Politics & Presidents
This term refers to the fear of communism that swept through the U.S. after WWI and ended in the late 1920s
What is the Red Scare?
This businessman revolutionized the auto industry with the assembly line.
Who is Henry Ford?
Name 1 famous athlete we discussed in class from the 1920s.
Babe Ruth – Baseball
Jack Dempsey – Boxing
Red Grange – Football
Double Points: Charles Lindbergh - first person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean
This was a period of severe dust storms and drought in the Midwest.
What is the Dust Bowl?
In his first 100 days, what number of major pieces of legislation were passed to combat the Depression.
What is 15 major pieces of legislation?
He won the 1920 presidential election with a campaign to return to “normalcy,” and his VP shared that vision.
Who is Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge?
This was a period in the 1920s known for music and cultural change.
What is the Jazz Age?
These included women’s suffrage, better working conditions, and more education.
What are social improvements of the 1920s?
The federal government under this president provided limited aid during the early Depression.
Who is Herbert Hoover?
When the banking system was near a collapse FDR ordered this event to stop the panic.
What is declaring a “bank holiday”?
This group participated in a presidential election for the first time in 1920, marking a historic moment.
Who are women?
This movement was a celebration of African American art, music, and literature centered in New York.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
True or False: Conservatives of the 1920s loved the cultural and social change of the time.
False:
Some Americans felt the rapid changes of the 1920s were threatening traditional values and ways of life.
This many Americans were unemployed in 1930
What is 4 million Americans were out of work
This program gave young men jobs conserving natural resources.
What is the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps)?
This part of the economy, especially farmers, suffered due to overproduction and falling prices.
What is agriculture?
These fashionable young women challenged traditional norms in the 1920s.
Who are flappers?
This major economic event happened in October 1929.
What is the Stock Market Crash?
This president won the 1932 election, promising a “New Deal.”
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
This provided temporary jobs like building roads, airports, and athletic fields around the nation
What is the CWA (Civil Works Administration)?
This factor, including electricity and mass production, led to a better lifestyle in the 1920s.
What is new consumer goods and technological innovations?
Name 1 popular movie star we discussed in class from the 1920s.
Greta Garbo
Lillian Gish
Douglas Fairbanks
Charlie Chaplin
Al Jolson (star of the first "talkie")
Name 2 Major Causes of The Great Depression
Demand for durable goods declined
The Federal Reserve didn’t increase the money supply
Farmers struggled
Wages didn’t rise
People were overextended on credit
The Stock Market crashed
This term describes FDR’s plan to provide relief, recovery, and reform.
What is the New Deal?
This agency built dams and power plants to create jobs, planted millions of trees, and provided education, recreation, and health services.
What is the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority)?