Roaring 20's/The Great Depression
What amendment brought in prohibition?
18th amendment
Amendment that ratified the 18th amendment
21st amendment
Act passed in 1926 provided federal funds to build airports
Air Commerce Act
What is an installment plan?
Another name for a payment plan, buy now pay later.
Well known name in sports during the 20's
Babe Ruth
What were the nine main causes of The Great Depression?
Banking, Farming, Tariffs, Speculations, Uneven Prosperity, Overproduction, Buying on credit, Labor, and Business.
Well known name in the movie industry during the 20's
Charlie Chaplin
People could borrow the money to get the goods they wanted/needed and had to repay that amount and then usually some additional money.
Consumer Credit
Influenced by African Americans during this time
Harlem Renaissance
Due to the increase in immigration what reemerged?
KKK
Well known name in the jazz industry
Louis Armstrong
What is a Bread Line?
People who could not find a job to make money during the Great Depression
The attempt to stop the sale and consumption of alcohol
Prohibition
What were Shantytown/Hoovervilles?
Shacks for the homeless during the Great Depression. Hoovervilles were named after President Herbert Hoover.
During this time how did woman change how they dressed and acted?
Shorter sleeved dresses and they smoked and drank.
Due to the invention of the assembly line the cost of this became cheaper while the rate of production increased.
The Automobile
This was one of the most famous strikes of 1919. This is where 75% of the police force in Boston walked off the job.
The Boston Police Strike
This was when some 35,000 shipyard workers walked off the job demanding higher wages and shorter hours.
The Seattle General Strike
This is when an estimated 350,000 steelworkers went on strike for higher pay, shorter hours, and recognition of their union.
The Steel Strike
What is The Great Depression?
The worst economic downfall in US history that took place from 1929 to 1939.
What was the Dust Bowl?
Was a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s.
Influenced by european influences
art and literature
Earned less than a third of what people in bigger cities earned
farmers
Woman were known as this during the 1920's
flappers
The soldiers returned home thinking they would have a
hero's welcome
During this time there was an increase in
immigration
The rate of increased prices during a given period of time was
inflation
Farmers went into debt buying this on credit?
land, new machinery, new seeds, new fertilizers
Signs of false prosperity
oscar depriest?
The rich were getting...the poor were getting...
richer, poorer
Secret locations to drink
speakeasies
Major event that took place in 1929
stock market crash
During this time the increase of memberships in this grew rapidly
unions
During this time woman gained the right to
vote
Examples of consumer products that became available at this time include
washing machine, refrigerator, vacuum cleaner, electric iron, household cleaning supplies
