GOVERNMENT 20's
The 19th amendment allowed what group of people to vote?
Women
After the war Americans retreated to...
Isolation
What were 3 New Deal agencies?
WPA, CCC, AAA, NRA, PWA, HOLA, CWA, TVA, FDIC
More than 15 million people were...
Unemployed
What was the nickname of the 20's based on the prosperity of the decade?
Roaring 20's
Who became President in 1928?
Calvin Coolidge
Conflict arose between these two groups of religion.
Modern and traditional.
What did Roosevelt promise Americans in his inaugural speech?
A New Deal
A popular and free form of entertainment was the...
Radio
Swing Jazz
Prohibition was the illegal ban of cotton exports from the South. True or false.
False
Americans went to the movies almost weekly, how much did a movie cost to go see?
10 cents
What date did the stock market crash?
October 29, 1929
A popular form of entertainment that distracted people from their real world struggles was the...
Movies
What nickname was given to the 20's based on the music created during the decade?
Jazz Age
A scandal which included President Harding's secretary taking bribes for oil leases.
Teapot Dome
People often hung out in these hidden bars.
Speakeasies.
Who were the presidents in the 30's?
Herbert Hoover and FDR
Shanty shelters that many families lived in due to loosing their homes.
Hoovervilles
What date did the stock market prices start to fall?
September 4, 1929
The 18th amendment was also known as the...
Volstead act
This was the name for people who were scared of Eastern immigrants?
Xenophobes
What were the New Deal agencies called?
Alphabet Soup
A combination of drought, dust storms, low market prices for farm crops and a lack of soil conservation practices caused the...
Dust Bowl
What person was known for being one of the biggest gangsters in the 1920's-1930's?
Al Capone