Roaring 20’s and Great Depression

Question 1

Black Thursday

Answer 1

October 24, 1929 when panicked traders sold almost 13 million stock shares

Question 2

Default

Answer 2

To fail to pay your debts

Question 3

Great Depression

Answer 3

Worldwide economic slump

Question 4

Hoovervilles

Answer 4

groups of shelters made out of old boxes and other debris built by families or individuals who had lost their homes

Question 5

Migrant worker

Answer 5

person who moves from place to place to find work harvesting fruits and vegetables

Question 6

New Deal

Answer 6

FDR’s new laws and regulations affecting banking, the stock market, industry, agriculture, public works, relief for the poor, and conservation of resources

Question 7

Public works

Answer 7

Projects such as highways, parks, and libraries built with taxes for general use, which provided jobs for the unemployed

Question 8

Social security

Answer 8

Created a tax on workers and employers to provide monthly pensions for retired people; launched the welfare system

Question 9

SEC (U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission)

Answer 9

Regulates the sale of stocks and bonds and the power to punish dishonest companies

Question 10

FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)

Answer 10

Guaranteed that money placed in insured banks would not be lost if the bank failed

Question 11

TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority)

Answer 11

Program to control flooding, promote con- servation and development, and bring electricity to rural areas

Question 12

AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Act)

Answer 12

program to help farmers by raising farm prices

Question 13

CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps)

Answer 13

employed about 3 million rebuilding national parks and planting trees, living in camps

Question 14

Dust Bowl

Answer 14

environmental disaster hitting farms in many states

Question 15

Fair Labor Standards

Answer 15

Banned child labor and set a minimum wage of 40 cents per hour

Question 16

NRA (National Recovery Administration)

Answer 16

a group of businesses organized by the government and given the power to set rules for the economy. Members displayed a blue eagle.

Question 17

Jazz

Answer 17

A style of dance music popular in the 1920’s highlighting African-Ameri- can musicians like Louis Armstrong

Question 18

Evolution

Answer 18

Scopes - Teacher put on trial for teaching _____________ to high school students, challenging traditional church teachings

Question 19

Prohibition

Answer 19

the 18th Amendment- effort to make the sale of alcohol illegal, which was later overturned by the 21st amendment

Question 20

Radio

Answer 20

new technology that brought American culture closer together

Question 21

Isolationism

Answer 21

national feeling of turning away from international issues

Question 22

Hoover

Answer 22

leader blamed for the Great Depression, who supported prohibition

Question 23

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)

Answer 23

leader credited for fixing the Great Depression, who opposed prohibition

Question 24

Causes of the Depression

Answer 24

too much risky buying with credit, unstable banks, and the Dust Bowl

Question 25

Final end of the Depression

Answer 25

Government spending on WW2, wartime jobs

Question 26

3 R’s of the New Deal

Answer 26

Relief, recovery, reform

Question 27

Migration

Answer 27

the Great __________ was the 1900’s movement of approximately six million African Americans out of the South to the North and West

Question 28

Immigration

Answer 28

The ____________ Act of 1924 severely restricted the amount of newcomers allowed into the US

Question 29

KKK (Ku Klux Klan)

Answer 29

The ___________had mostly disbanded after Recon- struction, but reemerged and returned to prominence during the 1920’s. It appealed to people worried about changes in society, and committed lynchings - violent acts of murder against Asians, Jews, and Catholics as threats to America, as well as African Americans.

Question 30

Supply

Answer 30

The quantity of goods or services that producers have available for sale

Question 31

Demand

Answer 31

the quantity of a good or service that consumers are willing and able to buy

Question 32

Inflation

Answer 32

a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money.