1920s & Great Depression

President Hoover hoped that public works would

Stock Market crash

Newly homeless people put up communities of shacks that they called

loss of property due to nonpayment of a mortgage

Migrants headed west in search of better lives

leader of the "back to Africa" movement

Henry Ford's system for making cars increased efficiency by

A long period of rising stock prices is known as a

Writer who was the leading voice of the African American experience in US

drought-related conditions in the Great Plains

The Hawley-Smott Tariff dampened commerce

The flowering of African American arts in the 1920s became known as the

The group of WWI veterans who marched on Washington in 1932 was called the

The Ohio Gang was a

A major contribution to Herbert Hoover's landslide victory in the 1928 election was

Henry Ford's business philosophy was to increase sales by

Warren G. Harding won the presidency by appealing to Americans' desire to

The first feature-length animated film was

Many depositors withdrawing money at once

Buying on margin was a method of buying stocks

After WWI, most Americans wanted to avoid future wars by

Composer, pianist, and bandleader whose sounds was a blend of improvisation and orchestration

Homeless wanderers who often rode the rails

The National Credit Corporation tried to rescue troubled banks by

Whom did the ppl of the US turn to in order to solve economic problems during WWI?

During the Depression, charities set up ______ to give poor people a meal

President Hoover opposed direct federal relief to the unemployed because he believed that

In the 1920s, the Federal Reserve contributed to weaknesses in the stock market by

Many people viewed Sacco and Vanzetti with suspicion because

communities of makeshift shacks on public lands

The Cotton Club was a

The stock market crash weakened the nation's banks because

The purpose of the Volstead Act was to

The Universal Negro Improvement Association was formed to

During the Great Depression, when a bank collapsed,

Stock prices first began to decline in the late 1929 because

John T. Scopes was put on trail for

In search of work or a better life during the Depression, many unemployed people

Commercial radio began its rise in November 1920, with news about

Coolidge believed part of his job as president was to make sure the gov't

Farmers on the Great Plains began to lose their crops during the Great Depression because

Calvin Coolidge became president when

Alfred Smith endured a smeared campaign in the 1928 election because he was

One of the reasons Vanzetti gives for his murder conviction is

In 1929, what did many people believe the country needed?

To pay for public works, the govt would have to raise taxes or

The new morality of the 1920s glorified

In May 1932, the Senate voted down a bill that would have

Thousands of WWI veterans came to Washington in 1932 to lobby Congress to

Spending more than is collected in taxes

Led the troops that dispersed the Bonus Army

When the Senate voted down the bonus bill that promised $1,000 to each veteran, some veterans

In the Teapot Dome Scandal, Albert B Fall received bribes for

High tariffs restricted foreign demand for American goods. Why were the tariffs in place?

Wrote The Grapes of Wrath, about a family fleeing the Dust Bowl

Gangster in Chicago during Prohibition

system for buying and selling shares of companies

Payments Germany was required to make as punishment for starting the war

created powerful African American voting blocs in Northern cities

Most economists agree that a key cause of the Depression was

The Emergency Relief and Construction Act provided

What restriction did the Emergency Quota Act place on immigrants?

Helped spread the new ideas and attitudes of the 1920s

Stockbroker's demand for immediate repayment of a loan

What trend did the US gov't set for immigrants in the early 1900s

A decline in the sales of automobiles meant there was less demand for

___ invested in stocks, betting that the market would continue to climb to make a quick profit

Before the late 1920s, stock prices

The original purpose of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation was to

Buying now and making payments each month

The golden age of Hollywood began in 1927 with the release of the first

President Hoover wanted state and city govts rather that federal govt to provide ______

Investing in the stock market hoping for a quick profit

money that went directly to impoverished families