Key Terms
Important Acts
Important People
Roaring Twenties
The Great Depression
100
abstention from alliances and other international political and economic relations; American foreign policy
What is isolationism
100
established the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and included banking reforms, some of which were designed to control speculation.; were both reactions of the U.S. government to cope with the economic problems which followed the Stock Market Crash of 1929
What is Glass-Steagall Act
100
FDR's Wife and New Deal supporter. Was a great supporter of civil rights and opposed the Jim Crow laws. She also worked for birth control and better conditions for working women
Who was Eleanor Roosevelt
100
Why were consumer products more affordable during the Roaring Twenties?
Products could be produces faster and cheaper through mass production on assembly lines.
100
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
a set of principles granting greater sexual freedom to men than to women
What is double standard
200
1933 sought to help raise commodity prices by paying farmers to cut back production; the money for the benefit payments made to farmers would be raised from a "processing tax" levied on the businesses
What is Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
200
Who was Langston Hughes?
He was a famous black poet during the Harlem Renaissance
200
This Amendment allowed women to be recognized for their contributions during WWI and given the right to vote.
What is the 19th amendment
200
What are three causes of the great depression
1. Credit 2. The Stock Market Crash 3. The Dust Bowl
300
person who smuggled liquor into the United States during Prohibition
What is a bootlegger
300
employed about 3 million men to work on projects that benefited the public, planting trees to reforest areas, building levees for flood control, and improving national parks. This program gave jobs to men but it also benefited the public.
What is the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
300
Black writer who wanted to save African American folklore. She traveled all across the South collecting folk tales, songs & prayers of Black southerners. Her book was called Mules and Men.
Who is Zora Neale Hurston
300
What two inventions changed transportation in the Roaring Twenties?
The invention of the Motel T Ford and air travel made transportation faster.
300
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
a theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state.
What is communism
400
guaranteed retirement payments for enrolled workers beginning at age 65; set up federal-state system of unemployment insurance and care for dependent mothers and children, the handicapped, and public health
What is the social security act
400
the 32nd president of the United States. He was president from 1933 until his death in 1945 during both the Great Depression and World War II. He is the only president to have been elected 4 times, a feat no longer permissible due to the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution.
Who is Franklin Delano Roosevelt
400
What are two examples of mass media in the Twenties?
What is The radio and the movies
400
This person is 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
Who is Mr. Kluttz :)
500
the economic crisis and period of low business activity in the U.S. and other countries, roughly beginning with the stock-market crash in October, 1929, and continuing through most of the 1930s.
What is the great depression
500
define the Federal Securities Act
What is an act that required promoters to transmit to the investor sworn information regarding the soundness of their stocks and bonds
500
Who was Herbert Hoover?
He was a Republican candidate who assumed the presidency in March 1929 promising the American people prosperity and attempted to first deal with the Depression by trying to restore public faith in the community.
500
What happened during Prohibition?
Prohibition outlawed the production and distribution of alcohol and was intended to control the immigrant
500
What were the causes of the Dust Bowl?
Bad farming methods, heavy wind, and drought caused the Dust Bowl
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