Everyday Life
The Great Depression
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Technology and Trends
1920-1930s Slang
100
This invention - which became a widely-owned appliance in the 1920s - made it easier for people to store food for longer periods of time.
What is the refrigerator?
100
These are the years of the Great Depression.
What are 1929 to 1939?
100
This changed the way music was accessed by the public forever.
What is the radio?
100

This device, which you can find in the teacher offices at BBSS, was first invented in the 1930s.

What is a photocopier?

100
The modern woman of the 1920s.
What is a flapper?
200
This substance was banned from 1919 to 1933 in the USA.
What is alcohol?
200
This is the nickname for the day that many historians say kicked off the Great Depression.
What is Black Tuesday?
200
Probably the most famous child actor ever, she initially retired from acting in 1932.
Who is Shirley Temple?
200

Some survivors of this conflict earned money doing tricks in their airplanes at city or town fairs.

Who are WWI veterans?

200
"Giggle water" referred to this.
What is alcohol?
300
In the mid-1930s, $500 was enough to buy a brand new one of these.
What is a car?
300
A lot of migrant workers during the Great Depression came from this country.
What is Mexico?
300
This was the most famous comedian from the silent film era.
Who is Charlie Chaplin?
300
In 1929, these people were officially recognized as "persons" in Canada.
Who are women?
300
"Go chase yourself" was a way of saying this.
What is "get out of here"?
400
This is a very famous dance from the 1920s.
What is the Charleston?
400
This part of Canada/USA was affected the most by the Great Depression.
What is Western Canada/USA?
400
Along with "Of Mice and Men", this is Steinbeck's most famous work.
What is "The Grapes of Wrath"?
400

This person is commonly associated with invention of the production line and the first affordable automobile.

Who is Henry Ford?

400
Someone who is a downer on a good time.
What is a "buzzkill", "killjoy" or "wet blanket"?
500
Uruguay became the first country to win this tournament.
What is the World Cup?
500
This was the name of environmental issue that made The Great Depression worse.
What is the Dust Bowl?
500
These are three movies that came out in the 1930s.
What are Gone with the Wind, The Wizard of Oz, Frankenstein, Dracula and Robin Hood?
500
The airplane "took off" as a mode of transport much more than this alternative.
What is a zeppelin?
500
Any man over 30.
What is "Father Time"?
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