THE GREAT DEPRESSION
The Wall Street Crash occurred on what date?
29th October 1929
Who said, "No longer is one leaked plugged up than it is necessary to dash over and stop another that has broken out. There is no end to it."
President Herbert Hoover
Why did many black people from the south move to the north in the 1920s?
To search for work in the expanding factories.
I am the president who advocated an Internationalist attitude towards foreign policy in 1919
Woodrow Wilson
A young modern woman in the 1920s was known as a ......................?
Flapper
In which years did FDR's First and Second New Deals operate?
First - 1933 - 1935
Second 1935 - 1941
What was John D Scopes famous for?
Teaching the theory of evolution which led to the Scopes Monkey Trial
'Nothing like it had ever happened before. An entire American industry ..... has been gifted by the government to gangsters.'
What government action gifted an industry to the gangsters?
Prohibition
Foreign Policy was always at the forefront of each President's mind throughout the 1920s and 1930s. True or False?
False
What was the violent act instigated by Al Capone's gang against a rival gang in 1929 called?
St. Valentine's Day Massacre
What tax was introduced in 1930 to protect American industries by raising the tax on imported goods?
Smoot-Hawley Tariff
Which president wanted a return to 'normalcy' after WWI?
President Warren Harding
Which amendment to the US constitution started Prohibition and which amendment ended it?
18th Started it and 21st ended it.
This group was anti-imperialist and anti-militarist and challenged Republican views after 1919. They promoted the idea of the US significantly influencing a peaceful world in the 1920s.
Peace Progressives
Which writer nicknamed the 1920s the 'Jazz Age'?
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Name three "Hooverisms" linking the president to hardships experienced during the Great Depression
Hoover Blankets
Hoover Hogs
Hoovervilles
Hoover Flags
I am a Jazz musician whose name and face became an icon of the Jazz Age.
Louis Armstrong
Three advances in the 1920s transformed the US into a consumer society. What were they?
Industrial expansion made godds cheaper
Electrification
Availability of credit
Why did 7 nations along with the US and Japan meet at the Washington Conference in 1921? (2 things)
To address the issue of Japanese expansion into the Asia-Pacific, and in particular growth of the Japanese navy.
Name three new houshold labour-saving appliances which became affordable for even the working classes in the 1920s.
Stove
Refridgerator
Washing-machine
What nationalistic ideals or characteristics had resonated during the 1920s and led to a culture of consumption and greed?
The dream of the self-made man or the right to accumulate wealth
I am the Federal Agent who was tasked with prosecuting Prohibition criminals such as Al Capone.
Elliot Ness
Prior to Prohibition, various groups had tried to influence the government regarding the issue of alcohol consumption in US society. What were they called?
Temperance groups
The US expected the Japanese not to attack Hawaii but to strike where as their entry into the Second World War?
British colonies - Hong Kong, Malaya, Singapore
Why was there a fear of communism in the 1920s?
Linked to worker's rights and trade unions demanding more for their members.