Roaring 20s
Start of Great Depression
Presidents
New Deal Programs
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100
Who were the flappers?
Rebellious young women who went out at night, wore short dressed, smoked, etc
100
The most powerful sign of a deepening depression in the early 1930s was __________.
A - inflation
B - soup kitchens
C - government aid
D - rising unemployment
Rising unemployment
100
This president proposed the New Deal to fix the Great Depression and change American goverment
FDR (Frankin Delano Roosevelt)
100
Were the CCC and the WPA relief, reform, or recovery agencies?
Relief - jobs for the unemployed
100
"Court packing" refers to...
A - Franklin D. Roosevelt's attempt to get around judicial review of his policies
B - Hoover's efforts to stave off the Great Depression
C. - only allowing white men to serve on juries during Jim Crow
A - Franklin D. Roosevelt's attempt to get around judicial review of his policies
200
What was a "pull factor" for the Great Migration?
What are... jobs in Northern cities?
200
Which statement describes the most likely effect of unemployment rates on society during the Great Depression?
A - Unemployment rates led to advancements in the agricultural industry.
B - Unemployment rates led to an increase in workers moving away from home to look for new forms of work.
C - Unemployment rates led to an increase in the trust of the government.
D - Unemployment rates led to promotions for many workers.
B - Unemployment rates led to an increase in workers moving away from home to look for new forms of work.
200
Hoover's initial response to the Great Depression can best be characterized as...
A - interventionist
B - isolationist
C - laissez-faire
D - speculation
What is C, Laissez-faire?
200
What did the Tennessee Valley Authority bring to millions of rural homes?
Electricity
200
What are the 18th, 19th, 21st Amendments?
18th: prohibition
19th: Women's sufferage (right to vote)
21st: Repealing/Ending Prohibition
300
What was the name for people who illegally smuggled alcohol? Where did they serve that alcohol?
Bootleggers, served in speakeasies
300
What caused the Dust Bowl?
Overproduction and bad farming techniques, along with drought and storms
300
What "holiday" did FDR declare to restore public confidence in banks?
What is.. bank holiday?
300
What did Social Security do?
Provided old age pensions (payments) and disability and unemployment support to all Americans
300
Which invention most directly led to the mass production of consumer goods?
What is the assembly line?
400
What was the movement to ban alcohol called?
The Temperance movement
400
What role did U.S. banks play in causing the Great Depression?
A -They prevented depositors from withdrawing money
B - They made many large loans to speculators.
C - They did not invest enough of their assets.
D - They raised interest rates too high
B - They made many large loans to speculators.
400
In general, the Harding and Coolidge administrations were ____ union and ___ business
ANTI-union and PRO-business
400
What did the FDIC do?
Restored public confidence in banks by backing up/insuring investments
400
Name three figures from the Harlem Renaissance
Answers vary
500
What were three things that happened during the First Red Scare that took away people's civil liberties?
Palmer Raids, Sacco and Vanzetti Trial, deportations, immigration restrictions
500
Explain how buying on the margin and speculation led to the Great Depression
Speculators were risking huge amounts of money on risky stocks. To finance this, they borrowed money from the bank, who loaned it out to them. When the market crashed, both the speculators and the banks lost all their money
500
What was the Black Cabinet?
Group of Black advisors that FDR put in key government positions
500
How is this criticizing the New Deal?
Saying the New Deal created too many programs that the government would be unable to sustain; and they weren't working!
500
In what part of the country were women able to vote even BEFORE the 19th amendment?
Western US