History test

Which amendment made it illegal to produce or sell alcohol

18th amendment

Which amendment abolished prohibition of alcohol

21st amendment

What were the media affects of the great depression?

Banks collapse, and businesses go corrupt

what law made it illegal to teach the theory of evolution in public schools in the state of Tennessee

Butler act

which president was famous for the saying "The Business of America is business"

Calvin Coolidge

what lawyer represented John T. Scopes

Clarence Darrow

Where was the scopes trial held

Dayton, Tennessee

list atleast four new deal organizations

FDIC, CCC, TVA, and AAA

FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)

Federal Insurance for peoples bank deposits

SEC (securities exchange commission)

Federal agency that regulated the stock market

TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority)

Federal agency that the dams to provide jobs, electricity, and flood control to East Tennessee and North Alabama

SSA (Social Security Act)

Federal government money to unemployed and elderly people

How did women take on new roles in the 1920s? How did Americans respond to these changes?

Flappers can choose a husband, can vote, and get a job.

Who first used the assembly line to produce cars

Henry Ford

What did Hoover call his policy

Hoover's philosophy

What was the goal of relief organizations established by the new deal?

Immediate action to help economy

List at least one organization that supported the prohibition of alcohol

League of Nations

What city is Harlem in

New York City ( upper West side of Manhattan)

What was the name of President Roosevelt program to address the great depression?

New deal

Was the prohibition experiment successful? Why or why not

No, it led to an increase in crime

group of Harding's friends who he gave jobs to in his cabinet

Ohio gang

Give an example of consumerism in the 1920s

Purchase of automobiles

what were the three "R's" Of the new deal program

Relief, recovery, and reform

Hardings political platform

Return to normalcy

Who are the two Italian immigrants convicted of murder without much proof

Sacco and Vanzetti

What happened on black Tuesday

Stock market crashed

first red scare and anti-immigrant sentiment led to the rise of which a group in the 1920s

The KKK

How were non-white anglo Saxon protestant Americans treated in the 1920s? How did they respond to this treatment?

The KKK targeted catholics, jews, blacks, socialists/communists, and immigrants. They responded the the Harlem Renaissance.

what made the automobile more affordable for most American families

The assembly line

How was the scopes trial reflective of the struggle between traditionalism and modernism in the 1920s?

The scopes trial symbolized the conflict between the two because traditionalists didn't want evolution taught.

Why did traditionalist support the butler act

They felt like the act was safer for their children and made the school environment a better place

Explain why many Americans wanted a law that prohibited the manufacture and sale of alcohol

They hoped it would decrease the crime rates

By referencing the Lost Generation, explain how American attitudes toward existing social and political structures changed after WW1

They lost faith in the government. The art reflected their cultures.

What was life like for many Americans during the great depression

Unemployment rate was higher than ever, very poor

What lawyer represented the state of Tennessee

William Jennings Bryan

CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps)

Young men building parks and improving national parks

what happened to America as a result of the Bolshevik revolution

anti capitalism

Margaret Sanger was known for?

birth control

what types of products with credit have been used on

cars

which groups did the KKK target

catholics, Jews, blacks, socialist/communist, and immigrants

characteristics of traditionalism

deep respect for long help cultural values and practices

Characteristics of modernism

embrace your ideas, social trends values

Women in the 20s who embrace new attitudes and fashions were known as what

flappers

PWA (Public Works Administration)

gave states money so they could provide jobs to their people

List at least two effects of the rise of consumerism in the 1920s

greatly increase the amount of consumer debt in America; increase mass production, new markets, and new inventions

Warren G. Harding compaigned on the promise of what

higher tariffs, lower taxes, less government spending

the first red scare was a backlash against which groups

immigrants

List three effects the automobile had on American society

influence family life, made for a more mobile society, and a woman's role in society

describe the ideas surrounding the Harlem Renaissance

jazz came about

describe laissez-faire and how Republican presidents in the 1920s sought to implement it

laissez faire means to let people do as they choose. Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover

How did prohibition and its eventual repeal change American society?

organized crime

AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Act)

paid farmers to produce less so prices would go back to normal

How did consumerism and the rise of consumer goods impact the daily lives of Americans?

people know ahead kitchen appliances, radios, washing machines, etc.

What was the first self-service grocery store

piggly wiggly

What was the goal of reform organizations established by the new deal?

productive programs to avoid another disaster

How did Hoover initially respond to the onset of the depression?

raised tariffs

Attorney general Mitchell palmer and J Edgar Hoover were responsible for what infringement of civil liberties

red scare

Describe fundamentalism

religious movement characterized by a strict belief in the literal interpretation of religious texts, especially with an American Protestantism and Islam

Describe the teapot dome scandal

secretary of Interior leases oil fields to private interest for $325,000 in gifts and "loans"

List at least three causes of the Great Depression

stock market crash of 1929, Roosevelt elected, new deal: A road to recovery

how did the trial represent the overall debate between traditionalism and modernism

takes center stage in national media

What was the goal of recovery organizations established by the new deal?

temporary programs to stimulate consumption

Why did modernist oppose the butler act

they felt like the Bible wouldn't teach children everything that they need to know like science would

describe how credit worked in the 1920s

used to purchase up to 90% of all durable goods by the end of the 1920s

describe the events of the bonus army

veterans march on D.C.-want payment as Hoover opposes-fears violence

Why did many African Americans live in Harlem during the 1920s

worlds largest urban community. suffered from overcrowding, poverty, and unemployment