Roaring 20's & G.D. Review Pt. 2

A nickname given to the 1920s because of the decade’s prosperity, technological advances, and cultural boom.

• roaring twenties

• silent twenties

• Jazz age

• Great Depression

Women who wore makeup and shorter skirts

• John Steinbeck

• Jacob Lawrence

• Bessie Smith

• Flappers

Amendment that started prohibition

• 18th

• 19th

• 21st

• 15th

The ratification of the 21st Amendment marked the end of --

• women's suffrage

• segregated society

• Progressive Movement

• Prohibition Era

Change in the constitution which gave women the right to vote.

• 19th Amend

• 18th Amed

• 21st Amend

• 1st Amed

Which describes a "depression"?

• poor economic performance and high unemployment

• high economic performance

• low unemployment and low prices

• growth in the economy

On what day did the "bottom fall out" of the stock market becoming one of the leading causes of the Great Depression?

• September 29, 1929

• October 29, 1929

• January 21, 2019

• November 29, 1929

What was the Great Depression?

• A period of economic success and an improving economy

• The worst economic catastrophe in U.S. history

• A period of time that witnessed American involvement in violent foreign wars

• A hotly contested presidential election

Which TWO answers best describe President Herbert Hoover's presidency during the Great Depression?

• A very hands-on government

• Mostly hands-off government

• Largely unable to better economic conditions

• Created many New Deal programs

During the Stock Market crasch of 1929,

• investors quickly bought more stocks to ensure a profit.

• stock prices fell, causing billions of dollars to be lost.

• stores hired more employees to capitalize on consumer demand.

• banks loaned money to homeowners to cover their mortgages.