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$2 $5 $10 $20 $1 $2 $5 $10 $20 $1 $2 $5 $10 $20 $1 $2 $5 $10 $20 $1 $2 $5 $10 $20 $1 1920s Harlem Renaissance Great Depression Great Depression Continued The New Deal
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Due to an increase in income, spending and general prosperity what nickname was given to the 1920s?
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Roaring 20s
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Name one new form of entertainment that became popular in the 1920s.
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Movies Radio
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Young women who rebelled against traditional ways of thinking in the 1920s were called what?
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Flappers
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Producing many goods at time is called what? Name one benefit of this process for consumers.
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Mass Production Lower Prices
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What was the phrase used to describe going back to life as it had been before World War I?
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“Return to Normalcy”
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The period in the 1920s in which there was an explosion in African American music, art and literature was called what?
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The Harlem Renaissance
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What new form of music with African and Caribbean roots became popular in the 1920s?
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Jazz
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The Harlem Renaissance began in what city?
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New York City
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In what southern city did Jazz originate?
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New Orleans
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Name one famous Jazz musician of the Harlem Renaissance
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Louis Armstrong Duke Ellington Bessie Smith
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Shares in a corporation are also called what?
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Stock
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What event is credited with starting the Great Depression?
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Stock Market Crash
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What month and year did the stock market crash?
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October 1929
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Purchasing stocks with credit in hopes the stocks will rise in price is known as what?
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Buying on Margin
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Who was president when the Great Depression began?
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Herbert Hoover
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The majority of the Great Depression took place in what decade?
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1930s
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In the 1930s communities of homeless Americans were nicknamed what?
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Hoovervilles
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The severe drought that struck the Great Plains in the 1930s was named what?
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The Dust Bowl
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What group of army veterans marched on Washington in 1932?
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The Bonus Army
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Explain the Law of Supply and Demand
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When demand is high and supply is low price will be high. When demand is low and supply is high price will be low.
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What president proposed the New Deal
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)
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What was the name given to the event when FDR closed banks for a day and only allowed banks in good shape to reopen?
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“Bank Holiday”
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President Roosevelt gave weekly radio addresses to the nation about the economy called what?
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Fireside chats
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Roosevelt’s first few months in office in which many new laws were passed was called what?
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The Hundred Days
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The New Deal established a system of unemployment insurance and pensions for retired workers called what?
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Social Security
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What do the following acronyms stand for? FDIC PWA NRA TVA WPA CCC
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FDIC = Federal Depository Insurance Corporation PWA = Public Works Administration NRA = National Recovery Administration TVA = Tennessee Valley Authority WPA = Works Progress Administration CCC = Civilian Conservation Corps
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