Interwar Years Flashcards
1
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Inflation
A
The rise of prices of goods and fall in the purchasing value of money.
2
Q
The Great Depression
A
The time when the New York stock market crashed, prices rose, and there was a lot of unemployment and poverty.
3
Q
Harlem Renaisance
A
The influence of African-American culture, art and music (also known as the Jazz Age).
4
Q
Black Tuesday
A
October 29, 1929, was the beginning of the Great Depression when the New York stock market crashed.
5
Q
Red Scare
A
Americans were scared that foreign communists were going to come over and make America a communist country.
6
Q
Installment Plan
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A plan Henry Ford adopted to allow every American to own a car without paying instantly (basically an early credit card).
