Roaring Twenties
Why did the Model T only come in black?
Paint dried faster so it was faster/cheaper to make
California
WWI: Wilson wanted "Peace Without ____"
Victory
Why did people still go to movies if money was tight?
To escape grim reality
Rich people should share their wealth to improve society
What did Charles Lindbergh do?
Flew across Atlantic Ocean (Spirit of St. Louis)
Broken Dreams
Great Migration group
African Americans up & out of South
Hobo Signal: Cat
Kind Lady Lives Here
A company controls ALL stages of production
Vertical Integration
Who was the Sultan of Swat?
Babe Ruth
What fruit did many former stockbrokers sell on NYC corners?
apples
"Splendid Little War"
Spanish American War
Why didn't Reconstruction Finance Corp work?
People couldn’t afford to wait for indirect aid
16th Amendment
Income Tax
BIG money-making industry in California
Hollywood/Making Movies
Most unpopular man in US in 1932
Herbert Hoover
Jim Crow Laws
separated white & black people in the South
What did Roger G Babson warn in fall 1932?
Stock Market was going to collapse
Theodore Roosevelt and the Rough Riders got credit
Battle of San Juan Hill
Coolidge: "The business of America is _______"
BUSINESS
How many banks closed in 1932?
5,000
18th Amendment
started Prohibition
Buying stock on credit (paying only a small deposit)
Buying on the Margin
How did US Government pay for WWI (2 ways)
Taxes & War Bonds (Liberty Loans)