Roaring 20's & Culture
This 1920s trend represented a shift toward modern values and greater independence for women.
Flappers
During the Great Depression, these shantytowns were named after a president blamed for the economic crisis.
This event, caused by the assassination of an Austrian heir, sparked the start of World War I.
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
This term describes a government approach that avoids regulating business and lets the economy run freely.
What is laissez-faire
Buying stocks with borrowed money, hoping to pay it back after making a profit, is called this.
Buying on margin
The goal of this 1920s law was to ban the sale, production, and transportation of alcohol to improve society.
Prohibition
This New Deal act aimed to reduce agricultural overproduction and raise crop prices.
The Agricultural Adjustment Act
The acronym M.A.I.N. stands for these four causes of World War I.
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, and Nationalism
Warren G. Harding won the presidency by appealing to this American desire after WWI.
A return to normal life
This day in 1929 is known as the stock market crash that triggered the Great Depression.
Black Tuesday
This musical style, known for bold solos and improvisation, became America’s distinctive contribution in the 1920s.
Jazz
This New Deal program was created in 1935 to provide financial support to the elderly, unemployed, and disabled.
The Social Security Act
This German attack on a British passenger ship turned American public opinion against Germany.
The sinking of the Lusitania
This 1920s scandal involved bribes for leasing Navy oil reserves and hurt the Harding administration’s reputation.
The Teapot Dome Scandal
This law raised tariffs but backfired by worsening the Great Depression.
The Smoot-Hawley Tariffs
John T. Scopes was put on trial for teaching this controversial subject in Tennessee schools.
Evolution
Huey Long was a critic of FDR who proposed this program to heavily tax the rich and share wealth.
"Share our Wealth" program
This kind of warfare in WWI was characterized by soldiers fighting from these defensive positions, leading to long stalemates.
Trench
FDR’s 1937 plan to add more Supreme Court justices was called this.
The court-packing plan
Created during the New Deal, this government agency regulates the stock market to prevent future crashes.
The SEC
This cultural movement in the 1920s celebrated African American arts and literature in Harlem, New York.
The Harlem Renaissance
The Roosevelt Recession of 1937-1938 was mainly caused by this action regarding government spending.
The reduction of government spending and the tightening of monetary policy
This treaty ended WWI and required Germany to admit guilt and pay reparations.
The Treaty of Versailles
Calvin Coolidge believed government should do this regarding business.
Not interfere
The consumer society of the 1920s was characterized by this, as advertisers developed messages for mass audiences.
Mass marketing or advertising