1920's and The Great Depression Flashcards
What impact did the car have on other industries
Increased the number of transportation industries like gas stations, is motels, and restaurants
The focus of the Harlem Renaissance
The experience of the blacks in the United States, fighting against discrimination, Segregation, and intolerance
Who were the Harlem renaissance musicians and poets
Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Bessie Smith, and Langston Hughes
Why did the Great Migration occur and what impact did it have on African Americans as they moved North
Many African Americans wanted a better life in the North especially because jobs were available in industries there, they experienced more rights, the beginning of the Harlem Renaissance
How are flappers different from the women before the 1920s
The dress differently, they had carefree lifestyle,They went to speakeasy’s and drank and danced, and they had the right to vote
What was installment buying and what impact did it have on the economy
When consumers bought goods on credit- hang a small salmon hang the rest off in monthly installments, this allow those at moms then comes by good to be on the reach however people were buying goods money they didn’t have an therefore going into debt
What did the 19th amendment do, what year was the passed
Gave women the right to vote and it was ratified in 1920
What did 18th amendment do
It prohibited the manufacturing sale and transportation of alcohol
What did the 21st amendment do
Canceled the 18th amendment and it made selling making and transporting alcohol once again legal
What are some ways that people still obtained alcohol during prohibition
Bootleggers who smuggled alcohol into the country and speakeasies which were illegal bars alcohol
How did the use of the assembly line change the automobile industry during the 1920s
Products are made easier cheaper and faster
What were too common forms of entertainment for people in the 1920s
Movies and radio
Why did consumerism increase during the 1920s
Salaries are on the rise, the demand for products Rose, installment buying became popular, factories were producing more goods than ever before
What is the difference between blues and jazz music
Blues has slow tempo sad words and minor harmonies were jazz has free improvising and strong rhythms
What were some new appliances and inventions of the 1920s and how are they operated
The telephone of the car the radio in the washing machine in the vacuum and they were operated by electrification
What was organized crime and what was its role in the 1920s
It was plans crime involving a group of people and it sometimes involves bootlegging
Who is F Scott Fitzgerald
He wrote the great Gatsby about the materialism an empty prosperity of the 1920s
Who is John Steinbeck
He wrote the grapes of wrath about the life of migrant workers in the California during the great depression
Who is Langston Hughes and what movement was he a part of
He was a poet during the Harlem Renaissance and he wrote about segregation and discrimination face by African-Americans
What was black Tuesday
October 29, 1929 was the day that the stock market crashed
What political party with Herbert Hoover
Republican
What political party was Franklin D Roosevelt
He was a Democrat and in 1932 he won the election
What is the federal reserve
Central bank of the United States
Why did the farmers basic difficult time before the great depression
They over produced goods and their incomes are low
What was the dust bowl and what’s geographic region did it cover
The dust bowl was large dust storms in the great plains
What caused the dust bowl
Type of grass on the great plains, miss use of land, and severe drought
What are the five main causes of the Great Depression
Use of credit: bind with money you don’t have and hang it back later, collapse of the banking system: network of banks that run out of money, stock speculation: buying stock on credit and selling it at a high price hoping to make a quick large profit, over productions of goods: farms and businesses are making more than what is being bought, high tariffs: imported/export goods are heavily taxed this reduces trade
