1920s
Inventors and Inventions
Great Depression
Inventors and Inventions
Potluck
100
- famous jazz musician during the Harlem Renaissance - African American
Who is Louis Armstrong
100
- inventor of air conditioning
Who is Willis Carrier?
100
-the name for the stock market crash on October 29, 1929 -marked the beginning of the Depression.
What is Black Tuesday?
100
- inventor of the light bulb
Who is Thomas Edison?
100
- the name of the federal agency that is in charge of immigration
What is Homeland Security
200
A period of time that seemed to "roar" with new inventions, a booming economy, parties, and much more personal freedom.
What is the Roaring 20s?
200
- the name of the device that Narciso Monturiol invented that revoulutionized warfare
What is the combustion powered submarine?
200
- was the president during the start of the Great Depression - people named their scrap metal homes after him
What is Pres. Herbert Hoover
200
-the recipient of the first call made by Alexander Graham Bell
Who is Thomas Watson?
200
- creator of the Statue of Liberty
Who is Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi?
300
-A method of production created by Gerald Ford. -It increased the growth rate in cars.
What is the Assembly Line?
300
- inventor of the Band-Aid
Who is Earl Dickson?
300
- a set of programs created by FDR to help people get jobs and ease the country out of the Great Depression
What is the New Deal
300
-inventor of the yo-yo
Who is Pedro Flores?
300
- person who comes to the US to escape persecution in their homeland
What is an Ayslee?
400
Name at least 1 major invention in the 1920s.
What is - the radio -motion pictures - airplanes - electric refrigerators - and many more... -
400
- inventor of the barometer
Who is Blaise Pascal?
400
Malnutrition, weakness, starvation
What are the effects of the Great Depression on humans
400
- inventor of vaccine against polio
Who is Jonas Salk?
400
- the most common language other than English spoken at home in the US
What is Spanish?
500
A period of time when African Americans created note-worthy art and literature.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
500
- she came up with the idea of liquid paper
Who is Bette Nesmith-Graham?
500
Men were not making enough money so women had to take jobs outside of their homes like teaching, cleaning, and laundering.
How did the Great Depression aid women's rights
500
- inventor of the semi- automatic shotgun
Who is John Moses Browning?
500
- the second most common language other than English spoken at home in the US
What is French?
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