The Roaring 20s & The Great Depression

Question 1

teapot dome scandal

Answer 1

• worst scandal
• appointed friends (spoils system) to manage the naval oil reserves in Teapot Dome, WY
• they leased oil fields to their friends
• sold US oil for their own profit
• Albert Fall, Secretary of Interior, made lots of money from oil company kickbacks

Question 2

economic nationalism

Answer 2

a policy a nation uses to improve is economic well-being by establishing tariffs on imports

Question 3

cubism

Answer 3

style of painting using geometric shapes and designs

Question 4

economic boom

Answer 4

sudden increases in a nation’s prosperity

Question 5

market speculation

Answer 5

risky investment in stocks based on the assumption that stock prices will continue to rise

Question 6

flappers

Answer 6

-young, rebellious, bold women
-wore short dresses, short hair, smoked in public
- wanted work outside home

Question 7

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Answer 7

voice of “roaring 20’s” lifestyle; wrote The Great Gatsby

Question 8

Pablo Picasso

Answer 8

famous artist- famous for using cubism

Question 9

J. Edgar Hoover

Answer 9

He organized raids to be carried out in three different cities

Question 10

Bessie Smith

Answer 10

1st black recording artist

Question 11

On what charges did the FBI finally get a conviction of Al Capone?

Answer 11

tax evasion and prohibition charges

Question 12

Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution gave women the right to vote?

Answer 12

19th ammendment

Question 13

Who made the first, non-stop, solo flight across the Atlantic?

Answer 13

Charles A. Lindbergh

Question 14

Who was the inventor of the television?

Answer 14

John Baird

Question 15

What were the Palmer Raids?

Answer 15

attempts by the United States Department of Justice to arrest and deport radical leftists, especially anarchists, from the United States

Question 16

What treaty/pact outlawed war?

Answer 16

Kellogg-Briand Pact

Question 17

In what year did the Stock Market crash?

Answer 17

1929

Question 18

What event caused many farmers to leave their farms in Oklahoma and other Plains States during the 1930s?

Answer 18

the dust bowl

Question 19

Why was President Herbert Hoover blamed for not helping people during the Great Depression?

Answer 19

he would not give direct federal handouts to the poor

Question 20

Why was Hollywood the only industry to boom during the Depression?

Answer 20

people needed to escape from hard times; movies provided it

Question 21

What does buying on margin mean?

Answer 21

buying money from a broker to purchase stock

Question 22

What happened to the economy under President Coolidge?

Answer 22

economic boom

Question 23

Rugged individualism supports what form of economy?

Answer 23

capitalism

Question 24

Why was Prohibition difficult to enforce?

Answer 24

because of bootlegging, speakeasies, and mafia

Question 25

What was the Red Scare?

Question 26

Why was Social Security created?

Answer 26

to prevent persistent poverty among senior citizen’s

Question 27

What kind of immigration policy did the U.S. adopt after WWI?

Answer 27

quotas on immigration

Question 28

What altered the landscape of the U.S. as a result of the Dust Bowl?

Answer 28

a drought hit the US

Question 29

How did the Glass-Steagall Act affect government regulation?

Answer 29

it increased government regulation of private buisnessess (commonly -banks)

Question 30

Who supported the passage of Prohibition?

Answer 30

Women’s Christian Temperance Union and the Anti-Saloon League

Question 31

Less money = ______ ___________________

Answer 31

less spending