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SS 20's/30's
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is capitalism? | Means of production are owned by private individuals. |
| What is communism? | All goods owned collectively and payment of income based on need. |
| What is socialism? | Most means of production is owned and controlled by the government. |
| What is suffrage? | The right to vote. |
| What is the 18th amendment? | Prohibition-banning manufacture, sale, and transport of alcohol. |
| What is the 19th amendment? | Granting women suffrage. |
| What is the 21st amendment? | Repeal 18th amendment. |
| What was the Great Migration? | African Americans moved from the South to the North, East, and West looking for a better life. Many whites living in those places were not happy with it. 6 million blacks migrated. |
| What was the Dust Bowl? | Severe dust storms in the southern great plains. Caused by drought and farmers over farming. |
| What does Laissez-Fare mean? | Hands off. |
| Who was Franklin D. Roosevelt? | He was the president after Hoover during the Great Depression. He tried to resolve it with the New Deal. |
| Who was Eleanor Roosevelt? | She was FDR's wife, and the first lady. But she was special because she was the first lady to ever actually have a job, and was useful. |
| Who was Al Capone? | He was the southside of Chicago gang leader and was a MOB boss during the 1920s. |
| Who was Herbert Hoover? | The president during the time when the Great Depression happened. He believed in hands off. |
| What were two causes of the Dust Bowl? | Severe drought and poor farming practices. |
| How were the Okies treated as they moved West? | They were treated with discrimination, hostility, and poverty. |
| What was the Harlem Renaissance? | The great migration caused 200,000 African Americans to migrate to Harlem New York which led to the African Americans to create a life celebrating achievements in music, lititure, and art. |
| What were two causes of the Great Depression? | The Great Depression was caused by the Stock Market Crash because it caused many b=wealthy business owners to lose stock money, and not have money. Secondly because of bank failures. Because of this people couldn't get the money they saved in the bank. |
| What day did the stock market crash? | It happened on Black Tuesday-October 29th, 1929. |
| How did bank runs affect the average person? | The average person could lose their life savings if a bank fails. It can also lead to financial stress, missed payments, and loss of trust in banking systems. |
| What groups were KKK against and didn't want in America? | Black Americans, Jewish people, Catholic immigrants, immigrants/ foreigners, and LGBTQ+ community. |
| What was relief? | Relief was to provide assistance in those who needed it, direct payments to unemployed and poor, and temporary jobs created to put people back in work. |
| What was recovery? | Recovery was to restore the economy to pre-depression levels, boost specific industries, and stimulating economic activity through government spending. |
| What was reform? | Reform was to implement long-term changes to and prevent future economic crises, regulating the financial and banking systems, and creating social safety nets for citizens. |
| What were places people went to drink illegally during the 20s? | They were Speakeasies. |
| What was a term to describe a person transporting illegal alcohol? | They were bootleggers. |
| What did FDR have, leaving him unable to walk? | He had Polio. |
| What were places made up by shanties and people who had lost their homes and were looking for work. | They were Hoovervilles. |
| Which president reacted to the depression by doing nothing at first? | President Herbert Hoover. |
| What were bank runs? | The sudden withdrawal of deposits of just one bank. |
| What was the term for illegal alcohol made by individual people? | It was called prohibition. |
| What was the white supremacist group called? | The KKK. |
| What did FDR use for to communicate to the people about his plans to get out of the Great Depression? | The radio. |
| What did he call the chats on the radio? | The Fireside Chats. |
| What was the name FDR gave his ideas and programs to help get America out of the GD? | He used the New Deal. |
| What ended the Great Depression in the end? | WWll. |
| What was Social Security? | An old age retirement pension. |
| What was FDIC? | It was a program started to ensure people's money in banks to restore trust in them. |
| What was the AAA? | It gave the government help to farmers and helped set prices on farm goods. |
| What was the CCC? | It employed young men to work on and build outdoor projects. |
| What was the WPA? | It was an organization made to employ people on public works projects. |
| What was the NYA? | It gave work to young people during the Great Depression. |
| What was the Bank Holiday? | It was a plan to close banks in hopes of putting money back into them to avoid closures. |
| What was Buying on Margin? | Buying stock with loans requiring as little as 10% down. |
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