The Roaring 20s
This trial dealt with teaching evolution in public schools, and revealed a growing conflict between traditional and modern principles.
What is the Scopes Trial?
This New Deal Program still provides benefits to this day.
What is the Federal Housing Administration?
This is the reason some New Deal programs were overturned by the supreme court.
What is infringing on state's rights given by the 10th amendment?
People living in makeshift tents and communities of homelessness was created by this effect of the Great Depression.
What is widespread job losses and increased foreclosures.
The following describe this era.
Unemployment rates reached a record high.
Homeless camps were set up across the nation.
Bread lines and soup kitchens supplied food for many.
What is the Great Depression
It became too difficult to enforce.
As the Demand for goods declined this effect caused employees to be laid off.
What is businesses slowed production?
Extreme drought conditions on the Great Plains led to this event.
What is the Dust Bowl?
This women traveled extensively around the nation, surveyed working and living conditions, and became known as the president's eyes, ears, and legs.
Who is Elanor Roosevelt?
These are all key factors in the start of this era.
Stock market overspeculation
Increased consumer debt
Lack of regulation over the stock market
What is the Great Depression?
A major fear that began to rise in the 20's
What is the potential threat of communisms spreading?
This group was formed by Roosevelt to help preserve nature.
What is the civilian conservation corps?
What is congress?
An influx of African American culture into Manhattan fueled the flourishing of art, muslic, and literature. This movement celebrated African American identity and laid the foundation for this movement.
What is the civil rights movement?
This was a way the Great Depression changed life in the US.
What is economic hardship was widespread and severe?
What is defied traditional social norms from previous generations?
A trend of the 1930's included this genre of music to express the sturggles American's faced in the Great Depression.
What is Country Music?
Policy advertised help in retirement possible because of the___________.
What is the New Deal?
The movement of a large number of African Americans form the rural south to northern cities.
Congress passed this act and justified it for decreasing job competition.
This major advancement in women's rights came during the roaring 20s.
What is women's sufferage?
A nation-wide system of employment offices was created to________.
What is help Americans find jobs during the Great Depression?
The goal of the 22nd Amendment.
This organization provided these services.
- create jobs by funding public construction projects
- build infrastructures in areas with growing populations.
What is the Public Works Administration?
This is why unemployment dropped in from 1933 to 1941.
What is President Roosevelts New Deal programs were enacted?