The Great Depression and the 1920s

Flashcards about The Great Depression and the 1920s.

The 18th Amendment led to:

A nationwide increase in crime and lawlessness.

A result of the passage of the 19th Amendment was:

Women of different races tended to believe that unified female political participation was impossible.

Part of what made the '20s 'roar' was a booming economy due to all of the following EXCEPT:

Illegal trade in alcohol

Increasing consumerism in the 1920s was the result of all of the following EXCEPT:

The Great Migration

An important aspect of the 'New Negro' movement of the 1920s was its:

Proud assertion of African heritage.

All of the following are reasons America fell in love with organized sports in the 1920s EXCEPT:

More Americans were attending college, introducing more people to sports like football and baseball.

Ownership of automobiles dramatically increased in the 1920s and was largely due to:

The adoption of the principles of 'scientific management' to increase production and lower the purchasing costs of automobiles.

Radio broadcasts brought dramatic changes to the lives of ordinary Americans by:

Connecting Americans with instant news and participating in cultural events.

The Great Migration was the result of 'push' factors like:

The violence and repression in the Jim Crow South.

The Great Migration was the result of 'pull' factors like:

Demand for factory work in the industrial mid-west.

'Youth culture' emerged for the first time in the 1920s as a result of:

Urbanization and new technology sharing trends on a national scale.

All of the following are examples of 1920s 'youth culture' EXCEPT:

The development of slang, dance fads like the 'Charleston' and 'Turkey Trot', and styles of appearance like seersucker suits and pegged pants for men, 'step-ins', bobbed hair and pallor mortis makeup for women.

The thesis of Booker T. Washington's Industrial Education for the Negro was:

African-Americans need to socially and economically advance through 'industrial development'.

The emergence of 'youth culture' in the 1920s was a product of all of the following EXCEPT:

Film and advertising, automobiles allowing people to have the opportunity to get away from parents and nosy neighbors and mass media.

Elements of youth culture in the 1920s were:

Changes in clothing and hair styles, use of language and music.

In A Flapper's Appeal to Parents, Page:

Both admonishes the 'older' generation for looking down on Flappers, but also asks for their guidance and support.

Blevins' observations in Flapper Jane address:

The shockingly revealing clothing and concerns about their relation to morals and behavior.

The values and mores of the Harlem Renaissance are reflected in art through:

Its emphasis on the African roots of Blacks.

Jazz became wildly popular in the 1920s because of:

Its association with youth culture, speakeasies and its growth and spread via new technologies.

All of the following were reasons behind the 'urban/rural divide' in the 1920s EXCEPT:

Rural America did not value prolonged education, rural America did not participate in the economic boom as much as urban Americans, youth culture was more prevalent in urban areas giving the impression of their having 'lose morals', and urban Americans enjoyed more opportunities and more varied types of leisure activities.

All of the following are true of the Harlem Renaissance EXCEPT:

It emphasized the natural beauty of African-Americans, it intentionally 'legitimized' Black culture and speech, and it focused on the Black experience in America.

One of the root causes of 'urban/rural divide' that became so pronounced in the 1920s was:

A perception of cities as locations of vice and crime as opposed to rural communities which were centers of virtue and morality.

The Scopes 'Monkey Trial' was about:

Whether John Scopes could teach evolution in a public high school.

The Republican administrations of Coolidge, Harding and Hoover did all of the following EXCEPT:

Believed that 'what was good for business is good for America,' encourage corporate mergers and limited taxes.

One of the results of the Republican Presidents of the 1920s was:

A rapidly expanding (perhaps to the point of unsustainability) stock market.

All of the following were 'new technologies' developed and expanded during the 1920s EXCEPT:

Airplanes, automobiles, moving pictures and radio

The 'new technologies' of the 1920s were instrumental in the economic expansion of the decade because:

New markets were created along with methods of marketing (selling).

An example of the 'ripple effect' of new technologies in the automobile industry is:

More autos require the construction of roads, the drilling of petroleum, the production of replacement parts and the growth of new industries to service cars.

As the American economy in the 1920s expanded with new technologies, new 'company towns' emerged, such as:

Detroit, Los Angeles, Houston, Seattle.

The 'Red Scare' was the result of:

Revolution in Russia, large numbers of immigrants and labor unrest.

When there is an economic contraction it spirals and compounds when:

People stop buying, businesses lay-off labor, and people spend less because they are worried about their jobs.

Among the reasons the Great Depression was 'great' was:

People lost faith in banks, as such, banks could not loan money for businesses to start-up or expand, therefore, the economy stagnated.

The problem of the concentration of wealth as a contributing factor in the Great Depression is that:

A handful of super-rich do not have the ability to support a nation's economy exclusively on their own.

Speculation on the stock market contributed to the Great Depression by:

Artificially inflating the value of stocks.

'Paper profits' were a contributing factor to the Great Depression because:

Businesses didn't have to disclose their financial health, lending to speculation.

Speculation helped weaken the financial stability of the country because it:

Caused stocks to soar in value, causing a massive sell-off when the stock market began to tumble.

The narrow economic expansion of the American economy in the 1920s contributed to the Great Depression by:

Consumers not needing to purchase many of the new technologies more than once.

The Smoot-Hawley tariff contributed to the depth and breadth of the Great Depression by:

Unintentionally triggering reciprocal tariffs by other countries.

Hoover's response to the Great Depression was to:

Encourage corporations and businesses to 'voluntarily cooperate' by cutting working hours rather than laying off employees.

The relationship between these two graphs shows:

How there is a correlation between bank failures and business failures.

The graph below shows:

The dramatic depth of the Great Depression.

All of the following were causes of the Dust Bowl EXCEPT:

The ineffectiveness of the Smoot-Hawley tariff.

The tens of thousands of people who migrated to the San Juaquin and Willamette valleys looking for work were called:

'Oakies' and 'Arkies' because they were climate refugees escaping the Dust Bowl.

Contrary to what you might imagine, the response of most Americans to the Great Depression was:

Self-reflection and blame, resilience and determination.

In our 'jigsaw' activity on the experiences of Americans during the Great Depression, it was clear that:

Not everyone was suffering or had similar experiences.

Popular culture in the 1930s reflected the 'zeitgeist' emphasizing all of the following EXCEPT:

Films and music that emphasized bitterness and blame towards the bourgeoisie and politicians.

Films during the Great Depression emphasized all of the following EXCEPT:

The need for our economic system to be drastically overhauled.

The three 'Rs' of the New Deal were:

Restore confidence, Reform the economy, provide Relief for those suffering.

All of the following were part of the New Deal's program to address structural weaknesses within the economy that led to the depth, breadth and length of the Depression EXCEPT:

The CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps).

The TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority) was created to:

Provide rural electrification and control flooding.

The WPA (Works Progress Administration) was a New Deal program whose purpose was to:

Provide employment by having people work on roads, bridges, public buildings and art.

Hoover was reluctant to institute government sponsored relief programs because:

He was concerned once people were dependent on the government, they would not want to work.

World War II got the United States out of the Great Depression:

False

The Social Security Act:

Provided a social safety net for the elderly (a pension), the disabled and widows and orphans.

The FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) was established to:

Protect savings if a bank goes bankrupt.