Important People
Union organizer in the late 19th century
Socialist candidate for US President five times
Eugene V. Debs
Oct. 29, 1929 the day the stock market collapsed, leading to the panic of 1929
Black Tuesday
Who was assassinated in Serbia leading to the First World War?
Archduke Frans Ferdinand
Roosevelt's policy for ending the Depression
New Deal
The migration of African Americans in the South to go north or mid-west during and after World War I
The Great Migration
He was the president when the stock market crashed in 1929.
Herbert Hoover
Which event is considered the start of the Great Depression?
Stock Marget Crash
A British passenger ship that was sunk by a German U-Boat on May 7, 1915.
Lusitania
Temporarily closing all banks for inspection by government
Bank Holiday
Women displaying their newfound freedom by dressing more provocatively, smoking, drinking, and speaking "unladylike"
Flappers
He used the assembly line to mass produce automobiles, lowering their prices for increased access.
Henry Ford
What was the name for the Great Plains regions hit by drought and dust storms in the early 1930s?
Dust Bowl
A telegram asking Mexico to join Germany in the war in return for territories lost in the US at the war's end.
Zimmerman Telegram
Roosevelt's 3 Rs
Relief, Recovery, Reform
A literary, artistic, and intellectual movement that kindled a new black cultural identity in America
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Harlem Renaissance
28th President of the United States. Had a plan for peace called the "14" Points.
Woodrow Wilson
About how many people were unemployed during the Great Depression?
25%
One of the reasons the US joined the war was due to the Germans sinking ships without warning. It was called...
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
Direct talks Roosevelt made to the American people
Fireside Chats
Granted American women the right to vote on August 18, 1920
19th Amendment
A mob king in Chicago who controlled a large network of speakeasies with enormous profits.
Al Capone
What did people call the shanties or shacks that they built out of cardboard, cloth, and scraps of wood or metal.
Hoovervilles
International organization of nations formed in 1919 to prevent future wars.
League of Nations
What criticism did wealthy businesses have of the New Deal?
Too Expensive and Socialist
Which newer invention led to family time and news?
Radio