern Europe.
500
What is bootleggers?
This is Someone who makes or sells alcohol illegally.
500
How did the Great Depression affect people's lives?
Businesses fired workers, decreasing wages (paychecks), decreasing buying power (people can’t buy as much), and decreasing prices. Failed businesses laid off more workers. Unemployed borrowers were unable to pay off their bank loans. People lost their savings due to bank failures.
500
What were the causes of the Dust Bowl?
Bad farming methods, heavy wind, and drought caused the Dust Bowl. AKA Overproduction of goods
500
Which New Deal Organization still exists today?
Social Security