Roaring Twenties 1
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The movement of African Americans from the South to the North in search of jobs and a better life.
The Great Migration
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The amendment that gave most women of the United States the right to vote.
19th Amendment
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The area of the US where drought and wind storms that devastated farms and livestock.
What is the Dust Bowl?
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A series of programs that Roosevelt used to pull the United States out of the Great Depression.
New Deal
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Name the three goals of the new deal?
Relief, Recovery, and Reform
This music was originated by African Americans and became very popular, even among white audiences in the 1920's.
Jazz
The amendment that banned selling, buying, making and transporting alcohol.
18th Amendment
The day the stock market crashed signifying the start of the Great Depression.
Black Tuesday
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Name 2 sports celebrities and 3 entertainment celebrities of the 1920's and 1930's.
Babe Ruth, Jack Dempsey, Joe Louis
Charlie Chaplin, Harry Houdini, Walt Disney
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How did the New Deal attempt to resolve the problems in the Dust Bowl?
Bought land from farmers, planted trees to block wind storms, and planted grass to restore the soil.
Women that rebelled against the norms of society and expressed themselves through fashion, dance, education and lifestyle.
Flappers
This refers to the numerous race riots and racial violence that broke out across the country in 1919.
The Red Summer
32nd president of the United States who passed many laws during the Depression and led the country during WWII.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)
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How can you compare the Great Depression to the Snowball Effect? Hint: the stock market crash was the snowball at the top of a mountain. Explain how things became worse.
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To reassure the American people FDR gave 30 of these talks over the radio, explaining his plans to help the nation.
Fireside chats
The amendment that overturned or repealed Prohibition.
21st Amendment
A period in the 1920s when African-American achievements in art, music and literature flourished.
Harlem Renaissance
This began when the Stock Market crash of 1929. Americans lost their jobs and savings when businesses and banks closed as the economy worsened.
The Great Depression
These were the shacks build to house the homeless; they were named after the president that was blamed for the Great Depression.
Hoovervilles, Herbert Hoover
FDR has been criticized for not helping African Americans enough during the Great Depression, however he did as black leaders to advise him. These leaders became known as ...
The Black Cabinet
Places that illegally sold alcohol during Prohibition.
Speakeasies
He became the first black national hero and symbol of pride and strength for African Americans in the face of the oppression they suffered during the Great Depression.
Joe Louis
This was a movement that supported banning alcohol to improve society.
The Temperance Movement
To invest money in a company and own a share of that company.
A stock
These were government agencies and programs created to help workers during the Great Depression. Agencies were created to build infrastructure (roads, bridges), help artists and assist farmers.
Alphabet Agencies