Herbert Hoover
What state is Herbert Hoover from?
Iowa
What was the term for the area in Oklahoma, Texas, etc that saw soil blow into the air and make it almost impossible to grow crops?
The Dust Bowl
What is a flapper?
A rebellious woman who challenged social norms.
What is an assembly line?
A production technique that facilitated mass production of consumer goods.
The banning of the manufacture, transportation, or selling of alcohol
What is the term for solving problems at the local and state level?
Localism
What did many people use to buy things they did not currently have the money for?
Credit
Who were the Modernists and Fundamentalists?
Modernists - People that preferred science to religion
Fundamentalists - People that saw the Bible as literal truth
What industry was essential to the booming economy for much of the 1920's?
Automobiles (cars)
Who was the person we discussed as a leader of organized crime?
Al Capone
What public works project did Herbert Hoover push for the government to fund in 1931?
The Hoover Dam
Why did many banks close after the stock market crash?
They ran out of money to give to their customers
What was the Quota System?
A government system where only a certain amount of immigrants would be let in from each country.
What type of stock market was present for most of the 1920's?
Bull - Stocks went up
What group was against Prohibition and what group was for Prohibition?
The Wets - Against
The Drys - For
What was the Hawley Smoot Tariff?
A highly protective tariff passed in 1930 that contributed to the world wide depression.
How did investors react after the stocks began to fall quickly in October of 1929?
What group reformed in 1915 that attacked minorities including African Americans and Catholics?
The KKK
How did jobs change in the 1920's with the advent of assembly lines?
Jobs were easier to find and required less skill.
Where did people go to drink during Prohibition?
Speakeasies
What was Herbert Hoover's economic approach to the Great Depression?
Trickle Down Economics
How was migration between rural and urban areas effected during the Great Depression?
Many people left rural areas to live in urban areas.
Where was the changing African American culture most prominent in the 1920's?
Harlem (The Harlem Renaissance)
What is the term used to describe the increased buying of goods from the 1920's?
The Consumer Revolution
What was the name of the official act that led to Prohibition and the 18th Amendment?
The Volstead Act