Roaring 20s and Great Depression

The Harlem Renaissance was focused on the writing and music related to

• African Americans
• Immigrants
• Communists
• Republicans

Which amendment ended prohibition?

• 19th Amendment

• 18th Amendment

• 21st Amendment

• 13th Amendment

The Women's Suffrage Movement:

• Made selling and making alcohol illegal

• Made women’s voting legal by passing the 19th amendment

• Made alcohol legal

• Gave African American men the right to vote

Why were the 1920s called the “Roaring ‘20s”?

• because times were hard, and life was awful for most people

• because it was the sound that Model T cars made

• because it was another name for jazz music

• because times were good, and life improved for most people

_________ allowed people to share their culture with each other in the 1920s, resulting in a new, common American culture.

• Television and Newspapers

• Radio and Movies

• Telephone and Music

• Telegraph and Art

The Great Depression that began in 1929 hit farmers especially hard. Farmers had not been doing well in the 1920s and several years of severe drought turned the land into a "dust bowl." What was an immediate result of this?

• Many farmers decided to grow crops that did not use as much water.

• The government built large dams in the West for irrigation.

• Many farmers and their families lost their farms and moved west.

• The government helped farmers by buying their land and equipment.

True or False: The Great Depression only affect America

• True

• False

Because of the Dust Bowl, many farmers moved to California 

• True
• False 

Homes that were in parks and built out of cardboard boxes were called Hoovervilles. 

• True
• False

To make things worse during the Great Depression, there was a severe drought in the midwest.  Because the soil was so dry, wind caused dust storms that covered people's homes, and all of their belongings.  This was called the _______________

• Dust Bowl
• Dry Bowl
• Dirt Bowl
• Depression Bowl

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