Politics of the 1920's
The African American leader who called for Blacks to build up self-respect and economic power.
Who was Marcus Garvey
The flourishing of African American arts in the 1920's
What was the Harlem Renaissance
The nickname for the day the stock market crashed (October 29th, 1929)
What is Black Tuesday
The four day period that allowed the banks to get back on their feet and reopen
What is the banking holiday.
This agency gave young adults employment to work on various conservation projects. (Planted trees, fought forest fires, cleared and maintained roads, built wild life refuges)
What is the Civilian Conservation Corps.
As a result of the Russian Communist revolution, the belief that Communists were trying to seize power in America.
What is the "Red Scare"
What did the 18th Amendment do?
What is prohibited the manufacture, transportation, and selling of alcohol
The President that came up with the New Deal
Who is FDR (Franklin Delano Roosevelt)
This New Deal program safely insures money that is deposited into banks.
What is the FDIC. (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)
What did the 19th Amendment do?
What is gave women suffrage (right to vote)
Where did people illegally drink at during the times of prohibition? (Hint: i'm looking for a specific illegal place)
What are speakeasies
What were some causes of the stock market crash of October 1929? (Name just one)
What is over speculations, buying on margin, businesses started brokering, artificial inflation
The 3 R's in the New Deal were
What is Relief, Recovery, & Reform
This agency brought electricity to the Tennessee Valley and helped prevent flooding in the region.
What is the TVA. (Tennessee Valley Authority)
An agreement to loan U.S. money to Germany so World War I reparation payments could continue
What was the Dawes Plan
The nickname for young women of the 1920's who ignored traditional hairstyles, clothing, and social behaviors.
What are Flappers
WWI army veterans that went to Washington to get a promised bonus.
What is the Bonus Army.
This act helped make retirement funds for people, created a card that everyone gets at birth, and also opened up jobs
What is the Social Security Act
This agency paid farmers NOT to farm some of their land (Also might have burned some of their crops).
What is the AAA. (Agricultural Adjustment Administration)
Buying a consumer product with a small down payment then paying off the rest over time
What is installment buying
American style of music that developed from ragtime and blues and that uses syncopated rhythms and improvisation
What is Jazz
There were plenty of reasons as to why the Great Depression happened... name 3
What is stock market crash, bank failures, credit debt, overproduction, business failures
This helped establish a minimum wage, set working hour limits, and overall forced businesses to make better products for cheaper. Later, it was declared unconstitutional. (Hint: most companies DID NOT want to join this)
What is the NRA. (National Recovery Act)