Life in Between Flashcards
The stock market crash of 1929 is commonly referred to as the beginning of the Great Depression and one of the obvious causes of the Great Depression. On October 29, 1929, the stock market lost $14 billion, which is commonly remembered as:
A. Black Tuesday
B. Crash Tuesday
A. Black Tuesday
The Harlem Renaissance was a period where there was a burst of African American:
A. Science
B. Animal fiction books
C. Art & Culture
C. Art & Culture
Who was the first African American to become Heavyweight Champion of the World?
A. Jack Johnson
B. Joe Lewis
C. Mike Tyson
A. Jack Johnson
What sport did Babe Ruth play?
A. Boxing
B. Football
C. Baseball
C. Baseball
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony are two key figures of the Women’s Suffrage Movement. Suffrage means?
A. The right to own a firearm
B. The right to vote in political elections
C. The right to practice your religion
B. The right to vote in political elections
Which Constitutional Amendment granted women suffrage?
A. 16th Amendment
B. 19th Amendment
B. 19th Amendment
What Amendment created Prohibition, which made the buying and selling of alcohol illegal?
A. 16th Amendment
B. 18th Amendment
B. 18th Amendment
Prohibition created a new market which allowed for the rise of organized crime. Infamous gangster, Al Capone is an example of a:
A. Jazz Singer.
B. Bootlegger.
C. Speakeasy.
B. Bootlegger.
Who was president of the United States of America at the start of the Great Depression in 1929?
A. Herbert Hoover
B. Woodrow Wilson
A. Herbert Hoover
In the 1930s, shantytowns or “Hoovervilles” sprang up across the United States because of President Herbert Hoover’s
A. refusal to provide direct federal aid to the homeless and veterans.
B. efforts to help the residents return to their farms.
C. emergency relief program to provide food to the poor.
A. refusal to provide direct federal aid to the homeless and veterans.
What was the Dust Bowl?
A. The first collegiate football game between Notre Dame and Stanford.
B. An old, dirty bowl.
C. Severe drought coupled with terrible windstorms that caused dust storms to roar across the Great Plains.
C. Severe drought coupled with terrible windstorms that caused dust storms to roar across the Great Plains
Those who were defeated by the Dust Bowl usually packed up their things and went to:
A. New York
B. Indiana
C. California
C. California
The New Deal will help burden the pain of the Great Depression, but what truly marked the end of the Great Depression?
A. The Emancipation Proclamation
B. The U.S.A. manufacturing (industry) during World War II
C. The Equal Rights Movement
B. The U.S.A. manufacturing (industry) during World War II
