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The Great Depression

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After World War 1, a "return to normalcy" meant what? A return to life as it had been before World War 1
Presidents Harding and Coolidge believed that the prosperity of all Americans depended on what? The success of American businesses
An increase in the number of gas stations, tourist cabins, and restaurants were a result of what? The growing auto industry
In 1920, women won the right to do what? Vote
The Quota System was established to do what? Set limits on immigration
The Charlton, jazz music, flappers and flagpole sitting were all ,,,,,, Popular fads during the 1920s
A major factor helping to provide greater consumer goods to Americans in the 1920s was what? The assembly line
What did installment buying allow consumers to do? Buy goods and pay over time
Automobiles were luxury items owned by few people until what? Henry Ford invented the assembly line
What was the Red Scare? Fear of Communism
The "boom" years of the 1920s are characterized by what? Widespread consumer spending and increased buying of new goods
During the Panic of 1929, leading to Black Thursday, the heavy selling of stocks in a short time caused what? Prices of stock to drop
"I pledge myself to a new deal for the American people" was a famous quote of who? Franklin Roosevelt
Roosevelt;s New Deal was an attempt to deal with what? Problems resulting from the Great Depression
How did New Deal programs affect the United States government? The federal government's control over the nation's economy increased
What was NOT a cause of the Great Depression? World War 1
Roosevelt helped explain and gain support for his new policies by the use of what? Fireside Chats
"Hoovervilles" were defined as what? Cardboard shacks homeless people lived in
Why was the Civilian Conservation Corps established? To create new jobs
What was the immediate cause of the Dust Bowl? A severe drought
What event finally ended the Great Depression? World War II
 

 



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