history quiz consumerism

the great migration

• millions of african americans leave rural south to urban centers

• caused the new negro movement

double consciousness

• W.E.B Du Bois

• being black and being american

• feeling at once part of society and not part of society at the same time

• caused the new negro movement

the new negro movement

• national movement

• promotes african american culture and civil rights in US

• used art as way to elevate black population across the country

harlem renaissance

• rebirth in new york

• a golden age in african american culture promoting black literature, stage performances, art, and music

fundamentalism

• a form of a religion, especially Islam or Protestant Christianity, that upholds belief in the strict, literal interpretation of scripture

• strict adherence to the basic principles of any subject or discipline

evolutionism

coming up with new ideas that shape the society

immigration

someone travelling to different place or country

consumerism

• leads to credit

• society’s preoccupation with acquisitions of consumer goods

credit

• caused by consumerism

• to purchase something w promise to pay back in future w credit cards, bank loans, and layaways are modern concepts of buying on credit

installment plan

• paying off an item via set and agreed upon payments

• lead to higher and more consistent wages + shorter work days = decade long buying spree keeping economy booming

• americans were then spending more

causes of the great depression

• severe, worldwide, economic downturn

• worst downturn in US and industrialized world

• directly caused WWII

• no single cause - many working together

deflation

long periods caused unemployment, decrease in demand, and reduction in economic activity

bank failure

• wiped out lifetime savings of millions of Americans

• 9,000 banks failed

• impacted businesses and forced them to close

hawley smoot tariff

• raises US tariffs

• foreign banks failed

• reduced global trade

• hurt the world economy

• contributed to 67% reduction in imports and exports during the Great Depression