GREAT DEPRESSION TEST Flashcards
5 positive effects of the automobile
People could travel/sightsee Provides jobs Affordable Broke cultural/racial barriers Boosted economy
5 negative effects of automobiles
No drivers ed Unappealing buildings Redesign cities and roads Pollution Trains declined
Famous boxers of the 1920’s
Jack Dempsey
Gene Tuney
Best tennis player of all time
Bill Tilden
Sports equipment
Leather football helmets
Wooden tennis rackets
How many home runs did babe Ruth hit in 1927 and for who?
60 and the NY Yankees
6 ways the attitude of flappers changed during 1920’s
Smoke Drank Swore Sexual behavior Spoke opinion
6 ways the image of the flapper changed in the 1920s
Hemlines shorter Wore makeup Short hair cuts called bobs Step ins underwear Wore straps across chest to flatten them Little boy look
6 causes of the Great Depression
Taxes and tariffs Agricultural slump Agricultural surplus Over production Underconsumption Stock market crash
Date of stock market crash
Black Tuesday
October 29th, 1929
Prohibition
18th amendment
Ban on consumption, buying, selling, and making of alcohol
Fireside chats
Weekly radio talks by FDR to convince Americans that everything will be okay and we will get out of the depression
What disease did FDR have?
Polio
What was the name of FDR’s plan to get us out of the Great Depression?
The new deal
Who was FDR’s eyes and ears?
His wife, Eleanor
What is the SEC
SEC: Securities and exchange commission
Regulate stock market
What is FERA?
FERA: Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Made grants to states to distribute as needed
Provided dole, direct gifts or money
Food, clothes, etc.
People worried the receiving handouts would diminish work ethic and self respect
What is the FDIC?
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Insure depositors savings
Opposed by American banker association but made people feel safe
What is the CCC?
Offered outdoor work to unemployed, single men, 18-25
$30 per month, $22 went to family
Helped conserve natural resources
Put 3 million men to work planting trees, fighting forest fires, stopping soil erosion
CCC: Civilian Conservation Corps
