Roaring 20s Culture
Which term describes the young women of the 1920s who defied traditional norms by wearing short skirts, bobbing their hair, and embracing a more liberated lifestyle?
Flappers
a policy or attitude of letting things take their own course, without interfering, usually associated with government policy in relation to the economy.
Laissez-faire
What is the economic term economists use to describe the percentage of the population without a job?
unemployment
What were the three "R's" of the first 100 days of the New Deal?
Relief, Recovery and Reform
What musical genre became synonymous with the cultural trends of the Roaring Twenties?
Jazz music became a defining feature of the era.
Which writer is associated with the Harlem Renaissance and is known for his contributions to African American literature?
Langston Hughes
the ability to borrow money or obtain goods and services now with the understanding that payment will be made in the future.
Credit
a period of intense fear and suspicion in the United States, fueled by anxieties about communism and radicalism, particularly after the Russian Revolution and World War I.
Red Scare
How did the responses of Presidents Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt to the Great Depression differ?
Herbert Hoover believed in limited government intervention, while Franklin D. Roosevelt implemented the New Deal.
Which constitutional amendment, ratified in 1920, granted women the right to vote in the United States?
The 19th Amendment granted women the right to vote.
What was the Harlem Renaissance primarily known for during the 1920s?
The Harlem Renaissance celebrated African American culture and arts.
What were two causes of the Great Depression?
Stock Market Crash, Drought Conditions, Trade Restrictions (Smoot-Hawley Tariff), Reduction in purchasing
FDR closed financial institutions for 4 days in 1933 in an effort to restore confidence in them. What was this called?
Bank Holiday
What was the primary purpose of the Social Security Act, passed during the New Deal?
The Social Security Act established a system of old-age benefits.
Black leaders in the 1920s emphasized the need for black people to reconnect with their history on which continent?
Africa
What was the central issue in the Scopes Trial of 1925?
The teaching of evolution in schools
What were some commonly purchased consumer goods in the 1920s?
automobiles, radios, and electrical appliances like vacuum cleaners and washing machines
a manufacturing process where a product moves sequentially through various workstations, each performing a specific task or operation, until the product is completed.
Assembly Line
What was President Roosevelt's court-packing plan during the New Deal?
The court-packing plan was an attempt to add more justices to the Supreme Court.
This Amendment, known as the Prohibition amendment, banned the manufacture, sale and distribution of alcohol from 1920 to 1933.
18th
This man advocated for Black Nationalism and the return to Africa movement in Harlem in the 1920s
Marcus Garvey
What was one of the underlying weaknesses of the economy that led to the stock market crash of 1929?
What is over-speculation in the stock market
This is a term to describe when a government spends more than it receives in revenue
deficit spending
What was the goal of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, part of the New Deal
The Agricultural Adjustment Act aimed to raise crop prices by reducing production.
What were the primary causes of the Dust Bowl during the 1930s?
Severe drought and poor farming practices