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Politics of the 20s
Roaring Life of the 20s
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The New Deal
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Which President was known for not helping a lot during the Great Depression?

Hoover

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This describes the era after the Eighteenth Amendment went into effect.
What is prohibition
100

What effect did the stock market crash of 1929 have on the Great Depression?

It marked the start of the great depression

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The New deal was known as...

Roosevelt's collection of laws and programs to help the nation deal with the Depression was known as

100

When american started spending money on items in stores

Consumerism

200
This is an economic and political system based on a single-party government ruled by a dictator.
What is communism
200
To obtain liquor illegally, drinkers went underground to hidden night-clubs known as this
What are speakeasies
200

Appearing prosperous, Americans had an arrangement in which consumers agreed to buy now and pay later for purchases, often in the form of monthly payments.

"living" or "buying on credit"

200

What were the goals for the new deal?

Provide relief, recover the economy, and reform the financial system

200

Why did supporters of Prohibition want to outlaw alcohol?

to get rid of immoral behavior

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Although its membership sharply increased as a result of the Red Scare and nativism, its power declined once its criminal activity and racial violence became exposed.
What is the Ku Klux Klan
300

The re-awakening of African-American pride and culture in the 1920s refers to

Harlem Renaissance

300

What was the biggest problem facing the United States when FDR took office?

Record unemployment rates

300

This provides programs that aid needy families with children and the disabled.

Social Security Act

300

During the 1920s, Americans began investing in...

the stock market

400

Explain the difference between Hoover and FDR's approach to the Great Depression

Answers may vary

400

What can you conclude from the fact that comedies and musicals were so popular during the Depression?

People wanted to escape from their troubles
400
These shantytowns conveyed people's disgust for Hoover
What are Hoovervilles
400

Explain the difference between relief, recovery, and reform

Answers may vary

400

Immigration quotas were put in place to...

limit the amount of immigrants coming in to the US

500

What was the government's policy on the economy when Hoover was president?

Laissez Faire

500

The main significance of the trial of John T. Scopes was that

What is the struggle between science and religion in American schools.

500

What trend during the 1920s set the stage for the Great Depression?

Americans racking up debt

500

One result of the new deal was...

expanded power of the federal government

500

The fear of a communist takeover of the US during the 1920s became known as the...

Red Scare