Famous people of the 1920s
Name the famous baseball player in the 1920s who was known for his home runs on the Yankees and Red Sox.
What was his impact on culture during the 1920s?
Babe Ruth
He helped make baseball a popular sport. He embodied the American Dream with his "Rags to Riches" story
What event 'started' the Great Depression?
The Stock Market Crash
What does TVA stand for?
What type of work did the workers of the TVA do?
Tennessee Valley Authority
Built damns to control flooding and provide electricity (hydroelectricity)
Who became President during the Great Depression?
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
1) over plowing the land
2) Drought
3) Wind Erosion
Who was the American automobile manufacturer who revolutionized mass production using the Assembly line?
What was his impact on the culture of the 1920s?
Henry Ford
Automobiles gave people a new sense of freedom and increased travel
What was another name for the Stock Market Crash?
What date did the Stock Market happen on?
Black Tuesday
October 29, 1929
What does CCC stand for?
What type of work did workers do for the CCC?
Civilian Conservation Corps
Planted trees
What was the name of FDRs programs to try to help the American people?
The New Deal Programs
Where did people go to receive free food?
Soup Kitchens
Charles Lindbergh made history by flying nonstop from ___________ to __________.
New York City to Paris, France
What was the Smoot Hawley Tariff Act?
How did this act hurt the U.S. Economy?
A tax placed on imported goods.
Stopped trade with other countries
What does WPA stand for?
What type of work did the WPA do?
Works Progress Administration
Construction Workers- built roads and public buildings
Hired Artists
Herbert Hoover
Charities
What was the Prohibition Era?
A ban on alcohol
Who was Langston Hughes?
What impact did he have on the culture of the 1920s?
An African American poet.
A leader during the Harlem Renaissance - His writing showed the true history and culture of African Americans.
How did overproduction help start the great depression?
Factories were not making any money and had to lay off workers - It led to high numbers of unemployment
Who was the President who came up with the New Deal Programs?
Frankling D. Roosevelt
What was a Fireside chat?
**Be sure to include WHO was giving these chats
When FDR got on the radio and spoke to the American People about what was going on in the US
Who was Duke Ellington?
Who was Margaret Mitchell?
Who was Jesse Owens?
A jazz pianist
She was an Author who wrote 'Gone with the Wind'
An African American Track Star who won 4 gold medals at the olympics
Who was Louis Armstrong?
What was his impact on the culture of the 1920s?
An African American Jazz musician. He played the Trumpet.
He opened the door for other African American Artist
How did people afford all of the new consumer goods available during the 1920s?
Why was this a bad thing?
Debt
What were Franklin Roosevelts Three R's
Relief
Reform
Recovery
What did people refer to newspapers as during the Great Depression?
What did people refer to their makeshift homes as? *2 names
Hoover Blankets
Shantytowns / Hoovervilles
Name 3 of the 5 states DIRECTLY affected by the Dust bowl?
Texas
Oklahoma
Colorado
New Mexico
Kansas