People of the 1920s
People of the 1930s
Economy
Past US History information
100
Women who liked to go to night clubs, drink and smoke, and like to dress up. They are seen in this video? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3svvCj4yhYc
Who are flappers?
100
This happened at the end of the 1920s and beginning of the 1930s. It also made people commit suicide.
What is the Stock Market Crash?
100
When you buy something with money you do not have, but will pay it back in the future, what is that called? We continue to do it today.
What is buying on credit?
100
This document created the current laws and government we have.
What is the Constitution of the United States?
200
This rebirth of Black culture took place mostly in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
200
This president beat Herbert Hoover in the 1932 elections and introduced the New Deal to try and improve the economy.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
200
During the 1920s, people wanted to buy everything from radios to fancy clothes. What is this attitude called when you buy things you want?
What is consumerism?
200
This document created the United States of America and claimed its independence from Great Britain.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
300
This president did very little to fix the economy during the Great Depression so angry voters kicked him out of office in the 1932 election.
Who is Herbert Hoover?
300
The federal government made banks close during the Great Depression so the government could put more money into them. What were these days called?
What are Bank Holidays?
300
This was a method to make things cheap and quickly. It was created by Henry Ford. It is seen here: http://www.corbisimages.com/images/67/90516169-65D7-4E66-A5C6-FA8F06C8E1E3/F2018.jpg
What is the assembly line?
300
This general was the leader of all the American troops and fought against the British during the Revolutionary War. He is seen here: (show saved picture)
Who is George Washington?
400
When people do not like immigrants.
What is nativism?
400
The Great Depression occurred for several reasons, one of the reasons is that people kept buying stocks with loans and then could not pay back the loans. What is this called.
What is buying stocks on margin?
400
When a company needs money, they might sell these to people with money. When people buy these, it is like they own part of the company so they make money if the company makes money and they can help decide what the company does.
What are stocks?
400
What is it called when you make a change to the constitution?
What is an amendment?
500
Farmers during the 1920s did too much of this, as a result, the prices of their crops went down and they could not make a profit.
What is over-production?
500
This program was part of President Roosevelt's New Deal. It gave jobs like planting trees, building bridges and paving roads to young, unemployed men from the age of 18-25. They are seen here: http://images-mediawiki-sites.thefullwiki.org/10/3/9/7/68843463085219425.gif
What is the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)?
500
What was it called when farmers could not grow anything because they had over-used the land and there was not enough rain? Here is a picture: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/Dust_Bowl_-_Dallas,_South_Dakota_1936.jpg
What is the Dust Bowl?
500
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." Which amendment of the Constitution is this?
What is the First Amendment?
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