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Roaring 20's/Great Depression Test Flashcards

1
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what was the only thing wrong with the USA’s money doubling between 1920 and 1929?

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the money was not equally distributed

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why was there a “cultural civil war” in America

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  • old conservative, Christian values were questioned (especially religion)
  • it was the start of the “Modern Age”, kicking out the “Victorian Age” ideas about gender roles, religion, and values.
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what was the name of the group of African Americans that moved from the South to the North during the Roaring 20’s

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The Great Migration

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why were there immigrant tensions during this time?

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everything “bad” in society was blamed on the immigrants (Catholics, African Americans)
- alcohol, flappers, crime, and jazz

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what was the “red scare”?

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fear that there was going to be a communist takeover of the US gov.

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what was the “noble experiment” led by the Women’s Temperance Union?

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prohibition
- 18th amendment made manufacturing, buying, or selling alcohol illegal

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what act of the prohibition closed all taverns, bars, and saloons?

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Volstead Act

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people who ran illegal alcohol businesses and brought booze in from Canada

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gangsters

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most famous gangster in the time period
- ran Chicago

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Al Capone

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underground alcohol/dance clubs

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speakeasies

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farmers in rural areas who made homemade recipes of whiskey

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moonshiners

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why did prohibition end?

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alcohol was a huge tax revenue for the local, state, and federal government
- very profitable

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society created where everyone bought things with credit (buy now, pay later)
- people acted as if they had money

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consumer society

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19th century women’s roles:

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  • housework, childcare
  • married women gave up all rights to husband (money, property, etc)
  • couldn’t vote
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early leaders of women’s rights reform:

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1) Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cody Stanton, + Lucricia Mott

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16
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convention where women made a statement of grievances modeled after the Dec. of Independence
- demanded equal rights + right to vote

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Seneca Falls Convention

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17
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what were women activists called?

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suffragettes

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18
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“new women”
- new sense of independence, working outside of home, and birth control

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Sexual Revolution

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19
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founder of Planned Parenthood

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Margaret Sanger

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20
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women who wore short skirts, short hair styles, and drank like men

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flappers

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21
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what were cigarettes called for women

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“freedom torches”

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22
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when was the phograph/victrola created

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1877 but over 100 million records were sold in 1927 alone

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new source of communication
- one of the greatest inventions of the time period that unified the nations
- brought news, weather, entertainment, sports, etc into the home

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the radio

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24
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first radio in America
- 1920 in Pittsburg

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WKDKA

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25
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spectator sports (in order of popularity)

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1) baseball was king - “National Pastime”
- Babe Ruth (“The Babe”) made more money
than the president
2) Boxing - Jack Dempsey (heavyweight champ)
3,4,5) football, tennis, + golf

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26
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motion pictures and hollywood

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by 1929 75% of Americans were going to the theater at least once a week!
- silent films at first, then on to “talkies”, then news reels (commercials, AD’s)

27
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first talking film

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The Jazz Singer

28
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famous actresses

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1) Greta Garbo
2) Mary Pickford

29
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famous actors

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1) Charlie Chaplin
2) Rudolph Valentino
3) Gary Cooper

30
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what gave Americans a sense of freedom and independence and the ability to go on vacations?
- also created new industries such as motels, gas stations, road constructions, + resorts

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the automobile

31
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the greatest engineer of the time
- his Model T made autos affordable!
- created the “assembly line” (faster)

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Henry Ford

32
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auto capitol of the world

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Detroit

33
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new musical styles created during the roaring 20’s - Harlem NY city

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jazz and blues

34
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famous jazz composer and trumpeter, respectively

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George Gershwin and Louis Armstrong

35
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most famous jazz club in Harlem

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Cotton Club

36
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dances popular during the Dance Craze

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the “Charleston”, the “Shimmy” and the “Flea Hop”

37
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the “new Negro Movement”
- celebration of African American culture
- began to create their own music, lit, and art

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the Harlem Renaissance

38
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capitol of black America

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Harlem

39
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famous people of the Harlem Ren.

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1) Lanston Hughes (poet)
2) Duke Ellington
3) Louis Armstrong (musician)

40
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why and how was religion questioned during this time?

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  • it was challenged by Charles Darwin
  • Evolution Theory challenged God and creation
41
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what began evolution being taught in public schools; which ultimately led to “Modern Science”

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the Scopes Monkey Trial

42
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violent group of white supremacists
- anti - black, Jewish, Catholic + immigration organization
- peaked in the 1920’s (3-4 mil members)

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the Ku Klux Klan (“invisible empire”)

43
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leader and symbol of the KKK

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leader - Supreme Grand Wizard
symbol - flaming cross

44
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who ushered in the Age of Aviation
- 1st solo transatlantic flight (NYC to Paris)
- known as “Lucky Lindy”
- national hero

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Charles Lindburgh

45
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early African American activists

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1) Marcus Garvey - “Back to Africa” movement
- controversial; said that it was hopeless to integrate into America and encouraged African Americans to return to their roots
2) W.E.B Du Bois
- co-founder of the NAAPC (National Asso. for the Advancement of Colored People)

46
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Marcus Garvey established what organization and religion?

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  • the Universal Negro Improvement Asso.
  • Rastafarion
47
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“lost generation” of writers out of WWI

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1) Ernest Hemingway - “A Farewell to Arms”, “To Whom the Bell Tolls”
2) F. Scott Fitzgerald - “The Great Gatsby” (exposes that money does not buy happiness)

48
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why was the Roaring Twenties not actually real?

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buying things on credit gave the illusion that everyone was prosperous

49
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why was the Roaring Twenties not actually real?

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buying things on credit gave the illusion that everyone was prosperous.

50
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causes of the Great Depression

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1) unequal distribution of wealth
2) overproduction in industry
3) high tariffs ( USA charged high taxes on trade goods so other countries retaliated and worldwide trade stopped)
4) easy credit - banks were giving too much credit so people were spending money they didn’t have and borrowing money to invest (“buying on the margin”)
5) Stock Market Crash (“Black Tuesday”) - Oct. 9, 1929. a year later, people found out abt the crash and started a “run on the bank” (took all their money out). this led to most banks collapsing. bc they had no insurance, ppl lost their life savings overnight

51
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towns that sprang up during the GD, unemployed people

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Shanty Towns (“Hoovervilles”)

52
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who was the president at the beginning of the GD and what did he do to comabat the depression?

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Herbert Hoover
- did very little to combat the depression (thought it would run its course and be over)

53
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the 17,000 soldiers from WWI who were promised a bonus from the gov. for their service
- they wanted their money now so they marched on Washington and demanded it
- violence broke out and Hoover called the Army to bring it down

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Bonus Army

54
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who won the election of 1932?

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Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)

55
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what did FDR do abt the GD?

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faced it head on
1) Emergency Bank Act (National Bank Holiday closed the banks for 5 days. meant to stabilize the banks again)
2) started the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) that protected people’s money in the banking system.

56
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where Roosevelt talked to the people over the radio
- method of communication he used to explain his programs to combat the GD

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FDR’s Fireside Chats

57
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FDR’s group of leading scholars/businessmen
- his Cabinet (advisors)

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the Brain Trust

58
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set of federal economic programs to get US out of the Depression
- centered on the 3 R’s (Relief: temporary help, Recovery: help the economy bounce back, Reform: targeted the causes and ways to prevent it)

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New Deal

59
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major programs under the New Deal

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1) Public Works Program - gave jobs to people building highways, parks, bridges, schools, dams, etc.
2) Federal Emergency Relief - gave small amounts of money to people until they could get a job
3) Federal assistance to farmers, businesses, and banks
4) Social Security - set aside money from people’s paychecks for retirement

60
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did the programs under the New Deal work?

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they slowed down the Depression but did not stop it

61
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worst drought in American history
- around the Great Plains (Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, etc.)
- 2.5 million farmers lost their land and homes

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the Dust Bowl

62
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people who migrated from the Great Plains to California to get away from the Dust Bowl

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“okies”

63
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migratory workers or homeless vagabonds who looked around for jobs
- “riding the rails”

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hobos

64
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when did the Great Depression end and why?

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the Great Depression ended when the USA entered WWII (1941)
- men went off to war and the women entered the factories making war materials
- unemployment went down completely and factories boomed!

US History 1 - college (11 decks)

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