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Roaring Twenties
Prohibition
Great Depression
New Deal
100
Who were the flappers and how did they defy social conventions for women?
Women who wore their hair short, wore skirts, went dancing, went to speakeasies, smoked tobacco.
100
What amendment started Probition?
18th 
100
What was the infamous day that the stock market plunged in 1929 called?
Black Tuesday
100
What was the purpose of FDR's "Fireside Chats"?
To reassure the country and restore confidence in the U.S. Government and Economy.
200
Name two forms of entertainment that gained popularity during the Roaring Twenties
Sports, movies, art, literature, jazz, dance clubs, radio
200
What were the secret bars called that people visited during Prohibition in order to consume alcohol?
Speakeasies.
200
What is installment buying?
Purchasing an item on credit: pay for it over time.
200
What were the three general goals of the New Deal (3 Rs)
Relief, Recovery, Reform
300
What was the Red Scare?
Fears that communists would infiltrate America from Eastern Europe. Propelled by the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia.
300
*Daily Double* 

What is someone who smuggles or makes alcohol illegally called?

Who is the famous Chicago gangster who ran over 1,000 speakeasies and smuggled alcohol?

A bootlegger


Al Capone

300
How did Herbert Hoover handle the Great Depression?
Believed in American's 'Rugged Individualism' and believed the government should not get involved. Did start some public works and issue corporate loans but it was too little too late.
300
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Name and explain 2 New Deal prgorams that still affect us today.

SEC: Continues to regulate the stock market

SSA:Old age pension that still exists today

FDIC: Federal government continues to insure bank deposits

CCC/CWA/PWA/WPA: Built infrastructure (schools, dams, roads) planted trees


400
*Daily Double* 

What is nativism? What trial in the 1920s displayed nativism against Italian Immigrants?

The policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants. The Sacco & Vanzetti Trial.

400
What was one positive and one negative effect of Prohibition on American society?
Positive Effects: Less violence related to alcohol, increased voice of women, less public drunkenness, displayed that prohibition does not work


Negative Effects: Increased crime, disrespect for the law, corrupted law officials

400
Name one cause of the Dust Bowl and describe what the Dust Bowl was.
Causes: Overproduction of crops, soil degradation, poor farming techniques, drought


Soil erosion led to large dust storms and people lost their farms and homes as the land become useless. 

400
What New Deal program was deemed unconstitutional? Why?
National Recovery Act (NRA), Agricultural Recovery Act (AAA): The President claimed powers to set regulations/codes and these powers are supposed to belong to Congress.
500
What court case displayed the tension between fundamentalism and change during the Roaring Twenties? This court case centered around the issue of teaching evolution in high school.
Scopes (Monkey) Trial
500
Who supported the passage of the Prohibition Amendment and why?
Women, because they were the primary victims of alcohol. Men would waste away their money at saloons and domestic violence was more likely 
500
What were 4 causes of the Great Depression?
Important Industries Struggled (farms, coal, housing, Railroads), Stock Market speculation, Overproduction of crops, Dust Bowl, Wealth Inequality (rich richer, poor poorer), Banks make risky loans, Government fails to intervene, Buying on credit
500
What was the Court Packing Scandal? Why did FDR want to do this?
FDR proposed increasing the size of the Supreme Court from 9 to 15, in order to be able to select Justices that will approve of his New Deal legislation.