Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
20's&GreatDepression
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what were reasons against suffrage | people thought that women didn't deserve that right and that it would be a threat to society and they also thought that women were less intelligent |
| what historical document was the Seneca falls declaration based on and what were the major greivences | it was based on the declaration of independence and the major greivences were that women were being treated like they were inferior to men and they were not allowed to have a voice or own pro\perty |
| founders and goal of the national women suffrage association | lucretia mott, susan b anthony, lucy stone, elizabeth cady stanton, goal was to go directly to the federal goveernment to get voting rights |
| goal of the american women suffrage association | to secure voting rights on a state by state strategy rather than going straight to legislation |
| first state to give women the right to vote | Wyoming |
| what is the text of the anthony ammendment | "The right of citizens of the USA to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the US or by any state on account of sex. |
| tactics of NAWSA | large parades and speeches and demonstrations |
| tactics and founder of the congressional union | alice paul, they used hunger strikes, parades and did a lot of progressive techniques to get their point across |
| treatment of jailed suffragettes | they force fed them when they went on their hunger strikes, they were sexually and physically abused |
| 19th ammendment | gives women the right to vote |
| impact of automobiles on american life | it made people more conncected, caused the rise of suburbs, reduced rural isolation, and increased consumerism |
| disposable income | extra money that you can spend on what yu want |
| examples of consumer products | shavers, washers, dryers, makeup, hair color, deodorant, toasters |
| impact of radio on american life | it made people more connected and became a source of news and entertainment |
| installment plan | where u pay in installments istead of payhing for alll of it at once |
| what groups of americans were excluded from the prosperity of the 20s and why | farmers because the supply and demand was off and they were getting no money, african americans were still being discriminated against, and native americans were stuck on reservations |
| quiet depression | farmers suffered from it, and it was caused because they were told to make a surplus of crops during ww1 and now that the demand is down, they are getting no money |
| red scare | it was an intense fear that america was turning into communism, happened after the bolshevik resolution in russia, it caused america to be hyperparanoid abput that kind of stuff and they thought that all immigrants were communist |
| targets of the various bombings in spring of 1919 | government and important peoples and Palmer |
| what were the palmer raids | attorney general palmer went and attacked all of the russians in cities and deported a lot of them, and he was inspired by the red scare and the bolshevik revolution |
| nativism | people were anti immigrants |
| what was the emergency quota act | Harding signed it and it limited immigration by ethnic group |
| what was the national orgins act of 1924 | it limited immigration to 2% of each ethnic group based on the census of 1890 |
| how did the kkk resurge in 1920s | during the red scare, it was expanded to an immigrant hate group of anyone who was not a white aaah and they hated jews and catholics too |
| sacco and vansetti | they robbed and murdered two people in a shoe factory, but research shows that they might not have actually done that and that it was because of a prejeduce against them |
| who were flappers and how did they affect america | they were radical and progressive women, and they had short hair, wore revealing clothing and or pants, smoked, had sex before marrage, and helped women to feel free and like they could do whaever they wanted to do in life :) |
| what did religious fundamentalists fear about america and what did they beielve | they were mad about the proggressionalism, and they thought that everything in the bible was litteral truth |
| darwins theory of evelution | that we came from monkeys |
| who was john t scopes | he was a tennessee schoolteacher and taught human evolution in his classroom, and people thought that he broke the butler act because he taught evolution in school |
| creationsim | the idea that we should follow the biblical or spiritual teaching of evolution |
| results of the scopes monkey trial | scopes was found guilty and he was fined, but then the law was never really abided by again, and it over time caused us to be able to teach evolution in school |
| Volstead act | the law that inforced prohibition |
| 18th ammendment | prohibited the distribution and sale of alchohol |
| speakeasies | secret bars during prohibition |
| bootlegging | illegal production and distribution of goods |
| organized crime during prohibition | Al Capone was in Chicago and they would hold people to gunpoint and stuff |
| 21st ammendment | repealed the 18th ammendment |
| harlem rennisanse | a period of a rise in black culture and music, partially caused by the Great Migration, some examples of people are Langston Huges, Louis Armstrong |
| jazz | music genre that originated from the South in black communities |
| blues | originated from african americans in the deep south during slavery, incorporated narratives and songs of hope |
| speculation | you just get a whole bunch of stock in a random buisness for no reason and hope it goes big |
| wat was the main focus of the NAACP in the 1920s | combating lynching, kkk, Jim crow and segregated education/ segregation in general |
| buying stocks on margin | where you use borrowed money to buy stocks (ts was not smart :( |
| black tuesday | was the great crash of the stock market on oct 16h, 1929, it was a panic |
| why did our banks collapse | because everyone was trying to get their money out of the banks but the banks were giving off loans that were too big and they didnt have enough money to pay everyone back, many people lost everything |
| economic contraction | where the economy shrinks |
| depression | a very long economic contraction |
| what is the federal reserve and how did they mess it up big time | federal reserve controls all the us banks, and they raised interest rates so people woluld not want to buy loans as much, but this backfired and now everyone is homeless an has no job!!! |
| what are the 6 major causes of the great depression | Low interest rates, overproduction, uneven distribution of wealth, high tarriffs, falling demand, and stock market speculation louhfs |
| rugged individualism | the idea that you have to pull yourself up by the bootstraps and be an individual and resourceful when it comes to money and stuff and that the government should not be giving handouts |
| how did Hoover try to combat the great depression | he put reductions in taxes, devoted money to public works, and was very stingy with giving direct payments to people who had litterally lost their life savings gng |
| what was the Reconstructive Finance Coorperation | it gave struggling buisnesses loans, but it was very stingy with them and it caused a further downward spiral of the economy |
| why did farmers lose their farms | because there was high production and low demand, they werent making money and there were high tarrifs on farm equipment from europe |
| how many farms were foreclosed | 1 million |
| how did the farmers speak out against these forclousures and how were they treated | they would dump their crops to try to raise demand, but people saw them wasting everything and got very mad |
| what was the 100 days that Franklin D. Roosvelt did | he passed all of the emergency releif acts and all of the new deals |
| what was the bonus march and its affect on hoovers reputation | there were a whole bunch of ww1 veterans that were supposed to get a 1,000 bonus in 1945, but they begged for it to be given to them early, and then mcarthur came in and was very violent and hostile toward them, this ruined hoovers rep. for not acting |
| what was the overall impact of the new deal | it helped many americans to be financially sound, and created programs like food stamps and social security |
| emergency banking act | required america to look at all of the us banks more closely |
| securities and exchange commission | created to regulate the stock market and stop fraud |
| federal deposit insurance coorperation | provided bank insurance, gave americans more trust in the system |
| agurcultural adjustment act | the govt would pay farms not to farm so the supply and demand would balance itself out |
| national recovery administration | suspended the antitrust laws, set prices, established a minimum wage and work hours, promoted unionization and fair competition between compaies |
| tennesee valley authority | built dams to control floods, conserve forests and give electricity to rural lands |
| civilian conservation corps | men 18-25 were hired to work under the direction of the forestry service, and they earned 30 dollars per month with 25 being sent directly to their families |
| public works administration | built highways, dams, schools, and other govt facilities |
| social security act | provides financial security for older americans, disabled and those unable to work |
| federal housing administration | subsidized loans for builders willing to build housing projects |
Created by:
I'mtheAlpha