All the President's Men
His name became synonymous with the Great Depression.
Who is Herbert Hoover?
The Stock Market Crash
What is the Great Depression?
During the Great Depression, many people were forced to migrate west due to the Dust Bowl and took on this nickname.
What are Okies?
The new woman of the 1920s was known as this.
What is a flapper?
His weekly sitdowns with the American public were called these.
What are fireside chats?
He was elected President in 1932 and promised better days ahead for the American people.
Who is FDR?
Overproduction of crops, drought, poor farming techniques
What is the Dust Bowl?
For consumers of alcohol, Prohibition tried to bring about the end of the night club life, luckily these secret clubs made that proposition irrelevant.
What are speakeasies?
The passage of this amendment gave women more freedom in politics but also indirectly in social aspects as well.
What is the 19th amendment?
FDR was crippled due to being impacted by this disease in his earlier years.
What is polio?
FDR was elected president for this many terms
Four
The aftermath of the Treaty of Versailles in Germany, Italy, and Japan, the economic depression didn't help either.
What is the Rise of Fascist Dictators?
Herbert Hoover's re-election opportunities were already on thin ice when General Macarthur authorized the use of tear gas on these protestors.
What is the Bonus Army?
The 20's wasn't truly roaring because of the growing problem with this economic factor, good for a few bad for many.
What is the growing gap between the rich and the poor?
FDR's New Deal policies differed from than of Hoover who advocated for this, which is a good thing, although maybe not in the times of economic crisis.
What is volunteerism?
He became President in 1924 and his phrase "the business of America is business" dominated the 1920's although quietly.
Who is Silent Cal or Calvin Coolidge?
The Volstead Act.
What is Prohibition?
Tough luck if you weren't fast enough to get to the bank and withdraw your money in what was known as this.
What is a bank run?
The invention of this device really changed the way music was listened too, even more so than your earbuds.
What is the phonograph?
New Deal work relief program that employed over 3 million young, unmarried men (ages 18–25) in conservation projects. Enrollees earned $30/month—mostly sent home—while building parks, planting trees, and improving infrastructure nationwide
CCC Civilian Conservation Corps
His campaign slogan "a return to normalcy" is just what America needed after World War I, those late-night poker games, however, could have been left out.
Who is Warren G. Harding?
fighting racism through art, music, and literature.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
While unemployment hit a high in 1933 at around 25%, minority unemployment was even greater at around this number.
What is 50%?
The '20s roared for a while, but eventually this problem caught up too many people, especially with the crashing stock prices. They should have paid it off earlier!
What is buying on credit?
FDR promised a more active approach to the problems caused by the Great Depression and focused on these three Rs.
What are relief, recovery, and reform?