Modern Tech and Women
He used the assembly line to manufacture his signature innovation: the Model T
Who is Henry Ford?
This was the name of the fear of communists.
What is The Red Scare?
This was the idea that tried to apply Darwinism to business regulation and social welfare.
What is Social Darwinism?
This is the idea that the "interests" of native-born people should be prioritized over those of immigrants. In the 1920s this resulted in severe immigration restrictions.
What is nativism?
Many banks failed during the great depression when depositors withdrew all their money. This was called a bank _____.
What is a run?
This was the name given to women who defied traditional gender rolls by cutting their hair and smoking and drinking in public.
What is "Flapper"?
This Amendment outlawed alcohol and began prohibition.
What is the 18th amendment?
This idea aims to improve genetic quality of a population, sometimes through forced sterilizations.
What is eugenics?
This organization re-gained popularity during the 1920s in response to nativist sentiment. They wore distinctive white hoods and terrorized racial and religious minorities.
What is the ku klux klan (KKK)?
This was the name for severe dust storms that devastated much of the great planes during the 1930s.
What is the Dust Bowl?
This amendment guaranteed the right of women to vote.
What is the 19th?
This is the word for a severe economic downtown with high unemployment and poverty and low economic growth.
What is a depression?
This was the famous trial that tested the legality of teaching evolution in Tennessee.
What is the Scopes Trial?
This is the name for the large amount of movement of African Americans from south to north.
What is the Great Migration?
This legacy of the New Deal is the largest government program as of Today. It provides money to old and disabled people.
What is Social Security?
This person completed the first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean
Who is Charles Lindbergh?
This amendment allowed the federal income tax?
What is the 16th amendment?
In the 1920s Government officials sold oil leases at this location for well below market rate in exchange for kickbacks.
What is Teapot Dome?
This was the name for the set of racist laws in the south that required segregation.
What are Jim Crow laws?
This organization regulates stocks and bonds, and, more recently, cryptocurrency. They were founded as part of the New Deal.
What is the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)?
These live radio broadcasts by Franklin D. Roosevelt helped him communicate directly with the American public.
What are fireside chats?
He was president during much of the 20s, lowered taxes, and campaigned on a "return to normalcy"
Who is Warren G. Harding?
This type of direct democracy allows citizens to vote directly on policies and laws.
He was a political activist who favored African American unification and independence.
Who is Marcus Garvey?
This tax on imported goods is credited with worsening the great depression. (extra points if you can name the bill itself).
What is a Tariff? (Smoot Hawley Tariff)