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1920s
Depressed
The Deal New
100
The Emergency Quota and National Origins Acts of the 1920s were designed to do what?
Reduce the number of immigrants from "undesirable" countries often containing communist
100
The Scopes Trial highlighted what growing difference in 1920s America?
Traditional vs. Progressive values or Fundamental vs. Scientific values.
John Scopes taught evolution in violation of a local Tenn. law. William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow (both very popular figures) took up the cause and captivated the country one summer.
100
How did the 18th Amendment affect America in the 1920s?
The Volstead Act outlawed alcohol but actually more people drank during the 1920s than before. Illegal activity increased with speakeasies and gangsters controlling the substance.
100
The Dust Bowl had what affect on America?
Farmers in the Midwest were forced out and mostly relocated to California.
100
John Steinbeck's novel captured the fear and disillusionment of farmers with the fictitious Joad family moving west during the 1930s.
The Grapes of Wrath
200
Why did the K.K.K. rise in the 1920s?
The organization sought to end "un-American" activities by new growth of foreign immigrants.
200
What scandal affected Warren Harding as president?
Teapot Dome - bribes for naval oil reserves in public lands.
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Alcohol Scandal - made $1 million off of selling bogus "prescriptions" for medical alcohol
200
What items were highly desired in the 1920s Consumer Craze?
Radios, cars, household appliances.
Movies & baseball become popular forms of entertainment.
Makeup industry booms for newly independent women --> flappers
200
What was the "Hundred Days"?
A jumpstart by FDR to fight the Great Depression with the creation of the "Alphabet Soup" programs at the very beginning of his term.
200
What was the general summary of the New Deal
A series of programs offering government assistance through the creation of public works jobs in an effort to alleviate the Great Depression.
300
The 21st Amendment is the only Amendment to the Constitution that "undoes" a previous amendment - the 18th.
What was the purpose of the 21st Amendment in 1933?
To legalize alcohol again
300
How were "Palmer Raids" and the "Red Scare" linked in 1919-1920?
Attorney General, A. Mitchell Palmer, would use questionable tactics to uncover leftist or radicals in an effort to undermine any communist that moved to America.
300
What were FDR's "3 R's"
Relief, Recovery and Reform
300
What were 3 causes of the Great Depression?
Overproduction/underconsumption
Buying on credit
Unequal dispersion of wealth
America's lack of savings
Banks lending money too easily and failing
Buying on margin of speculative stocks
End of International Trade Economy
300
What was the goal of the Social Security Act?
It attempted to provide retirement for the elderly and funding for the disabled.
400
Henry Ford's assembly line fueled America's general desire to own cars. This was a small part of what larger movement in America?
1920s Consumer Boom - People had more money and were willing to spend beyond limits to buy new, mass produced goods.
400
How was Eleanor Roosevelt "built different"?
She was the first politically active first lady and fought segregation and for women's rights.
400
What was the Bonus Army?
A group of WWI vets who wanted their bonuses 10 years early during the heart of the Great Depression. They marched on Washington and were displaced violently.
400
The perceived unending of prosperity in the 1920s made it easier for banks to do what?
Disproportionately extend credit wayyy beyond consumers' means.
400
How did the TVA attempt to end the Great Depression?
Created jobs along the rivers of the Southeast by building dams and providing jobs.
500
What were some visible scenes of unemployment during the Great Depression?
Soup Kitchens and Hoovervilles
500
For every bar closed during Prohibition, 6 of these opened in its place for illegal drinking?
Speakeasies
500
What was the "Court Packing" scheme?
An attempt by FDR to increase Supreme Court Justices so his New Deal Programs would not be declared Unconstitutional.
500
Harding, Coolidge and Hoover were the 3 1920s presidents. What were their attitudes in general?
Return to less regulation of business and lower taxes --> "laissez-faire lite"
500
How did the SEC attempt to cure the Depression?
It allowed for the government to regulate the stock market and disallow inside trading.