Roaring 20s and the Great Depression

What is a recession?

What caused the Great Depression to start?

FDR's radio show to assure people that they would make it through the depression.

Gave jobs to many to do things like clean parks, work on roads, etc.

Major drought and dust storm during the Great Depression that crippled farmers.

Name of a gangboss in Chicago who ran many speakeasies and got away with a lot of crime.

Homes made of cardboard during the great depression.

FDRs failed plan to put more justices on the Supreme Court so they would not overturn New Deal.

Making multiple payments over a period of time to pay for more expensive things like houses.

Brought electricity to the area and created jobs using hydroelectric power.

How did selling lots of stock cause the stock market to crash?

What are anarchists?

Woman who rejected previous values and wore short skirts, danced, and cut her hair short?

Who were two immigrants that were anarchists and were accused of murder?

Military commander who broke up the Bonus Army under orders of the president.

What is the name of an illegal bar during prohibition?

Describe the Red Scare.

Louis Armstrong and Langston Hughes were part of an explosion of African American Culture...

WWI vets who wanted their war bonuses early.

Scandal caused by Harding's Secretary illegally selling oil reserves to private businesses?

President during Great Depression

How did farmers struggle during the Roaring 20s and the Great Depression?

FDR's economic plan to solve the Great Depression

Allowed workers to collectively bargain.

Act that taxed the rich more than the poor or middle class.

Government gives retirement for older people.

Going to the movies to try to escape the reality of the Great Depression.