Notable Names
You may know him for inventing the Model T, but he also built the first moving assembly line in 1913. Who is it?
Who is Henry Ford?
_________ logs, erector sets, and Raggedy Ann dolls were popular toys of the 1910s.
What are Lincoln logs
The __________ Act passed of 1919 prevented the sale, production, and transportation of alcohol in the US.
What is the Prohibition?
Hollywood, __________ replaces the East Coast as the center of the movie industry.
What is California
This president was deeply involved in progressive reforms and was President during World War I.
Who is Woodrow Wilson
This society started in 1910 encouraged boys and young men to get outside and learn.
What is Boy Scouts?
What famous painting by Vincent Van Gogh was stolen from the Louvre in 1911.
What is the Mona Lisa?
Author and activist for the deaf and blind
Who was Helen Keller
The Olympic Games were held in this country in 1912? Hint: Stockholm ___________
What is Stockholm, Sweden?
What car rolled its 1,000,000th car off the ASSEMBLY LINE in 1911. This was the first American car.
What is the Ford Model T?
This famous baseball player began his career in 1914 as a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. He was more known as being a cigar smoking home run hitter.
Who is Babe Ruth
He was the first black person to earn a PhD from Harvard university. He was also a prominent figure in the creation of the NAACP.
Who was WEB Du Bois
in 1913, the 16th amendment granted Congress the authority to levy a ___________ income tax.
What is Federal income tax.
This was considered a special occasion or fancy food in the 1910s. It was called _________ Food Cake.
What is devil’s food cake
This filmmaker and actor was very popular during the WW1 era for his slapstick comedy and silent videos.
Who was Charlie Chaplin
This was the most popular name for boys and girls in the 1910s.
what was John and Mary
The 1910s were defined by energetics, often scandalous, ragtime error “animal dances “like the Turkey Trot, Grizzly Bear, Bunny Hug, Camel Walk and the ____trot.
What is the Foxtrot?
The major push for women’s right to vote culminating in the 19th amendment was called this.
Women’s suffrage
This classic American snack, created in 1917, consisting of two round graham crackers with marshmallow filling dipped in a flavored cold coating of chocolate.
What are moon pies
In the 1910s, this group of laws enforced mandatory segregation, voter disenfranchisement, and residential segregation, among many other things.
What are the Jim Crow laws