Industrial & Economic Growth
The Great Depression
The Dust Bowl & New Deal
Reform & the 1920s
Red Scare & Social Change
100

The U.S. economy grew rapidly during the early 1900s because of ____________ and free markets.

capitalism

100

The stock market crash of ____________ began the Great Depression.

1929

100

Many farmers migrated west to ____________ seeking work and a better life.

California

100

The ____________ was a movement that celebrated African American culture through art, music, and literature.

Harlem Renaissance

100

Labor ____________ helped workers organize for better pay and working conditions.

unions

200

This innovation by Henry Ford made cars faster and cheaper to produce.

Assembly Line

200

Millions of Americans lost jobs and savings, leading to widespread ____________.

poverty

200

Government programs like the Soil Conservation Service helped end the Dust Bowl by teaching new ____________ methods.

farming

200

he ____________ Amendment gave women the right to vote.

19th

200

The ____________ saw millions of African Americans move from the South to northern cities for opportunity.

Great Migration

300

The invention of the ____________ connected families and businesses across the nation.

radios

300

One major cause of the Depression was buying stocks “on ____________.”

margin

300

The ____________ was caused by drought and poor farming practices in the 1930s.

Dust Bowl

300

These leaders — Susan B. Anthony, Carrie Chapman Catt, and Ida B. Wells-Barnett — fought for women’s ____________.

suffrage

300

The rise of ____________ after the Russian Revolution caused fear and suspicion in America.

communism

400

A higher ____________ meant that Americans could afford more goods and enjoy more leisure time.

standard of living

400

The government’s high ____________ hurt world trade and deepened the Depression.

tariffs

400

President ____________ introduced the New Deal to provide Relief, Recovery, and Reform.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

400

The nationwide ban on alcohol was known as ____________.

Prohibition

400

The ____________ was when Americans feared radicals and immigrants might spread communist ideas.

Red Scare

500

Rural ____________ brought electricity to farms and improved life in the countryside

Electrification

500

Shantytowns built by homeless Americans were known as ____________.

Hoovervilles

500

The ____________ Act provided pensions for retirees and aid for the unemployed.

Social Security

500

The ____________ Amendment ended Prohibition in 1933.

21st

500

The ____________ were when thousands were arrested without evidence during the Red Scare.

Palmer Raids