Modern U.S. History - Unit 2 Review | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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Review content from Unit 2 which covered the 1920s, the Great Depression, and World War II.

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This Constitutional amendment banned the manufacture and sale of alcohol in the United States.

18th Amendment

What famous trial during the 1920s would the individuals pictured here be extremely interested in following?

Scopes (Monkey) Trial

What is nickname of those breaking the law as depicted in this 1920s photograph?

bootlegger(s)

This is the nickname that would have been used to describe the individuals pictured here.

flappers

What is a speakeasy?

an illicit (illegal) establishment that sold alcoholic beverages

What is being celebrated in this 1930s image?

passage of the 21st Amendment; end of Prohibition

Identify ONE characteristic of the group pictured here that made them different from the Reconstruction era?

anti-Catholic; located in northern and western states; peaked at approx. 5 million members; anti-immigrant; favored Prohibition

What popular music dominated the 'Roaring 20s?'

jazz music

Who was Al Capone?

was an American gangster and businessman who attained notoriety during the Prohibition Era

Identify ONE "underlying" cause of the Great Depression?

overproduction; bank failures (panics); collapse of money supply; stock speculation; high tariffs

Explain a major philosophy of President Herbert Hoover when the Great Depression began.

rugged individualism; federal govt should not give direct assistance to American citizens; reliance on private charities

What was a 'Hooverville?'

shacktowns and homeless encampments during the Great Depression

What was the 'Bonus Army / Bonus Marchers?

WW I veterans who demanded early payment of a bonus (pension) Congress had promised them for their service in World War I

What president used 'fireside chats' to communicate to the American public the details of the New Deal?

Franklin D. Roosevelt

What New Deal relief program is depicted here?

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

What New Deal program is depicted in this image?

Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA)