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What term describes the period characterized by starvation, homelessness, and famine in the United States?
What term describes the period characterized by starvation, homelessness, and famine in the United States?
What was the purpose of the 21st Amendment?
What was the purpose of the 21st Amendment?
Which event involved the prohibition of teaching evolution in schools?
Which event involved the prohibition of teaching evolution in schools?
Which program was established to boost agricultural prices by reducing surplus?
Which program was established to boost agricultural prices by reducing surplus?
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What was a significant consequence of the Dust Bowl?
What was a significant consequence of the Dust Bowl?
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Study Notes
Flappers and Social Norms
- Flappers were rebellious individuals rejecting traditional social norms.
- Music blending black and European cultures
- Growing fear of communism
- Eugenics, a racist ideology aiming to improve the human race
- Prohibition, a period of alcohol ban
- Repealed Prohibition in 1933
- Religious influence on society
- Scopes Trial, a court case concerning the teaching of evolution in schools
- Significant increase in immigration
Great Depression
- Period of widespread poverty, unemployment, and starvation.
- Speculation and stock market crash
- Bank runs due to fear of bank failure
- High tariffs (highest in history) hindered international trade
- Severe dust storms (Dust Bowl)
- New Deal aimed to address the Great Depression through relief, recovery, and reform measures
Social Security Act
- Introduced programs offering welfare and social security.
- Work progress Administration (WPA) provided temporary jobs for the unemployed
- Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
- Court Packing Plan
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Explore the transformative social and economic changes in America from the age of Flappers through to the Great Depression. This quiz covers significant topics such as Prohibition, the Scopes Trial, and the New Deal. Test your knowledge of how these events shaped modern society.
