The Roaring Twenties
What was the nickname for the 1920s because of the lively culture and booming economy?
What is the Roaring Twenties?
Who was the President during most of the Great Depression?
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
What type of economy was booming in the 1920s?
What is a consumer economy?
Many Americans lost their jobs and homes, forcing them to live in these communities.
What are Hoovervilles?
What caused the Dust Bowl?
What is over-farming, drought, and windstorms?
What amendment gave women the right to vote in 1920?
What is the 19th Amendment?
Which president is blamed for not doing enough during the Great Depression?
Who is Herbert Hoover?
Buying stocks with borrowed money was known as what?
What is buying on margin?
Who won the 1932 election by promising a “New Deal”?
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
What was FDR’s plan to combat the Great Depression?
What is the New Deal?
What was Warren G. Harding’s slogan for post-WWI America?
What is "Return to Normalcy"?
Who was the Louisiana senator who challenged FDR and proposed “Share Our Wealth”?
Who is Huey Long?
What happened on October 29, 1929?
What is the Stock Market Crash (Black Tuesday)?
What were FDR’s radio talks to the American public called?
What are Fireside Chats?
What were FDR’s radio talks to the American public called?
What are Fireside Chats?
What international agreement in 1928 aimed to prevent future wars?
What is the Kellogg-Briand Pact?
This businessman revolutionized the automobile industry with assembly lines.
Who is Henry Ford
What were the main causes of the Great Depression?
What are stock speculation, bank failures, overproduction, and uneven wealth distribution?
What Supreme Court case struck down a New Deal law regulating the poultry industry?
What is Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States (1935)?
This trial represented the clash between science and religion in 1925.
What is the Scopes Trial?
What was the name of the scandal involving oil reserves and government corruption during Harding's presidency?
What is the Teapot Dome Scandal?
Who was the famous jazz musician known for playing the trumpet in the 1920s?
Who is Louis Armstrong?
What were some effects of the Great Depression?
What are mass unemployment, homelessness, bank closures, and social unrest?
What was FDR’s controversial plan to expand the Supreme Court called?
What is the Court-Packing Plan?
What movement of the 1920s celebrated Black art, music, and writing in NYC?
What is the Harlem Renaissance?