Boom & Bust: 1920-1940

What was the "secret" name of an establishment that served illegal alcohol (and other entertainments) during the Prohibition era?

• gin joint

• rum room

• speakeasy

• booze bar

In which region in the 1920s did the embrace of the new technological, cultural, and social ideas occur much more enthusiastically?

• urban America

• rural America

Why were so many men, often homeless and destitute, on the move during the 1930s?

• They were looking for work

• They liked riding the railroads

• They wanted to see America

• They were looking for a handout

Why was the Depression so much worse in Germany than anywhere else?

• Germany had spent too much on military technology

• Germany had to pay reparations to Britain and France after World War I

• Germany had failed to develop a modern industrial economy

• The Allies had destroyed Germany's industrial region during World War I

Identify the 1920s President: "Before I became president, I was famous for having engineered Belgian Food Relief during World War I":

• Warren G. Harding

• Calvin Coolidge

• Herbert Hoover

A federal agency that called on businesses to accept the regulation of wages, hours, prices, and other labor practices:

• Agricultural Adjustment Administration

• Civilian Conservation Corps

• Securities & Exchange Commission

• National Recovery Administration

Agency that created camps in national parks and forests for young unemployed men from the cities to work in a semi-military environment:

• Tennessee Valley Authority

• Farm Security Administration

• Civilian Conservation Corps

• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Contract between the buyer and the seller whereby the buyer agrees to take a loan to purchase a commodity and pay back the loan in monthly payments:

• margin call

• installment plan

• direct deposit

• interest rate

The airplane pilot who was the first to fly non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean and was welcomed home with huge parades:

• Charles Lindbergh

• Babe Ruth

• Richard Byrd

• Jack Dempsey

President Roosevelt's New Deal reforms set in motion a sharp increase in communist activism and radical violence in America during the 1930s

• True

• False