Unit 2: The Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression

2.1 Quiz

Americans during this decade had more time for leisure. What was probably the most popular leisure product available to most Americans?

Movies

The 1920s also saw a rise in racism and hatred. What racism group grew into a 3 million member organization that targeted not only African Americans, but immigrants, Jews and Catholics?

The KKK

Which of the following is true as it relates to the 1920s?

For the first time, more Americans lived in cities than on farms

More people in the 1920s had more money to spend with the use of credit and layaway buying plans. What did more money lead to for most Americans?

Consumer debt

Ratified in 1920, the 20th Amendment guaranteed women the right to vote in the United States.

False

There were several immigration restriction bills passed in the 1920s. In 1924, quotas were established on the number and ethnic groups that could enter the United States. What was the only Asian group able to immigrate to the United States, with 50 people per year?

Filipinos

Women during the 1920s also had more freedoms and expressed it by cutting their hair and wearing shorter dresses. What was the name given to this generation of women?

Flappers

The 1920s was dominated by staunch conservative Republicans and the election of 3 Republican Presidents. Which of the following was NOT a president during the 1920s?

Franklin D. Roosevelt

The forces of religion and modern science clashed in 1925 when a teacher named ____________ from Dayton, Tennessee was accused of teaching Charles Darwin's ______________, which was against the law in Tennessee.

John T. Scopes, theory of evolution

The 1920s saw great advancements in technology. One such advancement, radio broadcasting, began in _________ in 1920.

Pittsburgh

In the 1920s who flew solo across the Atlantic non-stop?

Charles Lindbergh

During the 1920s, the United States dominated the world's economies. What currency did the dollar replace for the most important currency for world trade?

British Pound

The idea of celebrities originated during this decade. Who was probably the first modern celebrity?

Opera Singer Enrico Caruso

Why was John Scopes arrested and made to stand trial in Tennessee in 1925?

He was accused of breaking the law by teaching evolution in school.

2.2 Quiz

Which amendment prohibited the manufacture, sale and transportation of alcoholic beverages in the United States?

18th Amendment

In 1928, what was signed by fifteen world powers as an agreement to disarm their navies and outlaw war, even though it was unenforceable?

the Kellogg-Briand Pact

Which of the following was created by Woodrow Wilson and is responsible for managing the U.S. currency system?

Federal Reserve

Which of the following innovations was essential to the growth of mass production in the 1920s?

Assembly Line

Elected president in 1920, _____________ was put up by the Republican Party to win election because he _______________

Warren G. Harding, looked more presidential than his opponent

During World War I, the _____________ made it a crime to criticize the government.

The Sedation Act

Which party came to power in Russia in 1917?

Communist Party

Who was the attorney general that led raids against suspected radicals during the Red Scare?

A. Mitchell Palmer

Who won the presidential election of 1920?

Warren G. Harding

What was Henry's Ford famous car model from the early 1900s which became very cheap in 1914?

Model T

During prohibition (1920-1933), city crime bosses sold illegal alcohol to willing buyers, and through intimidation. Chicago's __________, was never prosecuted for ___________ , but he was prosecuted for

Al Capone, bootlegging, income tax evasion

During the 1920s, more women were working outside of the home. Which of the following types of jobs did women tend to have? Select all that apply.

a. Office workers

b. Typists

c. Telephone operators

Which of the following ideas best reflects the "Red Scare" of 1919-1920?

Fear that a communist revolutionary plot would take over America

With the rise in automobiles during the 1920s, more mechanics earned a living by fixing and maintaining automobiles.

True

What was the Supreme Court's argument in Schenck v U.S., in which the constitutionality of the Espionage Act was challenged?

Congress has the power to restrain speech if it poses a clear and present danger

Committed by Warren G. Harding's Secretary of the Interior, Albert B. Fall, which scandal involved the selling of oil rich land (specifically, U.S. Navy petroleum reserves) to cronies, or close friends, in the oil business, at very low rates without competitive bidding?

Teapot Dome scandal

2.3 Quiz

Langston __________ was the most famous ______ from the Harlem Renaissance of the early ____________

Hughes, poet, 20th Century

Which of the following organizations pushed for reforms like women's suffrage?

Women's Christian Temperance Union

She was eventually deported

Emma Goldman

She was sentenced to prison in 1916 for opening a clinic in Brooklyn, NY that distributed contraceptive devices to poor immigrant women

Margaret Sanger

She was arrested more than 40 times for expressing "radical" ideas about female sexuality and birth control

Emma Goldman

Match each "role" or "new opportunity" to the correct female group as they relate to women in the U.S. during the Progressive Era.

African American women:

Immigrant women:

Native-born white women:

Domestic servents and agriculutre workers

Factory workers

Office workers

Ratified in 1920, what did the 19th Amendment do?

Guaranteed women's right to vote

At the turn of the 20th century, many of the new products being manufactured, as a part of the second wave of industrialization, were being aimed at women.

true

With which movement was the Women's Rights Movement, beginning in 1848, closely associated?

Abolitionist Movement

Who started the Hull House in Chicago in 1889, which was a settlement house for European immigrants?

Jane Addams

William Lloyd Garrison was an _______ who wrote and pressed an ________publication.

abolitionist, anti-slavery

Following the Harlem Renaissance, African American writer __________ criticized Langston Hughes for not writing enough about the African American experience

James Baldwin

What was one reason that Langston Hughes criticized other black writers?

NOT They wrote in a way that expressed black pride or They did not write in a way that appealed to all races and ethnic backgrounds

Which African American abolitionist worked closely with Elizabeth Stanton, a leader of the Women's Rights Movement?

Frederick Douglass

Which idea best embodies the Harlem Renaissance of the early 20th century?

City dwellers flocking night after night to see improvisational jazz performances

No woman in the United States voted until the ratification of the 19th Amendment.

false

Florence Kelly was a college educated woman who headed the _______________________ , an organization that sponsored boycotts and encouraged consumers to buy products that were made without ________________.

National Consumers League, child labor

In 1848, women gathered in ___________, New York for the first ________________________ and signed what is known as the _______________

Seneca Falls, women's rights convention, declaration of sentiments

During the Progressive Era, the leadership of the National American Women's Suffrage Association was mostly made up of which of the following groups, or classes? Select all that apply.

a. Upper class

b. Middle class

2.4 Quiz

What were the names given to the homeless camps and cities that popped up all over during the Great Depression?

Hoovervilles

Following the huge increase in cultivated lands during the early 20th century, _____________ eliminated the natural grasses of the the Prairie, which held the soil in place and _________________

heavy plowing, maintained moisture

In response to the Dust Bowl, farmers were instructed in soil conservation techniques, such as crop rotation, contour plowing and terracing.

true

How was the Civilian Conservation Corps involved in the Dust Bowl?

It planted more than 200 million trees from Texas to Canada in an attempt to block the wind and hold the soil in place

What is it called when big banks and corporations buy with borrowed money?

Margin buying

During the Dust Bowl of the 1830s, which of the following regions were affected most by the drought?

the panhandles of Texas and Oklahoma

western Kansas

Colorado and New Mexico

What was a more probable cause of the Great Depression than the Stock Market Crash?

America's weak banking system

Following the stock market crash of 1929, thousands of banks failed.

true

President Herbert Hoover blamed _________________ as the cause of the Great Depression in the United States and globally.

World War 1

By 1932, about how many Americans were estimated to be unemployed?

10 million

In _____________, ____________ the Stock Market crashed, the day it started became known as 'Black Thursday' and five days later the bottom fell out of the market. Over a three week period over $30 billion disappeared from the U.S. economy.

October, 1929

During the Dust Bowl, the ____________ turned to dust and ____________, generating enormous _____________

topsoil, blew away, dust storms

2.5 Quiz

Enacted during the Great Depression, Social Security contributions were made mandatory for both employees and employers.

true

To increase farm product prices--like wheat, tobacco, hogs, etc--during the Great Depression, the Agricultural Adjustment Administration paid farmers to farm less, resulting in artificial scarcity.

true

What FDR program sent 18-25 year-olds to rural areas to clear trails and clean up beaches? Then money earned would be sent to back to parents and families in the cities.

CCC: Civilian Conservation Corp

FERA or Federal Emergency Relief Agency was founded to help people when WHAT would happen?

NOT When war happened

Authorized by Roosevelt to tackle ______________ the, ___________________ tutored the illiterate, built parks and repaired schools, among other things. But, the largest relief program was the, which helped people find jobs that matched their talents, and paid for public works programs like roads and bridges.

unemployment, Civil works administration, Works Progress Administration

One of the things that President Franklin Delano Roosevelt did when he first took office was:

NOT Call out the National Guard to put down riots and protests or Replace employees that were hired under Herbert Hoover

Among other things, the _____________ restricted ______________ from recklessly speculating depositors' money in the stock market.

Glass-steagall act, banks

Following the stock market crash of 1929, which of the following bureaus/agencies was created to serve as a watchdog to the stock market?

Securities & Exchange Commission

During the Great Depression, what was the collective name of government bureaus and agencies established as part of the New Deal?

Alphabet agencies

One of the poorest and most underdeveloped areas was the area west of the Appalachians. What program did Roosevelt enact that would create electricity and allow for business growth?

TVA: Tennessee Valley Authority

Who was elected president in 1932 and famously said: "The only thing you have to fear, is fear itself"?

Franklin Roosevelt

Upon its passage in 1935, the _______________aimed to help older Americans who could not save much money during their working years for retirement. Described as a "contract between generations", working Americans would contribute to a fund until they were ___ , when they would begin to receive payments.

Social security act, 65

When Roosevelt was elected, unemployment was high and the economy was in very bad shape. He came up with a series of domestic programs that were collectively known as WHAT?

The New Deal