5. 1920s & Great Depression

Question 1

Corruption during Warren G. Harding’s Presidency; leasing U.S. naval oil reserves in Wyoming to private interests in exchange for bribes.

Answer 1

Teapot Dome Scandal

Question 2

Women began to demand independence and freedom. Fashion and hairstyles

Answer 2

Flapper

Question 3

The mass migration of African-Americans to Northern cities from 1910 through both World Wars.
-They left the segregated South for industrial jobs in northern cities.

Answer 3

Great Migration

Question 4

Won the 1920 election based on the
“Return to Normalcy” idea - Meaning isolation from European issues

Answer 4

Warren G. Harding

Question 5

1st Cabinet member imprisoned due to corruption (sailing federal oil)

Answer 5

Albert Fall

Question 6

President when the Stock Market crashed in 1929 beginning the Great Depression

Answer 6

Herbert Hoover

Question 7

The belief is that the big business would help “fix” the economy. The Gov’t should not get involved

Answer 7

Lassiez-Faire

Question 8

Creator of the Assembly Line
*Increased productivity & efficiency
*More affordable cars

Answer 8

Henry Ford

Question 9

*Fueled by the Great Migration and inspired by black pride
*Black is beautiful ideas”

Answer 9

Harlem Renaissance

Question 10

Name of the amendment that banned alcohol

Answer 10

Volstead Act (18th Amend.)

Question 11

Amendment that provided women’s suffrage (voting rights)

Answer 11

19th Amendment

Question 12

1. Overproduction of consumer goods
2. Stock Market Crash of 1929 (Black Tuesday)
3. Failure of Banks

Answer 12

Causes of the Great Depression

Question 13

1. Severe drought
2. No crop rotation
3. No wind-breaks

Answer 13

The Dust Bowl

Question 14

Became president at the height of the Great Depression

Answer 14

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Question 15

FDR-Spoke to the American people weekly through the radio)
Gave Americans hope for change

Answer 15

Fireside Chats

Question 16

Passed 15 laws during this time

Answer 16

1st 100 day

Question 17

Programs for Relief, Recovery, & Reform

Answer 17

The New Deal

Question 18

FDR wanted to add more Supreme Court Justices to the court to have more power.

Answer 18

FDR’s Court Packing Plan

Question 19

1. FDIC
2. Social Security Act
3. Civilian Conservation Corp

Answer 19

New Deal Programs

Question 20

African-American cultural creativity in music, art, and literature centered in Harlem, New York. Langston Hughes was a famous poet.

Answer 20

Harlem Reniassance