Boom and Bust, 1920s & Great Depression

Which situation contributed to the economic problems of the late 1920s?

• immigration of radicals

• overseas military commitments

• excessive use of credit

• overuse of natural resources

Which New Deal program specifically hired young men for public works projects?

• Agricultural Adjustment Administration

• Tennessee Valley Authority

• Civilian Conservation Corps

• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Who was convicted of murder during a robbery b/c of hysteria against foreigners and his anarchist views?

• Glen Curtiss
• Marcus Garvey
• Zora Neal Hurston
• Bartolomeo Vanzetti

Which group, after the 19th amendment, began to break away from traditional values?

• All women
• Flappers
• Hoovervilles
• Members of the Lost Generation

What word means: Widespread fear of suspected communists & radicals thought to be plotting revolution?

• Nativism
• Palmer Raids
• Red Scare
• Genocide

This pitted traditional Fundamentalist values against the theory of evolution

• Harlem Renaissance
• Red Scare
• Schechter v. US
• Scopes Trial

General awakening of African-American culture during the 1920s

• Lost Generation
• Harlem Renaissance
• New Deal
• Tin Pan Alley

Which of the following statements best describes what happened on Black Tuesday?

• Stock prices fell and the stock market crashed.
• Bank runs forced many banks to close their doors.
• Federal troops attacked the Bonus Army marchers.
• The Supreme Court ruled that the NRA was unconstitutional.

A way of borrowing money from a bank or finance company so that you can have what you want and pay for it later

• Speculation 
• Buying on Credit 
• Buying on Margin 
• Overproduction 

A sudden dramatic decline of stock prices, resulting in a significant loss of wealth.

• Bull Market 
• Speculation 
• Bank Run 
• Stock Market Crash