Great Depression

Why did many want the manufacture, sale, and consumption of alcohol banned in the 18th Amendment?

• Speakeasies were popular and police officers wanted to end their run of crime.

• To end the crime and immorality which comes with alcohol.

• Alcohol companies were making too much money.

• Government officials were caught drinking and many in the public called for an end.

True or False: The Great Migration (of African Americans from the South to the North) helped African Americans to be treated fairly and equal in society.

• True

• False

The emergence of African American art and cultural identity through art was established during the _________.

• Brooklyn Resurrection

• Harlem Resurgence

• Harlem Renaissance

• Soho

  Resurrection

Women who were considered rebellious during the Roaring 20s were called what?

• Dancers

• Suffragettes

• Flappers

• Housewives

What was the cause of the Red Scare in the 1920s and 30s?

• The stock market crashed and was referred to as Red Tuesday.

• The paint artist used dyed their hands permanently red.

• The country was heading toward a negative (red) budget.

• The spread of Soviet communism.

TWO reasons Sacco and Vanzetti weren't given a fair trial?

• Radicals

• Italian

• British

• Admitted guilt

• American

Who was found guilty in the trial on evolution which pitted science against the Bible?

• Calvin Coolidge

• John Scopes

• William Jennings Bryan

• Clarance Darrow

What were TWO causes for the Dust Bowl?

• Overfamring the land

• Too many houses built

• Not enough flat land for farming

• Severe drought

• Roads being built

What are THREE causes of the Great Depression?

• Loans owed to other countries

• Buying on credit

• Stock market crash

• Military expenses used up budget

• Overproduction

What does it mean to buy stock on margin?

• Buying a small percentage of a stock

• Buying stock and selling it immediately

• Buying stock and keeping it until it makes a big profit

• Buying stock on a loan/credit