Automobile & Consumerism
This man created the moving assembly line, revolutionizing automobile production
Who is Henry Ford?
This cultural movement celebrated Black art, music, and literature in the 1920s.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
Name one danger sign from the 1920s that contributed to the Great Depression.
What is stock market speculation, uneven wealth distribution, or overproduction?
This policy made America hesitant to enter the European War at first.
What is isolationism?
This campaign encouraged African Americans to fight for victory abroad and equality at home
What is the Double V Campaign?
Name one major impact of the automobile on American lives.
What is increased mobility or suburban growth?
Name one way waves of immigration transformed American cities in the early 20th century.
What is increased population, cultural diversity, or urban growth?
This president created the New Deal to combat the Great Depression.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)?
Before entering WWII, America helped Allies by providing these supplies and support.
What is Lend-Lease or military supplies?
American immigration policies during WWII limited this group’s entry despite the Holocaust.
What are Jewish refugees?
This was one cause that enabled American consumerism in the 1920s.
What is increased wages, advertising, or installment buying?
This group re-emerged in the 1920s promoting white supremacy and nativism.
What is the Ku Klux Klan (KKK)?
This New Deal agency insured bank deposits to restore public confidence.
What is the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)?
The US officially entered WWII after this event in 1941
What is the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor?
Jewish survivors of WWII were given a new homeland in this nation created after the war.
What is Israel?
The assembly line helped lower this, making cars affordable for many Americans.
What is the cost of production or price of cars?
This era was marked by a fear of communism and radical political ideas after WWI.
What is the First Red Scare?
This agency employed young men in conservation projects during the Great Depression.
What is the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)?
This action was taken by the government to prepare the nation for war
What is mobilization or rationing?
This government agency regulated the stock market to prevent another crash.
What is the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)?
Besides cars, this major impact changed the American landscape in the 1920s.
What is road construction or urban sprawl?
This social movement sought to ban alcohol and was a source of cultural conflict.
What is Prohibition or Temperance?
The National Labor Relations Act helped workers by supporting these organizations
What are labor unions?
Like WWI, Americans helped by buying these to support the war financially.
What are war bonds?
This New Deal agency put millions to work building public projects like roads and schools.
What is the Works Progress Administration (WPA)?