JEOPARDY Roaring 20 s / Great Depression
Roaring 20 s 1920 s Politics Great Depression The New Deal Miscellaneous 100 pts 100 pts 100 pts 100 pts 100 pts 200 pts 200 pts 200 pts 200 pts 200 pts 300 pts 300 pts 300 pts 300 pts 300 pts 400 pts 400 pts 400 pts 400 pts 400 pts 500 pts 500 pts 500 pts 500 pts 500 pts
Henry Ford used the assembly line to create this item
$100 - Henry Ford used the assembly line to create this item What is the automobile/ford Model T?
Independent, assertive young women of the 1920s
$200 - Independent, assertive young women of the 1920s Who are flappers?
Bars run by bootleggers during prohibition
$300 - Bars run by bootleggers during prohibition What are speakeasies?
Contributions made by: Langston Hughes, W.E.B. Du Bois, Marcus Garvey, Duke Ellington, jazz, blues, Apollo Theater, Cotton Club
$400 - Contributions made by: Langston Hughes, W.E.B. Du Bois, Marcus Garvey, Duke Ellington, jazz, blues, Apollo Theater, Cotton Club What is the Harlem Renaissance?
1920 trial that led to the conviction and execution of two Italian immigrants; contributed to nativist tensions in the U.S.
$500-1920 trial that led to the conviction and execution of two Italian immigrants; contributed to nativist tensions in the U.S. What is the Sacco and Vanzetti trial?
This 1925 trial reflected the conflict between religion and science
$100 - This 1925 trial reflected the conflict between religion and science What is the Scopes Monkey Trial/State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes/Scopes Trial
1921 Act that restricted newcomers/immigrants in any given year to a quota set at 3%
$200-1921 Act that restricted newcomers/immigrants in any given year to a quota set at 3% What is the Emergency Quota Act?
Useless pact made war illegal, but gave no provisions for enforcement.
$300 Useless pact made war illegal, but gave no provisions for enforcement. What is the Kellogg-Briand Pact?
U.S. plan to help Germany pay WWI reparations USA EUROPE GERMANY
$400 - U.S. plan to help Germany pay WWI reparations What is the Dawes Plan of 1924?
Scandal during the Harding Administration; oil company bribes for land
$500 - Scandal during the Harding Administration; oil company bribes for land What is the Teapot Dome Scandal?
This happened on Black Tuesday, October 29, 1929
$100 - This happened on Black Tuesday, October 29, 1929 What is the crash of the NYC stock market?
Shanty towns named after the president who was blamed for the depression
$300 - Shanty towns named after the president who was blamed for the depression What are Hoovervilles?
Created by Herbert Hoover, provided emergency loans to banks, railroads, financial institutions
$400 - Created by Herbert Hoover, provided emergency loans to banks, railroads, financial institutions What is the Reconstruction Finance Corporation?
Created the highest protective tariff in peacetime; failed to improve the economy after the stock market crash
$500 - Created the highest protective tariff in peacetime; failed to improve the economy after the stock market crash What is the Smoot-Hawley Tariff of 1930?
Franklin D. Roosevelt s plan to help America ascend from the Great Depression
$100 - Franklin D. Roosevelt s plan to help America ascend from the Great Depression What is the New Deal?
WWI veterans that led protest and rallies against Hoover; gained public sympathy when Hoover ordered the Army to end their protests.
$200 - WWI veterans that led protest and rallies against Hoover; gained public sympathy when Hoover ordered the Army to end their protests. What is the Bonus Army?
Radio addresses FDR made to the public
$200 - Radio addresses FDR made to the public What are fireside chats?
Revolutionary New Deal program that established hydroelectric power in Tennessee
$300 - Revolutionary New Deal program that established hydroelectric power in Tennessee What is the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)?
New Deal act that boosted the growth of labor unions
$400 - New Deal act that boosted the growth of labor unions What is the Wagner Act?
Supreme Court case that declared some New Deal policies unconstitutional
$500 - Supreme Court case that declared some New Deal policies unconstitutional What is Schechter v. United States/Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States?
Commission created to regulate and oversee the stock market
$400 - Commission created to regulate and oversee the stock market What is the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)?
Novel written by John Steinbeck, reflected the 1930 s Dust Bowl
$100 - Novel written by John Steinbeck, reflected the 1930 s Dust Bowl What is Grapes of Wrath?
New Deal act that provided unemployment insurance and financial assistance for seniors
$200 - New Deal act that provided unemployment insurance and financial assistance for seniors What is the Social Security Act?
FDR s actions towards this branch of the federal government was not supported by the public and labeled him a dictator.
$300 - FDR s actions towards this branch of the federal government was not supported by the public and labeled him a dictator. What is court packing?
The book written by Machiavelli that advised rulers on how to gain and maintain power.
What is The Prince?
American author; voice for the Lost Generation, wrote The Sun Also Rises and Farewell to Arms
$500 - American author; voice for the Lost Generation, wrote The Sun Also Rises and Farewell to Arms Who is Ernest Hemingway?
Final Jeopardy
What were three impacts of the New Deal on the U.S.?
Federal gov t becomes the largest employer. Federal gov t becomes much larger. Stimulated the U.S. economy. Increased government intervention /deficit spending. Social reform welfare state (U.S. expected to play a role in financial crises.)