Roaring 20s
President Harding’s plan to return America to a state of isolationism was called this
What is Normalcy?
This person took much of the blame for the Depression
Who is Hoover?
Over plowing, drought, lack of irrigation, and terrible storms led to this epic disaster
What was the Dust Bowl?
This president felt that the government needed to be more involved in the lives and business of the citizens
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
In FDR’s way to provide relief to people, his main goal through his alphabet agencies was to create these for the people.
What are jobs?
Wearing makeup, shorter skirts, shorter hair, and coupling smoking and drinking were these ladies past times
What is flappers?
WWI veterans that went to Washington D.C. in order to to get a promised bonus
What was the "Bonus Army"?
Shanty towns that sprang up across the country outside of major cities where people gathered in hope of work
The name of FDR's radio broadcasts were he spoke to all American like they were simply his friends
What is Fireside Chats?
The repeal of which amendment stimulated parts of the economy and returned the control of alcohol to the states. Bonus points: What amendment repealed this?
What is the 18th and 21st Amendments?
Prohibition was a powder keg issue in the 20s, but even politicians were found frequenting these local and illegal drinking establishments
What are speakeasies?
This was the nickname for October 29, 1929, the day of the biggest losses on the stock market in history.
What was "Black Tuesday"?
This woman became a symbol of social justice as she was FDR's eyes and ears
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?
The four day period that allowed the government to inspect banks to see if they were healthy enough to reopen
What is "Bank Holiday"?
This term refers to when individuals borrow money in order to buy more stock
What is buying on margin?
The growing hatred of Radicals, Socialists, and Immigrants stemmed from this
What was the Red Scare?
One of the major reasons that farmers were hit hardest during the Depression was because they did this with their crops
What is overproduction?
This group arguably suffered the most during the Great Depression and were often the first fired and the last hired.
What is African-Americans?
This one of the '3 Rs' provided immediate action (i.e. jobs) for the unemployed during the Depression
What is Relief?
The Automobile industry grew mainly b/c the great increases in wages, but more importantly they had more time on their hands for this.
What is Leisure?
Hanged for a crime they may not have committed, this case confirmed Americans fear of foreigners, radicals, and in their case . . . anarchists
Sacco and Vanzetti
The rise in consumerism, coupled with the ability do this, contributed to tremendous debt during the Depression
What is buying on credit/easy credit?
It started with the Election of 1932 and continues on to this very day
What is the New Deal/Big Government
R______, the last of the '3 Rs', was intended to do this
Reform/What is to install programs to prevent the Depression from happening again?
Signed by Hoover, this hoped to protect domestic industries from foreign imports. This untimely backfired.
What is the Hawley-Smoot Tariff?