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