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| What amendment prohibited the "manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors"? | 18th (XVIII) Amendment |
| Who said, "First of all let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself"? | Franklin Delano roosevelt |
| Who said, "the business of america is business"? | Calvin Coolidge |
| What troubadour of the Depression sang, "Nobody living can ever stop me, as I go walking that freedom highway. this land is made for you and me"? | Woody Guthrie |
| What poet wrote, "Come and show me another city with lifted head singing so proud to be alive...proud to be hog Butcher, tool Maker, stacker of Wheat, Player with railroads and freight Handler to the Nation"? | Carl Sandburg |
| Whose "Maple Leaf Rag" sold over a million copies ? | Scot Joplin |
| Who told WWI home front americans to plant victory Gardens and observe wheatless mondays, meatless Tuesdays, and porkless Thursdays? | Herbert Hoover |
| What celebrated anarchist dueo was sent to the electric chair on questionable evidence during the Red Scare? | Sacco and Vanzetti |
| What original american musical form is characterized by swing feel and improvization? | Jazz |
| What was the government "hand-off" policy toward business during the '20s? | Laissez-faire |
| What is botlegging? | Smuggling illegal liquor during Prohibition |
| What President's reputation was damaged after he died by the revelation that is cabinet members were corrupt and sold government oil reserves at Teapot Dome? | Warren g. Harding |
| What was Warren G. Harding's campaign slogan after WWI? | "Return to Normalcy" |
| "You lose," was his terse coment to a dinner partner. this President was known by the epithet,"Silent." | Calvin Coolidge |
| What New Deal program protected money that individuals saved in banks? | FDIC federal Deposit Insurance Corporation |
| What New Deal program provided jobs for your men aged 18 to 25 to work on projects that conserved natural resources? | CCC Civilian Cconservation Corps |
| What New Deal program set up a pension system for older and disabled people? | Social Security Administration |
| What New Deal program regulated the Stock Market? | SEC Securities and Exchange Commission |
| What New Deal program provided flood control project that also sold low cost electricity? | TVA Tenneessee Valley Authority |
| What New Deal agency provided low interest housing loans? | FHA Federal Housing Authority |
| What New Deal program regulated farm production to raise farm prices? | AAA Agricultural Adjustment Administration |
| What New Deal program set standards for hours, wages, and prices for businesses. Its symbol was the Blue Eagle and its motto was "We do our Part"? | National Recovery Administration |
| What was the enabling act for the prohibition Amendment? | The Volstead Act |
| Who was "Scarface" -- king of the bootleggers? | Alphonse Capone |
| Where was Scarface's kingdom? | Chicago |
| What is an illegal tavern during Prohibition? | speakeasy |
| What was the creative flowering of Negro art, music and literature following WWI? | Harlem Renaissance |
| Who asked, "What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?...Or does it explode?" | Langston hughes |
| What artistic and literary movement celebrated the truth and beauty of everyday scenes and activities (the Ashcan School is an example)? | Realism |
| What organization increased its membership after WWI by playing on American xenophobia and by increasing its attacks on Jews, Blacks, and Catholics? | Ku Klux Klan |
| Mass culture was developed by 3 influences that made americans think, talk, and buy alike. What were they? | Mass production, mass media, and mass marketing |
| What new method of payment enabled 27 million autos to cruise America by 1930? | Installment plan |
| What popular duo turned radio into a national medium? | Amos 'n' Andy |
| What was the most serious feature of the Great Depression? | One quarter of the work force was unemployed |
| What is a Hooverville? | Shanty town for homeless |
| What is a hoover cafe? | Soup kitchen |
| What was Black Tuesday? | October 23, 1929 - the day the Stock Market crashed |
| How did FDR wage war on the Depression? | Through a New Deal with new programs |
| What was FDR's political party? | Democrat |
| What word means buying into a company and hoping that the long term profits will pay dividends? | investment |
| What is "buying on margin"? | Speculating on stocks while not paying full value |
| A hurricane caused what speculation mania to have disastrous consequences? | Florida Land Boom |
| What classic American novel described one family's experience in the Dust Bowl years? | "Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck |
| When did america finally climb out of the Great Depression with full unployment? | When Europe started WWII and american goods were needed by the Allies |
| Dramatic and steady growth of labor unions marked the years between the wars. What American labor group started then? | CIO -- Congress of Industrial Organizations |
| What FDR innovation was met with howling disapproval at the White house, in Congress and nationally? | Decision to "pack the court" |
| What effective means did FDR use to communicate with the american people and develop a relationship of trust and understanding with the nation? | Fireside radio chats |
| The detective novel and its cinema noir counterpart thrilled americans with tough talk in the '30s. Who was the most famous P.I.? | Sam Spade |
| What key New Deal agency wa declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in the "sick chicken" case? | NRA |
| Which First Lady forever changed the role of President's wife with her activisim and public involvement? | Eleanor Roosevelt |
