Vocabulary
What is consumerism?
The president at the start of the Great Depression
The president who came up with the New Deal
Who is FDR?
In the 1930s a drought decimated the Great Plains region, this was known as the
What is the Dustbowl?
This term is used to describe the fear of Communism after WWI
What is the Red Scare?
The amendment that created prohibition
What is the 18th amendment?
The time period that FDR forced Congress to stay in session to pass his programs
What is The First 100 Days?
What were the 3 goals of the New Deal?
What were relief, recovery and reform?
This was as high as 25% during the Great Depression
What is unemployment?
Women of the 1920s who pushed the boundaries and broke the traditions previously held by society regarding a woman's role in the social order were known as
What are flappers?
WWI Veterans who came to Washington D.C. for early payment of bonuses of wartime service
Who is the bonus army?
A series of radio talks where FDR explained the New Deal programs to the American people
What are the Fireside Chats?
Much of the New Deal programs were deemed this
What is unconstitutional/illegal?
What was an immediate result of "Black Tuesday"?
What is millions lost their life savings?
Court case over the teaching of evolution in public schools
What is the Scopes Monkey Trial?
Illegal smuggling of alcohol during prohibition
What is bootlegging?
What event is blamed for starting the Great Depression?
What is the Stock Market Crash of 1929?
The political ideology who thought the New Deal programs went too far
Who are the conservatives?
Hoovers belief in this concept led to a lack of direct aid to those in need
What is Rugged Individualism?
These two Italian immigrants were charged with homicide in the 1920s
Who were Sacco and Vanzetti?
A literary and artistic movement in the 1920s that celebrated African-American culture
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
What would you call a group of cardboard houses set up in a public park or street alley?
What are Hoovervilles?
Name one of the New Deal programs
What is...?
Liquor, during the 1920s, was sold behind closed doors in establishments that went by this name.
What were speakeasies?
Believed to be the single worst incident of racial violence in American history
What is the Tulsa Race Massacre?