Harlem Roaring 20s Renaissance Great Depression The New

Harlem Roaring 20’s Renaissance Great Depression The New Deal Great Migration/ Prohibition 100 100 100 200 200 200 300 300 300 400 400 400 500 500 500 1

What are three examples of new Technology that helped the standard Of living for Americans in the 1920 s? 2

Radio/Movies/ Automobiles/Airplanes 3

Did the economic boom have a Significant effect on all Americans? Why or Why not? 4

No. Some Americans were too poor. 5

How were the lives of women Affected by the new technology? 6

Household chores were easier 7

Who are some of the groups that Were not able to enjoy the rising Standard of living? Why? 8

Sharecroppers/Farmers/Underpaid Factory Workers-They were too poor. 9

What invention by Henry Ford Allowed things to be mass produced? 10

Assembly Line 11

Who is Langston Hughes? 12

African American writer during the Harlem Renaissance 13

What kind of people participated in the Harlem Renaissnace? 14

African American writers, thinkers, and artists 15

Who is Louis Armstrong? 16

African American musician during the Harlem Renaissance. 17

Who is Zora Neale Hurston? 18

African American writer during the Harlem Renaissance 19

What is the Harlem Renaissance? 20

Time period between the end of WW 1 and the mid 1920 s when African Americans contributed a lot to American culture through their talents. 21

How did the Great Depression impact the lives of people during this time? 22

Workers were laid off/ People were poor/ People lacked buying power/ People were homeless 23

Why did African Americans migrate north during the early 1900 s? 24

To escape the racial and economic hardships in the South 25

What were the major factors that contributed to the Great Depression? 26

Overproduction of goods, workers getting laid off, people could not buy goods/ Crash of the stock market 27

Use 5 adjectives to describe the lives of most Americans during the Great Depression 28

5 negative adjectives 29

Why was the stock market crash of 1929 significant? 30

It marked the end of the economic boom of the 1920’s/ It exposed the economic weaknesses of the U. S. 31

Who proposed the New Deal? 32

Franklin D. Roosevelt 33

What were the goals of the New Deal? (3 R’s) 34

Relief Recovery Reform 35

Name 3 groups that the New Deal helped 36

Elderly Unemployed Laid-off Disabled 37

What does Social Security do? 38

ensure that the disabled and the elderly would have some income and that the unemployed were protected against lay-offs. 39

What was the purpose of the Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC)? 40

provide young men who were roaming the countryside in search of work the opportunity to build parks and plant trees 41

What is Prohibition? 42

The outlawing of the production and distribution of alcohol 43

Which Amendment was the Prohibition Amendment? 44

th 18 Amendment 45

What was the Great Migration? 46

African Americans moved from southern rural areas to northern urban areas. 47

Name 2 Pull Factors for the Great Migration 48

Job Opportunities Harlem Renaissance 49

Name 3 Push Factors for the Great Migration 50

Jim Crow Laws/Lynching/Hardships of Sharecropping/ Bollweevil 51