Roaring 20s
The great cultural revolution of the 1920s was centered in this New York neighborhood
What is Harlem?
Time period of American history when the manufacture, sale and transportation of alcohol was illegal.
What is prohibition
Signaled the beginning of the Great Depression due to massive loss of wealth and American's confidence
What is the stock market crash?
Became president following Hoover in 1932
Who is Franklin Delano Roosevelt?
Name one of the “Alphabet Soup” agencies/programs created to help the American people
Answers will vary: AAA, CCC, WPA, NIRA,
A man or woman who contributed to American culture in the 1920s
Answers may vary
Slang term for an unmarked bar/saloon
What is a speakeasy?
Many Americans did this when they learned the banks were in financial trouble
What are bank panics/runs?
This Iowan was president at the beginning of the Great Depression
Who is Herbert Hoover?
What is the New Deal?
What are flappers?
Most notorious gangster, known as "Scarface"
Who is Al Capone?
What date did the stock market crash?
What is October 29, 1929 (known as Black Tuesday)
In this time period Congressed passed 15 major bills and set a precedent for future presidents
What is the first 100 days?
What is Hoover Dam?
What is Darwinism? (or Evolution)
This ended prohibition
What is the 21st Amendment
2 Hardships faced by Americans during the Great Depression
What is Unemployment, Homelessness, Dust Bowl, Food Shortage, Decreased Wages...
Hoover believed this was the benefit of finding solutions outside of government involvement
What is strong character/moral fiber?
This government program, often associated with retirement was created as part of the anti-depression programs
What is Social Security?
Job opportunity that became more popular for women
Answers may vary:
teachers, nurses, librarians, typists, filing clerks, secretaries, stenographers, office-machine operators, clerks, assembly lines. flying airplanes, driving taxis, and drilling oil wells.
Negative side effect of prohibition that negatively impacted the country, especially major cities such as New York and Chicago
What is organized crime?
The cause of the great depression that has stood the test of time.
Collapse of the banking system and poor management of the money stock.
Plan to deal with the Supreme Court rulings that laws were unconstitutional
What is court packing?
Government organization was created to protect Americans’ bank accounts
What is the FDIC?