Interwar Years (skimmed down)

The African American literary and artistic movement of the 1920s.

Emergency Quota Act was passed, admission to the United States was based on immigrants’ ___?

The Dust Bowl occurred in what region of the United States?

This was a systematic crackdown on anyone suspected of being an anarchist or communist "sympathsizer".

What is one of the major criticisms made about the ruling of Sacco and Vanzetti's court case?

Was the Social Security Act for relief, reform, or recovery (2 answers)?

Which person was the first to fly across the Atlantic Ocean (from the U.S. to France)?

This Republican won the presidential election of 1928.

Which of the following is a criticism of the "Palmer Raids?"

"Hoovervilles" were called that because...?

This helped to create prosperity in a poverty stricken region by providing funds to build dams & generate electricity.

The "Jazz Age" was also known as the ________

Which answer best represents the purpose of the Great Migration (during WWI)?

By decreasing farm surpluses, New Deal policies helped to do what?

This New Deal program provided direct relief in the form of food and clothing to the neediest people.

What was the new style of music inspired by the Harlem Renaissance?

This authorized the Treasury Department to inspect banks and close those that were unsound.

President Roosevelt called his radio programs that informed Americans about the New Deal this_____.

Why did John Scopes (high school biology teacher) receive punishment for what he taught in Tennessee?

In 1932 these two candidates ran for President.

Which of the following are effects of the Great Depression?

Sang What a Wonderful World among countless other jazz hits

The overall unemployment rate for minorities such as African Americans and Mexican Americans?

Secret gathering places selling illegal alcohol during Prohibition

Which of the following domestic hate groups attempted to "purify" the United States in the 1920's?

This put almost three million young men to work building roads or parks, and planting trees.

This is the period when unemployment skyrocketed from 1930 to 1940 and the economy plummeted.

The term used to describe the woman pictured

Which of the two New Deal programs were found unconstitutional by the Supreme Court?

The "quiet depression" in the 1920's applied to what industry? (Who felt the economic pain the hardest first)?

What group of people suffered greatly in the 1920s

This term refers to the Stock Market Crash of October 29, 1929?

Which of the following New Deal programs were public works programs?

In the 1920's, many Americans became worried of the Red Scare. What was the Red Scare?

How were Albert Fall and the Teapot Dome Scandal connected? (under Harding)

This term refers to making risky business transactions on the chance of making a big profit in a very short time window.

What invention made it easier for Americans to develop celebrities in sports and entertainment?

The 30th US President (from 1923-1929)

Which of the following New Deal programs is still around today?

What crimes were Sacco and Vanzetti accused of before being executed?

"The dance" of the Jazz Age was called the ______

These people were very angry when President Hoover seemed indifferent to their demands for early payment of bonuses.

Which of the following is NOT a theme of the 1920's?

This term refers to putting a small amount down on a stock and borrowing the rest of the cost to buy multiple shares.

The first action that Franklin D. Roosevelt took as President was what?

Babe Ruth was a hero of which sport in the 1920s

Which of the following New Deal programs are still around today?

The 29th US President 1921-1923, unfortunately, his administration is remembered for a lot of scandal.

Which of the following are causes of the Great Depression?

During the Great Depression, how high did the overall unemployment rate reach at its worst?