The Great Depression & Stock Market Crash
The Stock Market Crash of 1929 is also known as?
Black Tuesday
Which act was intended to help retired Americans by providing them with a pension, to care for orphans and the disabled, and to create unemployment insurance?
Social Security Act
The Dust Bowl was caused by a combination of poor farming techniques and this long period of very little rainfall.
What is a drought
People who made alcohol illegally were called?
Bootleggers
This Detroit business leader changed the world of manufacturing by using the moving assembly line to build cars faster and cheaper?
Henry Ford
Name two industries that had spurred optimism in economic prospects?
Auto and Radio
Why did Roosevelt create a Second New Deal?
First did not provide a full economic recovery
Dust storms were caused by a mix of very dry soil and very strong?
wind
Selling illegal alcohol became a profitable line of business for?
organized crime syndicates (mafia)
He was the trumpet-playing superstar of the 1920s, known for his unique voice and becoming the most popular jazz musician of his era?
Louis Armstrong
What is over speculation?
Stocks are worth much more than the companies they represented
The First New Deal consisted of? Name One
Programs
Laws
Executive Orders
These terrifying, massive clouds of dust that could reach heights of 8,000 feet were often called "Black" these.
black blizzards
During Prohibition, it was illegal to __________ alcoholic beverages
make and sell (only)
In 1920, the 19th Amendment was officially added to the Constitution, finally giving this group of people the right to vote.
Women
How did the U.S.’s post World War I relationship with other countries contribute to the Great Depression?
War Debts and Tariffs: Many Europe nations owed the US money
The law that brought banks under the purview of the Federal Treasury was?
the Emergency Banking Act
What was the nickname given to people migrating out of the Dust Bowl?
OKIES
A grassroots effort to stop people from drinking alcohol was called?
Temperance Movement
This was the name given to the "rebirth" and explosion of African American art, music, and literature centered in a New York City neighborhood?
Harlem Renaissance
Which event marks the end of the Great Depression?
World War II
The law that brought more regulation to the stock market was:?
the Securities Act of 1933
What was the most common destination for people migrating out of the Dust Bowl?
California
Prohibition was repealed largely because of?
the Great Depression
This term refers to the movement of millions of African Americans from the Southern United States to find jobs in Northern factories.
Great Migration