Jazz Age/Depression
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| What is the Jazz Age and what was significant about that name? | Time in US History when Jazz was popular. Jazz's fast pace and upbeat sound represented a time of excess - living well and fast.
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| How does the name "Roaring 20s" inform us about the 1920s? | The word roaring referred to the money and opportunity experienced by many Americans during the 1920s.
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| What is a "flapper"? | A woman who had short hair, wore short skirts, and frequented speakeasies where she often danced by "flapping" her legs to either side.
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| What is a speakeasy? | A secret bar or saloon that served alcohol during prohibition and required a secret password to gain entry. Patrons would whisper the password at the door speaking softly, or easily.
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| Why was alcohol prohibited? | Many people were concerned with the excess they were seeing during the Jazz Age and were worried that alcohol was creating an immoral or uncivilized society.
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| What were two of the major causes of the Great Depression? | The stock market crash and the farm crisis.
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| How did the Great Depression affect all layers of society? | Rich and poor were hurt. Unemployment was at an all-time high, banks failed, people began living in shantytowns called "Hoovervilles", and people joined huge soup lines to get food.
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| What did FDR do to try to get the country out of the Great Depression? | The New Deal. Numerous government programs gave young men jobs building roads and parks, planting trees, and other public projects. When one program failed, another quickly took its place.
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| How did the US finally get out of the Great Depression? | Preparing weapons and supplies for World War II helped bring needed money back into the US economy.
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