Question | Answer |
What is Henry Ford Known for? | He made automobiles affordable by creating a moving assembly line. |
What are the four ways that transportation changes society? | -Greater mobility
-Creation of jobs
-Growth of transportation-related industries (Oil, steel)
-Movement to suburban areas |
What is mechanization? | Use of machines to help improve or speed up productions. |
What is the machine that changed farm life and how did it change farm life? | Tractors increased the amount of food that was able to be grown. |
What are the three inventions that changed society in the early 1920’s? | -Radio
-Telephone
-Airplane |
What is electrification and how did it change life in America? | Spread of electricity in the American. Changed lives through labor-saving products (washing machines), lighting, entertainment, and improved communication (telephone). |
What is Prohibition and how long did it last? | 18th amendment that said it is illegal to manufacture, transport, and sell alcoholic beverages. This lasted 13 years. |
What is a speakeasies? | Illegal saloons (bars) found all over the country. |
Who is bootlegger? | Bootleggers made and smuggled alcohol illegally and promoted organized crime. |
What amendment repealed Prohibition? | The 21st amendment. |
What is the Great Migration? | During the 1920’s large amounts of African Americans moved out of the South. |
What are some reasons that people left? | They made the journey to find new job opportunities in the city. |
Composer who developed an American classical style of music; his most famous piece was Appalachian Spring | Aaron Copland |
Author of “Grapes of Wrath” | John Steinbeck |
Jazz/Blues singer of the Harlem Renaissance | Bessie Smith |
A poet, author, and playwright that came of out the Harlem Renaissance | Langston Hughes |
Artist who was known for modernist paintings, landscapes, and flowers | Georgia O’Keeffe |
Author of the “Great Gatsby” | F. Scott Fitzgerald |
Artist who was known for his “Great Migration” collection | Jacob Lawrence |
Composer who was known for incorporate syncopated rhythms and jazz into his music; best known for his song “Rhapsody in Blue” | George Gershwin |
Modernist painters wanted to create images inspired by the artist’s own feelings and creativity | modernism |
Piano player who wrote more than 1,000 songs that came of out the Harlem Renaissance | Duke Ellington |
Trumpet player who is known for his distinct voice who comes out of the Harlem Renaissance | Louis Armstrong |
Causes of the Great Depression | -Over Speculation in stocks using borrowed money
-Federal Reserve failed to prevent the collapse of the banking system
-Stock Market crash of 1929
-High tariffs strangled international trade |
Results/Impacts of the Great Depression | -Large number of banks and businesses failed
-One-fourth of workers were without jobs
-Large number of people were hungry and homeless
-Farmers’ income fell to low levels |
Who is the President that created a government recovery program to help the country get out of the depression? | Franklin D. Roosevelt. |
What was the name of this program? | The New Deal. |
What are the five goals of the New Deal Program? | -Social Security
-Federal work programs
-Environmental improvement programs
-Farm assistance programs
-Increased rights for labor |
Helped farmers to reduce their crops so that they would be worth more | Agricultural Adjustment Act |
Established a minimum wage and maximum work hours | Fair Labor Standards Act |
Helped bring electricity to rural areas | Tennessee Valley Authority |
Designed to assist senior citizens by providing an income to those who retired | Social Security Act (SSA) |
Guarantees the bank deposits made by individuals to prevent bank failures | FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) |
Hired workers to build schools, airports, post offices, roads, etc… | WPA (Works Progress Administration) |
Hired unemployed youths to do conservation jobs at national and state parks and elsewhere | CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps.) |