Causes of Great Depression
Terms
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No Money Mo' Problems
Odds and Ends
100
This took place in 1929 and is considered the start of the Great Depression since many people lost all of their money in it
What is the Stock Market Crash
100

Political stance of Sacco & Vanzetti

What is anarchism 

100

What was Amelia Earhart famous for?

What is the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic 

100

The "official" start to the Great Depression 

What is Black Tuesday 
100

Why the Hoover Vacuum named like that?

What is Hoover's response to the GD sucked.

200
This President thought that by doing nothing the economy would get better because the economy goes up then down then back up
What is Herbert Hoover
200

Roaring 20s 

What is a decade characterized by economic prosperity, social cultural change

200

The expression of African American music during the 20s

What is the Jazz Age 

200

High unemployment resulted in this effect 

What is high homelessness, limited loan repayment 

200

The first Equal Rights Amendment submitted to Congress was written by

Who is Alice Paul

300

When a bank runs out of money and can no longer meet its obligations to depositors

What is a Bank Failure 

300

The fear of the US government that Communists would take over. 

What is the Red Scare

300

New uses of airplanes

What is Barnstormers (stunt pilots), trans atlantic travel

300

WWI Veterans who demanded early payment of their bonuses

What is Bonus Army

300

Name any of the 4 industries impacted in the first wave of unemployment 

What are factories, automobiles, grocery stores, construction

400
What is overproduction
What is when a company makes more products (TVs, Cars, Radios, etc) than people are willing to buy.
400

Fear of Americans that Russian communists would overthrow gov

What is The Red Scare 

400

Author of the Great Gatsby, which showcases 1920s ideals 

Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald 

400

What reaction did ordinary Americans provide once banks failed?

What is lose trust, hoarding what money that was not deposited in the bank

400

The 18th Amendment 

what is sale, production or consumption of alcohol is illegal

500

Over 25% of Americans dealt with this in 1932

What is unemployment
500

 Hoover’s response that America can save themselves economically

What is Rugged Individualism

500

What is a speakeasy and why were they an issue in the 20s?

What is illegal consumption of alcohol and illegal gambling.

500

Why could the US not achieve "financial prosperity" like it planned in the 20s?

What is inequality for minority groups and middle class 

500

Revival of the KKK

What is after the lynching of Leo Frank, a Jew who was accused of murdering a young girl in Georgia.