Roaring '20s/ Great Depression

When did the stock market crash? 

• 1919
• 1939
• 1929
• 1909

What type of storm hit the Midwest during the Great Depression? 

• hurricane
• tornado
• dust storm
• thunderstorm 

Why was Franklin D. Roosevelt so popular? 

• He was popular because he ended the New Deal
• He was popular because he started the New Deal
• He was popular because he took away the stock market
• He was popular because he put President Hoover in jail. 

Why did Americans elect Franklin D. Roosevelt as the President of the United States? 

• He wanted to increase taxes. 
• He believed the government should not help change the economy. 
• He gave Americans new hope
• He did not believe in regulations. 

One organization of the New Deal was the Works Progress Administration or WPA. What kind of work did people do when working for the WPA?

• maintained the nation's forests
• built and remodeled buildings
• built dams, bridges, and roads
• built tanks and planes for WWII 

Langston Hughs was known for 

• jazz music
• writing books, poems, stories, plays ect. during the Harlem Renaissance 
• the assembly line
• baseball 

Duke Ellington was famous, like Louis Armstrong, for what? 

• Airplane travel 
• writing poems
• jazz music 

the New Deal 

• Made people lose jobs
• Gave people a variety of government programs that were designed to help those who were struggling. 
• Made people lose hope 
• Provided music to Americans. 

Prohibition in the 1920s 

• Made alcohol legal in all states. 
• Banned the sales of alcohol. 
• Made it illegal to play jazz. 

This type of music became popular in the 1920s 

• Country
• Rap 
• Jazz
• Pop