Roaring 20s
Jazz
This term was used to describe a change in how some women in the 1920s presented themselves in society as more being more liberated.
flapper
This is the term for consumers buying on credit by putting some money down and paying monthly with interest.
Installment plan
fireside chats
What did the New Deal relief programs do?
Prohibition
This amendment banned the sale, production and transportation of alcohol.
18th amendment
This is the term for consumers paying too much for for too many stocks, often using borrowed money.
Overspeculation
This New Deal program was created to address instability in the banking system.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
What did the New Deal recovery programs attempt to do?
Recovery programs were designed to bring the country out of the depression over time.
The Sacco and Venzentti trial was a result of what growing political scare in the United States?
The Red Scare
This amendment made alcohol legal in the U.S. again.
21st
This is the term for borrowing money to buy stocks.
Buying on margin
This New Deal program created employment opportunities for artists.
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
What did the New Deal reform programs intend to do?
Correct the underlying problems with the banking system and the stock market.
What production practice greatly increased the amount of consumer goods available to Americans in the 1920s?
Mass production
This amendment gave women the right to vote.
19th
What did Hoover believe the role of the federal government in the Great Depression should be?
Hands off - it wasn't the responsibility of the government to provide assistance to individuals or to get involved with the economy
This New Deal program had the goal of providing a financial safety net for the elderly and those who were unable to work.
Social Security Administration (SSA)
The name of secret establishments where people could buy alcohol during Prohibition.
speakeasies
Langston Hughes was a tremendous influence in this area of the arts.
Poetry
This trial showed the growing tension between traditionalism and modernity, particularly with respect to evolution.
Scopes Monkey Trial
This tariff was considered a major blow to the economy during the Great Depression.
Smoot-Hawley
What was FDR's belief about the role of government during the Great Depression?
The federal government had to step in to provide assistance to Americans and to fix the underlying problems in the economy.
The name of the group of WWI veterans who marched on Washington demanded promised payments.
Bonus Army