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100

Suffragists worked to get this added to the U.S. Constitution in 1920.

What is The 19th Amendment?

100

This political party in charge of the white house throughout the 1920s

What is the Republican Party?

100
This patriotic group of Americans protested by camping in Washington D.C. with their families until their demands were met by Congress and President Hoover.
What is Bonus Army?
100
The "Bank Holiday" was designed to restore confidence in the banks by creating this New Deal policy.
What is F.D.I.C.
100
The Great Depression did not end in America until the beginning of this tragic event.
What is World War II?
200

This group increased its power and wealth dramatically during the Prohibition Era.

What is Organized Crime?

200

Became the first attorney general of the US and led raids on suspected communists

Who is A Mitchell Palmer?

200
In his 1932 presidential campaign, he promised the American people a New Deal.
What is FDR
200
This New Deal Agency met regional needs in Tennessee by creating jobs, providing flood control and providing cheap electricity.
What is TVA?
200
This important New Deal agency was created during the second New Deal. It provided pensions for the elderly, unemployment insurance and disability payments.
What is the Social Security Act
300

Consumer goods of the 1920s were driven by this industry

What is electricity?

300
He was President in 1928. After the stock market crash in 1929 many Americans blamed him for not doing enough to help the American people during the Great Depression.
What is Herbert Hoover
300
FDR used the Bank Holiday to enact the Glass-Steagall Act, which provided insurance for savings accounts by establishing the _______________________.
What is FDIC?
300
The most important goal of the New Deal was to provide ______ for Americans that needed them.
What is jobs?
300

Nickname given to the pop up communities outside of most major cities

What is a Hooverville?

400
This name was give to an African American section of New York City that witnessed a rebirth of art, music and literature during the 1920s.
What is Harlem Renaissance?
400

Italian anarchists put to death for their role in a 1920s robbery/murder

Who are Sacco and Vanzetti?

400
Because of the fact that many economies around the world depend on each other to be successful, the Great Depression of the 1930s turned into a _______________.
What is a world wide depression.
400
This New Deal agency actually paid farmers to destroy their crops during the Great Depression in an attempt to raise the prices of farm goods.
What is A.A.A.
400
These became very popular during the Great Depression because they allowed the American people to escape the hardships of the Great Depression.
What is the movies?
500
Technological advances in equipment, the end of W.W. I and overproduction caused an economic decline in this industry during the decade of the 1920s.
What is Farming?
500

Name given to describe a series of 1919 race riots

What is Red Summer?

500
During the Great Depression, the U.S. saw this organization grow in size and power. It would play a much larger role in the direction of the U.S. economy and it would supply direct relief in mass to the less fortunate.
What is the Federal Government?
500

The New Deal was the first attempt by the federal government to create "safety net" for needy Americans. The safety net that provides insurance to the elderly is called

What is the Social Security Act?

500
During the Great Depression, many Americans began to question the economic stability of a democracy. Many Americans insisted that this form of government may be the best answer for economic uncertainty.
What is Communism?