The Great Depression and Roaring 20s Test Review

The ______________ ran from 1929 to 1941

Nickname for shantytowns where many homeless people lived

A period of time in the 1920s when African American artists, authors, and musicians became popular and did well

Units of ownership in a company

What event in 1929 marked the beginning of the Great Depression?

President Herbert Hoover issued the New Deal

The Stock Market Crash caused crops to die and dust storms and many farmers lost their farms.

A young girl in the 1920s that behaved and dressed in a radical fashion

Another name for the Stock Market Crash of 1929 was Black Friday?

A place where stocks and bonds are traded and sold

President that created and initiated the New Deal

A loan that can be paid back in payments over time

Langston Hughes was an African American author during the Harlem Renaissance

When the economy was doing well, many people bought goods on ________.

The system of how money is made and used or spent

The Roaring 20s was also known as the ______ Age

Many farmers moved to ____________ to find work during the Dust Bowl.

What music became very popular in the 1920s?

The Works Programs Administration (WPA) put people to work building roads, airports, dams, schools, and hospitals

What marked the END of the Great Depression?

A series of radio broadcasts made by FDR to communicate with the American people were _______________

Employed young men to work on projects with environmental benefits and conservation of natural resources, like parks

Time of severe drought in the Midwest in the 1930s that turned soil into dust causing dust storms and many crops to die

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) did what?

Louis Armstrong made history by flying solo and non stop from New York to Paris

The act that raised taxes on imported goods?

Which ammendment gave women the right to vote?

During the Great Depression, many people had to go wait in long lines to get food at a ___________________.

Many people lost their savings, houses, cars, and businesses when this happened?

A time of decline in economic activity

African American musician during the Jazz Age

President during 1920s and Great Depression

The purpose of the New Deal was to help the US recover from the Great Depression

1929 Stock Market Crash , Dust Bowl, overproduction, debt, world trade issues, and failure of the banking system

Famous baseball player that broke home run records

founded the Ford Motor Company, inventor of the assembly line