US Presidents 1920-1989
the president during the Great depression
FDR
This device played the main role in Jazz being popularized
Radio
dubbed the King of Rock and Roll
Elvis Presley
the allies of the Viet Cong
China and Soviet Union
This event helped lead US out of Great Depression
WWII
This president championed the space program
JFK
time period that the Jazz Age take place
Roaring 20s
the first man to name the style of Rock and Roll
Alan Freed
17th Parallel
The border between north and south vietnam
The name of the "towns" that people made themselves out of living in cardboard boxes
Hoovervilles
He headed the senate war investigating committee that checks into waste and corruption
Harry S Truman
ethnic group of people are considered the founders of Jazz
African Americans
the exact name of the first portable radio and the company who later sold the rights
Transistor Radio - Texas Instruments
The reason for US involvement
Prevent spread of communism
The 3 r’s that were the baseline for Roosevelt's new deal programs
relief, recovery, reform
He promised to get his soldiers home by Thanksgiving in the Korean War
Eisenhower
considered to be the greatest Jazz musician of all time
Miles Davis
This famed piano player married his 13 year old cousin in 1958, causing the downfall of his career
Jerry Lee Lewis
the first land battle of the war
3 the primary causes of the Great Depression
Bank Failures, Stock Market Crash, Gold Standard, Massive Unemployment
He worked on normalizing the relationship with Mexico
Calvin Coolidge
the two cultural centers of the Jazz Age
NY and Chicago
three bands that were a part of the FIRST british invasion(1964–1967)
Beatles, Rolling Stones, The Animals, The Kinks, Dave Clark Five, The Zombies, Manford Man
This offensive was the turning point of the war
TET
The famous movie and book based during the great depression focused on two men ?
Of Mice and Men