1920's General
A movement that celebrates African-American culture in literature and are
Harlem Renaissance
How did women express themselves during the 1920's?
Flappers, smoked, drank, danced in public.
Shantytowns are also known as...
Hoovervilles
Name FOUR New Deal policies....
Answers will vary!
What are the three "R's" as they pertain to the New Deal?
Relief, Recovery, or Reform
A negative event when government officials took bribes over oil-rich land, Harding was president.
Teapot Dome Scandal
Between 1910-1920 African Americans were moving from south to northern cities known as the...
Name 2 causes of the Great Depression
Rise of consumerism, unequal distribution of wealth, stock speculation, Laissez-faire policies, unregulated banking
Why were many of FDR's programs declared unconstitutional by the SC?
Seen as Socialists, too involved in people's lives, violated supremacy of states, etc...
What political party was FDR affliated with?
Democratic
During the 1920's Americans began investing in what? How did they afford to do so?
the Stock Market, buying on credit or margin
Name of the event where two Italian men were found guilty of homicide with little hard evidence against them.
Name 2 states affected by the dust bowl
Texas, Okalahoma, Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico
Which agency attempted to restore public confidence in financial institutions?
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
What famous gangsters crew was responsible for the St. Valentine's massacre?
Al Capone
How did the US try to help Germany with it's reparation payments to the Allied powers in 1924? Did this work?
Dawes Plan, NO!
Name the three republican presidents during the 1920's. Why did business boom during their presidencies?
Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover. Laissez-Faire policies....
Name and date of the stock market crash....
Black Tuesday, October 29th, 1929
Name TWO critics of FDR
Huey Long, Charles Coughlin, and Francis Townsend
What issue is taking place today with social security?
Boomers! people living longer, cap, etc...
What was the name of the trial where a biology teacher in Tennessee was accused of teaching evolution in school which violated state law?
Scopes trial, or Monkey Trial
Caused by the Russian Revolution and many immigrants from southern and eastern Europe entering the United States...
Red Scare
What was the first step that Roosevelt took when he became president as far as the banks are concerned? Why did he do this? How did he get Americans to buy in?
Bank Holiday, Re-open banks that can make it, fireside chats.
What policy of FDR did not end up becoming law (greatest mistake)?
Packing the Supreme Court, adding 6 more justices....
Define Rugged Individualism