Unit 10 (1920s & 1930s) Review

Warren Harding promised ___

A time when Americans were afraid communists were going to take over America

Prohibition led to 

The New Deal called for relief for the jobless, ___, and reforms to prevent future depressions

The area in the Southwest Plains that was turned to a waste land by dust storms.

total ban on the sales and production of alcohol

FDR's radio talks

U.S. foreign policy after WWI

On FDR's first day in office, he declared ___ and closed banks for four days.

economic/political system in which government owns means of production

A notorious Gangster of the 1920s

FDR's New Deal programs became known as ...

The WWI veterans who marched to Washington to petition for their bonus were called the ...

financial failure because of inability to pay debts

During the Great Depression, ___ were usually the last hired and first fired.

began the new information era in the 1920s

2 signs the 1920s economy was not as strong as everyone thought it was

insured bank deposits

During the 1920s, many people began to...

First First Lady to take a more active role

employed many people - built public works projects

President at the beginning of the Great Depression

Women gained the right to vote with which Amendment

Hoover's plan to fund banks, insurance companies and railroads during the Depression.

On ___, October 29, 1929, the stock market crashed and investors lost everything.

NC's _____ was funded by the PWA.

Famous Harlem Renaissance Poet

young women during 1920s who shocked their elders

illegal bar/nightclub during the 1920s

a derogatory name for people who moved to California looking for work

Person who smuggled alcohol illegally during Prohibition

Huge sudden dust storms were called...

supply of goods exceeds demand of goods

provided a social security or retirement fund for the elderly

Another name for the Roaring 20s

___ was a Depression era photographer who photographed the life of migrant workers

Person who opposes all forms of government

FDR's first days in office; he proposed 15 bills to Congress became known as his first __ days

Occurred when struggling farmers couldn't pay their debts; many Americans withdrew savings

borrowing money to purchase stocks

___ & Vanzetti were Italian immigrants accused of murder with little evidence.

Tried to end the Great Depression with his New Deal programs

hired civilians to work in national parks, forests and wilderness areas

Arrested for illegally teaching evolution to his students in Tennessee

make shift towns during the depression