Tradition vs. Modernity
true or false: John Scopes violated the Butler Act
What is true?
true or false: people overall drank less as a result of prohibition
What is true?
buying goods on __________ became a popular part of consumer culture, but became an issue when banks demanded their money back
What is credit?
this man was elected president in 1932
this agency sought to remedy the problem of overproduction and deflated prices for farmers
most popular dance of the 20s
What is the Charleston?
the trial and conviction of Sacco and Vanzetti showed how prevalent this anti-immigrant "ism" was throughout society
What is nativism?
led by people like Al Capone, these groups took over the bootlegged alcohol trade during the mid-1920s
What is organized crime?
this president was not willing to use the federal government to provide direct relief to the people when the Depression hit
Who was Herbert Hoover?
Roosevelt promised a ________________ to the American people on the campaign trail
What was a new deal?
this agency created jobs for young, single men in maintaining places like national parks
What was the Civilian Conservation Corps?
women who wore short dresses and bobbed hair cuts were often referred to as these
What are flappers?
this type of music was a distinctly American invention from New Orleans and characterized the uncertainty of the era
What is jazz?
amendments which enacted and repealed prohibition, respectively
What were the 18th and 21st amendments?
name for the environmental disaster across the Great Plains, made worse by dry-farming techniques
What was the Dust Bowl?
during this time period of his presidency, FDR and congress passed unprecedented remedial legislation
What is the first Hundred Days?
the WPA created employment opportunities for people on these types of projects
What are public works projects?
the _____________ Army and their demands of the president became one of the defining moments of Hoover's presidency
What is the Bonus Army?
What was the Great Migration?
prohibition was one of the last efforts of this "era" to reform the problems facing American society at the turn of the century
What was the Progressive Era?
name for the extremely high tariff passed by Hoover to try and stall that ended up backfiring
What was the Hawley Smoot Tariff?
What is false?
businessmen were not happy with the implementation of stock market regulations by this agency
What is the Securities and Exchange Commission?
name of the photographer who famously took the "migrant mother" photo
Who is Dorothea Lange?
the resurgence of this organization was partly a reaction to increased immigration along with more progressive, liberal ideas spreading through society
What was the KKK?
name of the movement from the antebellum reform period that was a precursor to prohibition
What was the temperance movement?
closure of banks after the stock market crashed led to many people losing their life savings; this agency was created to prevent that from happening again
What was the FDIC?
name of the economist whose philosophy was followed by the US during the New Deal, which involved high spending and accumulating federal debt in an effort to stimulate the economy
Who was Keynes?
the National Labor Relations Board set the stage for the Fair Labor Standards Act and was a follow-up to this earlier organization being declared unconstitutional
What was the National Industrial Recovery Administration?
name of the activist who sought to emigrate to Africa to escape racism in the US
Who was Marcus Garvey?