Rowing 20's Flashcards by Samuel Franco

What music was becoming popular in America?

Big Band Jazz

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What was the Song of the Day?

Charleston

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Biggest movie night?

Saturday

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What were theaters called?

Who went there?

Movie Palaces

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two biggest sports in the 20’s
What was so special?

Baseball and Boxing
It would be on the radio

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Associated Press

A company that gets stories from all over the U.S. and sells them to other companies

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Ticker Tape

A machine that ticked out the latest News stories.

Helps to spread news faster

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Ticker Tape Parade

People would cut the ticker tape paper and throw it out the window for comfettie

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Who was the Great Communicator?

Ronald Ragen

He was the announcer for the Cubs

When he was a kid he would read the ticker tape as the game was going

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Movie Theater Schedules

NewsReels
Main news stories
Cartoons
Disney was good at this
Shorts
Commodities ( 3 Studies)
Main Feature\
The main movie ( only for 1hr or so)

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Education in the 1920’s was turned on its head, why?

What trial would be held because of it?

Who was the attorney of the trial

Why did this story spread?

Science teachers were teaching about evolution

Scopes Trials

William Jennings Bryan

Because it was secularism vs religion

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The Great Migration

People moving from the south to the north or California

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Diaspora

To send out

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Mississippi Delta

Why was it bad?

Why was it good after they moved there?

Emancipated Slaves moved here and built huge Leavies

It would flood

The ground was full of nutrients

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What type of music was developed in the Mississippi delta

Blues

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What music was developed in Chicago

Chicago blues

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Black Metropolis

Bronzeville

They played Jazz from New Orleans

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Harlem Renaissance

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WHy did people leave Mississippi to Chicago? Push factors?

new inventions
racism
bull weave (insects)
Jim Crow laws
job opportunities

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Whats the biggest city in mississippi

chicago

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What did Chicago have most cities din’t have?

Black-run news paper

Chicago “Defender”

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What train line leaves New Orleans and goes to Chicago

Illinois Central

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What would people do to go to Chicago?

Walk along the track of the Illinois Central

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Pullman porters

helpers on a train that would get to your every need.

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How did people get their hands on the Chicago defender?

By Pullman porters

WHat cause the great depression?

People took out loans and bought a bunch of stock. This led to inflation and the market crashed

What happened in the Great Depression?

High unemployment poverty - income falls

What was looked down upon in the great depression?

taking unemployment checks

How did people livly hood in the great depression?

- poor diet - no good food - quicker aging

Who was the president in the Great Depression?

Herbert Hoover

What happened to many men who had lost their jobs in the great depression

Since these men only had skills in factory work, they had no real-life work

What did men who left their families do in the great depression

They would go to parks and build "houses" called Hoovervilles.

What did WW1 vets do when they didn't get there paychecks? What was the problem with the WW1 vets

They would go live in the Hoovervilles The government didn't like the Hoovervilles, so police had to come in and push em out However, the WW1 vets were strong so the military had to step in

What was the Dust Bowl

A drought complemented by poor land management - Farmers that got land from the Homestead Act, No science in land management

What did people want to do when the stock market crashed? What did the banks say?

- They wanted to get all their out of the bank - The bank said they didn't have their money caused the stock market crashed

What was the relationship between people and big banks

trust was lost

Since we were a global economy how were the other countries of the world reacting to the great depression?

Other countries in Europe and America started to put tariffs on other countries and us.

What was Herbert Hoover's plan for the Great Depression?

Just ride out the Great Depression?

After Hoover's one term, who was the next president?

Franklin D. Roosevelt

What is "The New Deal"

we are the government and we are here to help

How did the U.S. government pay people

they paid people from the federal income tax

How does the government combat bank trust

they made banks take out insurance on their assets

What is (FDIC)

Bank-funded Insurance system

What did the government spend money on in the 20s

- rout 30 (Lincils highway) - rout 41 - Dixy highway - rout 66 (Dams, electricity)

TVA

Tennesse Vally Authority

Where was the First Battle of WW2 where did we send the German prisoners? what do they do?

North Africa The German prisoners were sent to the CCC barracks The Germans worked for the farmers

CCC

Civilian Conservation Core - 18-25 guys who get hired by gov't to teach them how to be a civil engineer - during the week they get trained (weekends they get freedom) - they get paid 1 dollar a day

WPA

Work Projects Administration Hired artist to paint on government buildings

Colorado River what did they do with it?

the main water source for southern California They made dams (Hoover Dam)

Social Security what was the intention?

help for elderly, unemployed, disabled It was intended as an income supplement ( not to live on it)

What started to grow during this time?

Unions

What did Christians feel about Unions

They felt like they couldn't be a part of them (not good practices) (associated factories)

What happens to FDR on his fourth turn?

He has a heart attack

what party was running the country from 1940-60

Demecrats

What happened to Germany after WW1

Reparations Germany is not in good shape

When does Adolf Hitler come into power in Germany (Supreme Ruler)

1933 - 1945

Hitler as a young boy, what is he?

He's Austrian

What did his teachers say bout him during his school years?

He wouldn't listen, he wouldn't apply himself to school

How were his parents

He loved his mom and hated his dad

What happened to him when he put together his portfolio when he wanted to go to the Art School in Viana Why did they reject him?

He got rejected He couldn't paint people

What did Hitler do in Viana to make money

he sketched postcards

How does Hitler become German?

He enlists in the army during WW1 and gets German citizenship

When Hitler gets hurt in the war he gets put into a hospital, WHy did Hitler get pissed?

Because Germany gets put in Armisist Armisist - bring the war to a close

What happened to Germany after the war

They have to pay a lot of countries money and coal and other resources

What job did Hitler get to stay in the Army?

He goes around Germany to talk against Communism

What ideas does Hitler get when he starts public speaking

He starts thinking that there should be new government

Who are the Brown Shirts?

The NAzi party got the uniform for cheap.

What did Hitler do in Jail

He writes "Mine Comf" "my struggle"

Why was Hitler released from jail

because the government new his group would riot

What does Hitler do with the German people

he asked them is "Life could get any worse, if not join us"

Benito Mussolini

Italian dictator

Who is Hitler's hero?

Benito Mussolini

Who was the pope getting scared in the Vatican

He was getting scared that Italy would get so bad that they would have to move the Vatican to a new city.

Now that Hitler has more people than the Nazis What does Hitler do?

He wants to get his party in power so they can choose who they want to be leaders

Herman Goring

- SA - "Storm Troopers" (Brownshirts - He was the commander of the private army - The nazi has its own private army

Adolph Eichman

- "Final Solution" - Extermination of the Jews

How was Hitler smart about the documentation of all the Nazi's war crimes

He never had his name on any order or crimes

Joseph Goebbels

- Director of Propaganda - Nazis were masters of propaganda - he would have plains and drop leaflets for the Nazi party

What is the SS

- Hitlers Bodyguards - Hitler stole the idea from Napolean - Special Ops group

Heinrich Himmler

- Leader of the SS

What is the SD

- Gestapo - Secret Police

Eva Braum

Hitlers Girl Friend Before he committed suicide they got married and they both committed suicide together