Ch.9: The Roaring 20s
Repealed the 18th amendment
What is the 21st amendment?
Celebration of Black culture through art, music, and literature.
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
It was discovered in Jeff Davis parish on September 21, 1901.
What is oil?
Included the Stock Market Crash of 1929, overproduction, bank failures, overextension of credit, buying stock on margin, and high tariffs.
What were causes of the Great Depression?
FDR's plan to help revive the economy and bring relief during the Great Depression.
What was the New Deal?
What is the 18th amendment?
Who was Ella Fitzgerald?
Timber, natural gas, and oil.
What were the major industries in Louisiana?
Shanty towns named after the president to show their dissatisfaction at the way he was handling the economy.
What were Hoovervilles?
This happened when the bank takes possession of someone's house if they do not pay their mortgage.
What are foreclosures?
Most decorated athlete in the 1936 Olympics.
Who was Jesse Owens?
Secret bars people went to for alcohol.
What are speakeasies?
He wanted to improve infrastructure, expand the state university system, and open public hospitals.
Who was Huey Long?
The idea that people should help themselves rather than relying on the government.
What is rugged individualism?
Typically run by churches to provide a daily meal to people in need.
What are soup kitchens?
Moderation or restraint, especially with regard to alcoholic drinks.
What is temperance?
Young women in the 1920s who liked to break social rules.
What are flappers?
This was a result of nine months of rain and proved a levee-only system was not enough protection against flooding.
What was the Great Mississippi River Flood of 1927?
Buying and sell stocks quickly to help make a quick profit.
What is speculation?
A long-lasting drought in the Great Plains that led to some families leaving their farms and moving west.
What was the Dust Bowl?
Crime rates increased, speakeasies opened, and the government needed tax money from the sale of alcohol.
What were reasons for the 21st amendment?
People were able to buy appliances with money they didn't have.
What is credit/installment plans?
Huey Long's plan to cap an annual earnings limit of $1 million and personal wealth at $5 million.
What was "Share Our Wealth?"
Protects your bank account up to $250,000 in the event of a bank failure.
What is the FDIC?
What is the TVA?