What was Prohibition?

A 13-year period where the making & transport of alcohol was illegal in USA

What's the relationship between the 18th amendment & 21st amendment?

One started Prohibition & one ended Prohibition

What were the outcomes of Prohibition? Select All That Apply

Expanding the role and power of the Mafia, Increasing criminal, illegal activity, loss of factory & bar jobs

How was the pandemic/post-pandemic time period similar to the WWI / post-war time period?

Both time periods represent a massive challenge and then recovery period

What were the goals of Prohibition? Select All That Apply

decreasing alcoholism & abuse, increasing health & family time

What was the Harlem Renaissance?

A blossoming / "rebirth" of Black art, music, theater, and literature

What was the New Deal?

A series of programs 1933-1942 with the goal of ending the Great Depression

What's the relationship between urbanization and the Great Migration?

both involved people moving to cities

What were Hoover's responses to the Great Depression? Select All That Apply

encouraging businesses to maintain wages & jobs, raising taxes to balance the govt budget

What were FDR's responses to the Great Depression? Select All That Apply

New Deal providing direct help thru jobs, farm relief, and Social Security, fireside chats on the radio to encourage the American people

How did women's rights and roles change in the 1920s? Select All That Apply

more flexibility & choices in life, 19th amendment / right to vote, more employment outside the home

How did WWI lead to the Roaring Twenties?

Post-war relief, optimism, and a desire for normalcy / recovery

What were the major themes Harlem Renaissance? Select All That Apply

Black identity / experience, Black Community

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1
What was Prohibition?
A 13-year period where the making & transport of alcohol was illegal in USA
A program to fix unemployment during the 20s
Hoover's attempt to balance the govt budget by raising taxes
A series of programs 1933-1942 with the goal of ending the Great Depression
2
What's the relationship between the 18th amendment & 21st amendment?
Women's right to vote and right to work
two programs that were part of the New Deal
One started Prohibition & one ended Prohibition
Hoover & FDR's attempts to fix the Great Depression
3
What household appliances became popular in the 1920s? Select All That Apply
radios
Dishwashers
TVs
Dryers
telephones
fridges
4
What were the outcomes of Prohibition? Select All That Apply
Ending the Great Depression
Expanding the role and power of the Mafia
Increasing criminal, illegal activity
increasing health & family time
loss of factory & bar jobs
5
How was the pandemic/post-pandemic time period similar to the WWI / post-war time period?
Both time periods represent a massive challenge and then recovery period
Both time periods involved unemployment followed by rationing
Both time periods involved a war and mobilizing the economy
Both time periods involved a stock market crash
6
What were the goals of Prohibition? Select All That Apply
Increasing criminal, illegal activity
decreasing alcoholism & abuse
Expanding the role and power of the Mafia
increasing health & family time
Ending the Great Depression
7
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
A blossoming / "rebirth" of Black art, music, theater, and literature
informal talks given by FDR over the radio; encouraging Americans
A program to fix unemployment during the 1930s
Hoover's attempt to balance the govt budget by raising taxes
8
What was the New Deal?
A way of handling Prohibition crime with Mafia
A series of programs 1933-1942 with the goal of ending the Great Depression
A program to fix unemployment during the 20s
Hoover's attempt to balance the govt budget by raising taxes
9
What's the relationship between urbanization and the Great Migration?
both involved people moving to cities
both involved outcomes of Prohibition
both involved the Great Depression
both involved flapper culture
10
What were Hoover's responses to the Great Depression? Select All That Apply
Doing nothing and seeing if it would work out
New Deal providing direct help thru jobs, farm relief, and Social Security
fireside chats on the radio to encourage the American people
encouraging businesses to maintain wages & jobs
raising taxes to balance the govt budget
11
What were FDR's responses to the Great Depression? Select All That Apply
New Deal providing direct help thru jobs, farm relief, and Social Security
encouraging businesses to maintain wages & jobs
fireside chats on the radio to encourage the American people
raising taxes to balance the govt budget
Doing nothing and seeing if it would work out
12
How did women's rights and roles change in the 1920s? Select All That Apply
more flexibility & choices in life
19th amendment / right to vote
Abortion & birth control legalized
more employment outside the home
more opportunities through the New Deal
13
How did WWI lead to the Roaring Twenties?
WWI over-spending & loans led to the stock market crash of the 20s
Because the aftermath of WWI led to strict govt control / limited freedoms
By creating global unity and peaceful collaboration among nations.
Post-war relief, optimism, and a desire for normalcy / recovery
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What were the major themes Harlem Renaissance? Select All That Apply
Black identity / experience
Prohibition & the Depression
Civil Rights / Equality
Black Community

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