The Roaring Twenties
This system allowed people to buy goods over time with small payments.
What is an installment plan, or buying on credit?
A major effect of the Depression was that many people lost their jobs
What is unemployment?
This president created the New Deal
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
This amendment banned alcohol in the 1920s
What is the 18th Amendment?
This event brought the US into WWII
What is the attack on Pearl Harbor?
This production method increased efficiency by having workers repeat specific tasks.
What is the assembly line?
This 1929 event marked the beginning of the Great Depression.
What is the Stock Market Crash or Black Tuesday?
This program provided pensions for the elderly and for people who cannot work.
What is Social Security?
Illegal bars during Prohibition were called this
What are speakeasies?
This strategy involved capturing key islands to get closer to Japan
What is island-hopping?
This economic policy favored minimal government involvement in business.
What is laissez-faire?
This term describes a situation where people rush to withdraw their money all at once.
What is a bank run
This program insured bank deposits to restore confidence.
What is the FDIC?
This trial highlighted the conflict between science and religion
What is the Scopes Trial or the Scopes Monkey Trial?
This battle was a turning point in the Pacific, stopping Japanese expansion
What is the Battle of Midway?
The widespread use of credit in the 1920s led to this long-term economic problem.
What is increased consumer debt?
This president was in office when the Great Depression began.
Who is Herbert Hoover
These programs (like the CCC & WPA) focused on job creation in infrastructure during this phase of the 3R's
What is relief or work programs
This cultural movement celebrated black art, music, and literature
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
This general led Allied forces on D-Day
Who is Dwight Eisenhower?
Explain how consumerism contributed to economic instability in the 1920s.
Overproduction, debt, and/or unsustainable spending
This practice of buying stocks with borrowed money made the crash worse.
What is buying on margin/speculation?
Explain one criticism of the New Deal and whether you think it was valid
debt, government power, etc...answers will vary
Explain how Prohibition led to unintended consequences in society
Crime, bootlegging, black market, etc...
Explain how WWII changed the role of women in American society
Workforce entry, industrial jobs, "Rossie the Riverter", militrary