This was the name of the Tuesday on October 29th, 1929 when the Stock Market crashed.
What is Black Tuesday?
100
The economy in the United States following World War I did this (Boomed or Declined).
What is boomed?
100
This was the famous genre of music that started in the 1920's.
What is Jazz?
100
This is the name used to describe poor living areas in the 1930's during the Depression where people lived in small shacks and crime was a major problem. The name is after the president who was in power during the the stock market crash.
What are hoovervilles?
100
The film "Cinderella Man" depicts the hardships of ______ a job everyday as we see with the main character Braddock when he is injured.
What is landing a job?
200
This is what most people did with their money following the crash and failure of banks.
What is keeping money under their mattress?
200
This is the name for the famous flu that ravaged most of the United States following World War I.
What is the Spanish Flu?
200
A cultural movement known as the ____________was started when African American artists and writers expressed their talents especially in New York City. It focused on literature, music, theater, art, and politics.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
200
This is the name given for the period of drought and over-farming that led to large dust storms and many people migrating West or dying from the dust impact.
What is the Dust Bowl?
200
This is the name of the famous criminal who was public enemy number 1 (not al capone) for many years and broke out of several prisons,robbed many banks and killed many people.
Who is John Dillinger?
300
This is the term used to describe an overabundance of goods but not enough consumers to buy this large amount of leftovers.
What is surplus?
300
This is the name of the term which refers to only liking and accepting people who are native to that country and any outsiders/immigrants who come in are not welcome.
What is nativism?
300
These buildings were revolutionary in major cities across the country and are very tall.
What are skyscrapers?
300
This is the state most would migrate to from the Midwest in order to find work during the great depression.
What is California?
300
In the film "Cinderella Man", this is the item the main character James Braddock tells the press before his big fight that he is fighting for.
What is Milk?
400
Many people took these types of money given out from banks which they were expected to pay back but never did. This resulted in many banks failing following the stock market crash.
What is loans?
400
Women received these rights with the passing of the 19th amendment following World War I.
What is voting rights?
400
The name of the man who mass produced cars in the 1920's, built the first ever assembly line, and has a car brand today named after him.
Who is Henry Ford?
400
Unemployment reached this number in the 1930's as a result of the Great depression.
What is 25%?
400
This was the number one sport in the 1920's.
What is baseball?
500
Stocks on October 29th, 1929 took a huge ________ in the stock market causing the Great Depression.
What is a plunge?
500
This is the term used to describe the fear of the spread of communism in the United States (the red ______).
What is the red scare?
500
These are the names of the secret bars/clubs underground most attended during prohibition of the 1920's.
What are speakeasies?
500
This is the name of the lines most waited on in order to get supplies and mainly food.
What is breadlines?
500
The name or names of the books written by John Steinbeck talking about the hardships faced during the Great depression for workers.