1920's General
A movement that celebrates African-American culture in literature and are
Harlem Renaissance
True or false: Alcohol was the cause for all immoral behavior prior to prohibition.
False!
Shantytowns are also known as...
Hoovervilles
What group of people did programs like CCC and WPA intend to help?
Unemployed workers
The Works Progress Administration is a
Relief, Recovery, or Reform?
Recovery
A negative event when government officials took bribes over oil-rich land
Teapot Dome Scandal
Between 1910-1920 African Americans were moving from south to northern cities known as the...
Name 2 causes of the Great Depression
Rise of consumerism, unequal distribution of wealth, stock speculation, Laissez-faire policies, unregulated banking
The Agriculture Adjustment Act (AAA) was a
Relief, Recovery, or Reform program?
Relief, because it paid farmers to not grow crops to avoid a surplus
What political party was FDR affliated with?
Democratic
True or false: Farmer's debt increased in the 1920's.
True!
Who did nativists have prejudice towards?
Irish Americans, German Americans, Italian Americans,
Name 2 states affected by the dust bowl
Texas, Okalahoma, Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico
Which agency attempted to restore public confidence in financial institutions?
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
What famous gangsters crew was responsible for the St. Valentine's massacre?
Al Capone
During the 1920's Americans began investing in...
the Stock Market
The 1920's had many "culture wars" with new and old ideas. Generally speaking, how could you categorize the two sides?
Tradition vs. Modernity
Borrowing money to help pay for stocks is called
loaning OR buying stock on a margin
Buying stock on a margin
Name a group that benefited from the New Deal.
Unemployed People, Elderly, Young people, Women, Native Americans?
Name the term for many depositers trying to withdraw because they think the bank will fail.
Bank run
John T Scopes challenged a Tenessee law that forbade the teaching of...
Creationism or Evolution?
Evolution
Caused by the Russian Revolution and many immigrants from southern and eastern Europe
Red Scare
True or false: WW1 is the event associated with the end of the Great Depression.
False! WW2
Reorganizing the Supreme court= the president gets to add a justice for every justice that turns 70 and doesn't retire
Define Rugged Individualism