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Roaring Twenties to New Deal: America's Transformative Era

Explore the dynamic period of 1920s America, from the boom to the crash, the New Deal, and FDR's second term. Learn about key events, figures, and policies that shaped the nation's history.

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Roaring Twenties to New Deal: America's Transformative Era

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  1. ROARING TWENTIES AMERICA, ISOLATED THE CRASH THE NEW DEAL FDR’S SECOND TERM 1pt 1 pt 1 pt 1pt 1 pt 2 pt 2 pt 2pt 2pt 2 pt 3 pt 3 pt 3 pt 3 pt 3 pt 4 pt 4 pt 4pt 4 pt 4pt 5pt 5 pt 5 pt 5 pt 5 pt

  2. This form of entertainment became the most popular, during the 1920s, especially after it became known as “talkies.”

  3. What was the motion picture (or film)? 1

  4. This former cowboy and humorist was famous for his gentle wit and skill with a lasso.

  5. Who was Will Rodgers? 2

  6. This distinctly African American style of music was based on spirituals, and slave work songs.

  7. What were the Blues? 3

  8. This man’s pioneered “efficiency engineering,” an approach to business designed to streamline assembly lines, etc.

  9. Who was Frederick Taylor? 4

  10. These are five fads of the Roaring Twenties.

  11. What are the Charleston, goldfish swallowing, flagpole sitting, dance marathons, and crossword puzzles? 5

  12. This was the name of the tariff that increased the tax on imported Goods to an average of 59.1%.

  13. What is the Smoot-Hawley Tariff? 1

  14. This man’s rise to fame as a criminal and bootlegger was connected to Prohibition.

  15. Who was Al Capone? 2

  16. These are three reasons for the increasing restrictions on immigration.

  17. What are a rejection of Europe, labor abundance, too slow assimilation, or war debt non-payment? 3

  18. These are three examples of cultural intolerance of the 1920s.

  19. What are ghettos, the rise • of the KKK, and the • Scopes “monkey” trial? 4

  20. These are the liabilities of Sacco and Vanzetti, in their murder trial..

  21. What are immigrants, Anarchists, Atheists, Italian? 5

  22. This was the nickname of President Calvin Coolidge.

  23. What was Silent Cal? 1

  24. This scandal of the Harding administration involved the Secretary of the Interior and oil speculation.

  25. What was the Teapot Dome Scandal? 2

  26. These are three examples of the new economic conditions of the US, all references to President Hoover.

  27. What are Hoovervilles, Hoover Flag, and Hoover blanket? 3

  28. These are three things the Hoover administration did in an attempt to “fix” the Great Depression.

  29. What are spend $2.2 billion on public works projects, establish the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, and pass the Home Loan Bank Act? 4

  30. These are five causes of the Great Depression.

  31. What are loss of global markets; high unemployment; over production; over speculation; deflation in asset & commodity prices; critical reduction in money supply; dramatic drop in demand for credit. 5

  32. This is the name of the Federal agency created during the Depression, whose initials are SEC.

  33. What is the Securities & Exchange Commission? 1

  34. These are the “Three Rs”.

  35. What are Relief, Recovery, and Reform? 2

  36. This is the difference between the PWAand the WPA.

  37. What is the PWA gave contracts to private companies to build public infrastructure while the WPA directly employed people to do the same thing? 3

  38. These are three things the National Labor Relations Act did, for unions.

  39. What are establish the National Labor Relations Board, guarantee the right to organize a union, and guarantee the right to collectively bargain? 4

  40. These are the two agencies created by the New Deal to help farmers during the Great Depression.

  41. What are the Farm Credit Administration and the Agricultural Adjustment Administration? 5

  42. This law, passed in 1938, established a federal minimum wage and strict anti child labor laws.

  43. What was the Fair Labor Standards Act? 1

  44. These were the two groups opposed to FDR’s New Deal, in 1936.

  45. What are the Republican Party and conservative Democrats? 2

  46. These are four reasons why FDR was angry at the US Supreme Court, in 1937, prompting the “Court Packing Scheme.”

  47. What are they were old, conservative, GOP appointments, had a strict interpretation of the Constitution & ruling the New Deal unconstitutional? 3

  48. These are three factors that explain the end of the New Deal.

  49. What are World War II, the “Roosevelt Recession” (or “depression within a depression”) and the 1938 Purge of Congress? 4

  50. These are five parts of Roosevelt’s 1936 re-election coalition.

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