Roaring '20s
Who Said it? Capitalist, Socialist, Traditionalist, Modernist
Economic Vocabulary
The New Deal
MISC.
100

This was a young woman who broke with traditional expectations for how women should dress and behave.

FLAPPER

100

Goods should belong to individual people.

CAPITALIST

100

This is a severe and long-term downturn in economic activity. Unemployment is higher when this happens.

DEPRESSION

100

This part of the 3 R's made changes to laws and created permanent programs to avoid another depression.

REFORM

100

This was the name given to Dust Bowl Refugees.

OKIE

200

This was the name of America’s fear of radicals and a communist revolution following WWI.

RED SCARE

200

Order and stability are important for society to function properly.

TRADITIONALIST

200

A type of investment that represents an ownership share in a company.

STOCK

200

This part of the 3 R's provided immediate help through money and support.

RELIEF

200

The Dust bowl was this 3-word kind of disaster.

MAN-MADE ECOLOGICAL DISASTER

300

These were secret bars that opened up across the country during prohibition

SPEAKEASIES

300

Goods should be distributed according to each persons needs.

SOCIALIST

300

This happens when there is a increase in prices and the value of money decreases.

INFLATION

300

The Social Security Act was an example of which of the 3 R’s?

REFORM

300

List THREE challenges Dust Bowl migrants faced on their move West.

Disease, running out of gas, poor food, contaminated water, lice, ect.

400

This was the name for the growth of black culture in the 1920s that included new art, music, and literature.

HARLEM RENAISSANCE

400

Prohibition is bad because it has allowed organized crime to grow

MODERNIST

400

During this prices going up constantly creating a favorable economy. People are buying stocks.

BULL MARKET

400

This protected American workers from hostile management practices like firing a worker for joining a union. It also guarantees workers the right to collective bargaining.

WAGNER ACT or NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT

400

After WWI, these were set for limiting the number of immigrants allowed into the US. More American-like nations were given higher one and Southern European nations were given lower ones.

QUOTAS

500

He was arrested for teaching evolution in a Tennessee school. He was found guilty and fined but his case was later overturned on a technicality.

JOHN SCOPES

500

The government must act to protect workers since employers often take advantage of them.

SOCIALIST

500

This happens when a large number of depositors, fearing that their bank will be unable to repay their deposits in full and on time, all try to withdraw their funds at the same time.

BANK RUN

500

This program put 2.5 million men to work in a variety of conservation projects like planting trees providing them with immediate paychecks.

CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS

500

Name 3 causes of the Great Depression.

Stock Market crashes on Oct. 29, 1929, Banks fail and people lose money.People withdraw money from banks, Spending decreases, workers are laid off, Smoot-Hawley Tariff-Imposes high taxes on imported goods, Drought and bad farming practices starts the Dust Bowl.