1920s Economic
1920s Culture
Politics
Depressing Times
The New Deal
100
This group of people was hurt economically during the 1920s.
What are farmers?
100
This group gained attention for their belief in a literal interpretation of the Bible.
What are fundamentalists?
100
This occured as a response to the Russian Revolution.
What is the Red Scare?
100
This was a major environmental crisis of the 1930s.
What is the Dust Bowl?
100
This plan was a wave of legislation that included more social welfare benefits than it predecessor.
What is the Second New Deal?
200
The economy grew in the 1920s as consumers began to buy goods using this?
What is credit?
200
Though relatively few in number, this group represented a women's desire to break with the past
What is the flapper?
200
In this Supreme Court Case, the government was justified in silencing free speech whenever there is a "clear and present danger".
What is Schenk v. United States?
200
This attempt by FDR aroused the greatest opposition and was completely unconstitutional
What is the attempt to "pack' the Supreme Court?
200
FDR declared this early in his administration to inspect the financial health of banks.
What is a "bank holiday"?
300
He led a movement to build up African American self-respect and economic power
Who is Marcus Garvey?
300
One result of Prohibition during the 1920s was the rise of this.
What is organized crime?
300
This act of 1924 reduced the number of people who could enter the U.S.
What is the National Origins Act?
300
European economies were hurt during the Depression when U.S. companies stopped investing in this country.
What is Germany?
300
FDR used this term to describe a group of intellectuals who helped devise New Deal policies.
What is the "brain trust"?
400
This rose during the 1920s because of new resources, new management methods, and new technologies.
What is productivity?
400
The rapid development of this during the 1920s promoted the creation of a national culture.
What is mass media?
400
This election served as a turning point in the way Americans viewed the responsibilities of the federal government.
What is the presedential election of 1932.
400
These two activists during the Great Depression were referred to as demagogues because they manipulated people with half-truths and scare tactics. (think Robin Hood)
Who are Huey Long and Father Charles E. Coughlin?
400
This New Deal Agency was created to help business.
What is the National Recovery Administration?
500
One sign that the economy might be weakening in the 1920s was an uneven distribution of what?
What is wealth?
500
These are the two major demographic shifts of the 1920s.
What is the Great Migration and people moving to the suburbs
500
Key features of Republican adminstration include isolationism and this "hands off" business policy.
What is laissez-faire?
500
FDR cut back on expensive relief programs in 1937 because he was worried about this rising too high.
What is the national debt?
500
The New Deal programs failed to address the decline of this.
What are industrial prices?