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34 Cards in this Set
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Mass Consumerism |
People purchasing goods and services in large amounts |
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Flappers |
Young middle-class women in the 1920s that went against Society norms. Often seen in jazz clubs dancing drinking and smoking |
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Prohibition |
Nationwide ban on the production, importation and transportation of alcohol |
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Speakeasy |
The place where alcohol is sold illegally |
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Stock market |
The New York Stock Exchange |
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Territory band |
Bands that cross through different regions of the US |
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19th Amendment |
Allowed women to vote |
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Bank Run |
An influx of people would go to take their money out of the bank that the bank didn't have |
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Speculation (stock market) |
Betting that the stock market prices would go up |
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Speculation (stock market) |
Betting that the stock market prices would go up |
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Henry Ford |
Created the Ford Motor Company and the assembly line |
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Alfred Sloan |
The CEO of General Motors |
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton |
A leading figure during the women's rights movement |
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Susan B Anthony |
An advocate for women's rights |
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Herbert Hoover |
The 31st president of the u.s. during the Great Depression, believed that people wear at fault and didn't intervene during the Great Depression |
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Franklin D Roosevelt |
32nd president during the Great Depression, believed in government intervention |
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What impact did cars have on American culture? |
Cars were seen as a status symbol and promoted family outings. Critics said cars gave teens more freedom and was a "bed on wheels" |
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How did telephones and electricity change America? |
Many appliances were now built to make life easier which gives people more time to make their houses spotless |
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How did advertising change in the 1920s? |
Companies now begin to have chains both Regional and National |
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What groups were targeted during prohibition? |
Irish and German immigrants because of their culture |
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What were the benefits of prohibition? |
Overall people are more healthy and the death rate from alcohol cut down by 80% |
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Why did Prohibition ultimately fail? |
People would still drink alcohol and the government was no longer getting money from taxes |
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What were the criticisms of jazz? |
Many critics were fearful of rapid change and the rhythm and dancing that came with jazz music |
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What factors influence the GD? |
The stock market has reached its peak in the 1920s. There were low wages, lots of debt, and many people took out loans from banks |
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Black Tuesday |
October 29th 1929 is the date of the most famous stock market crash |
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Dust Bowl |
The area of the South Central US that became denuded of topsoil by wind erosion during the droughts mid-1930s |
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Vagrant |
Person who wanders from place to place |
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Relief program |
Programs designed to help immediately |
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Recovery programs |
Programs designed to bring it back to the way it was before |
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Reform programs |
Long-term programs to make sure something like the Great Depression never happens again |
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What is the GD? |
The GD was when the stock market crashed and many banks and companies failed leaving a majority of the population in poverty |
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Why did Herbert Hoover avoid government intervention? |
He didn't believe in government intervention |
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What impact did the GD have on women? |
It gave women jobs to provide for themselves and their families. They became the head of the house and had more influence on family decision |
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What impact did the GD have on men? |
They lost their power in the household and felt self hatred |
