1920s Economics
This economic philosophy believed that the government should remain 'hands off' when it came to the economy.
What is Laissez-Faire Economics
This president led the nation into the 1920s and advocated for a 'return to normalcy.'
Who is Warren G. Harding?
This was a major environmental disaster across the central US that coincided with the Depression.
What is the Dust Bowl.
This couple went on a bank-robbing spree from 1932-1934
Who are Bonnie & Clyde?
What does the TVA stand for?
What is the Tennessee Valley Authority?
The Assembly Line was pioneered by who?
Who is Henry Ford?
After the Russian Revolution, widespread fear and paranoia about communist infiltrators in the US was known as what?
What is the Red Scare?
What is the nickname for October 29th, 1929?
What is Black Tuesday?
These were makeshift communities built from whatever materials people could scrounge up
What are Hoovervilles?
This federal program uses money from taxpayers and funds people who could otherwise not have an income.
What is Social Security
The economic boom of the 1920s was NOT experienced by this group.
Who are farmers?
This scandal under the Harding Administration saw oil interests bribing the US Secretary of the Interior.
What is Teapot-Dome?
These were radio broadcasts that FDR would broadcast into the homes of American families.
What are Fireside Chats?
This was the nickname given to people who moved West as a result of the Dust Bowl.
Who are the Okies?
This federal organization guaranteed insurance on up to $2,500 of individual citizens bank savings.
What is the FDIC?
This type of stock purchasing saw a buyer pay 10-50% of the cost and receive the rest as a loan.
What is Buying on Margin?
What is Prohibition?
The Grapes of Wrath (1939) was written by who?
Who is John Steinbeck?
This was a large-scale protest by veterans in Washington D.C. demanding their bonuses 12 years early.
What is the Bonus Army?
Name at least one accomplishment of the Wagner Act
What is allowed for closed shops, guaranteed collective bargaining rights, and created the National Labor Relations Board
This economic model requires a large amount of spending by its members to support itself.
What is a Consumer Economy?
This ideology rose to prominence during the 1920s, was strongly anti-immigrant, and advocated for strong restrictions on immigration.
What is Nativism?
What did FDR try to do to forcefully push New Deal policies into law?
What is pack the court?
This form of collective action saw farmers intimidating potential buyers of their land and buying it back for cheap.
What are Penny Auctions?
What were the 3 R's of the New Deal?
What is Relief, Recovery, Reform?