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
