Famous Americans
New Forms of Entertainment
New Technologies
Hard Times
The Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt
100
This man created the assembly line to produce his cars faster and more efficiently.
Who is Henry Ford?
100
This form of music was highly influenced by African American traditions.
What is jazz?
100
This form of communication allowed you to broadcast information over large distances.
What is the radio?
100
Many people were homeless and faced ______ during the Great Depression.
What is poverty?
100
This expansive drought stretched the Great Plains and withered many crops.
What is the Dust Bowl?
200
This musician was famous for puffing his cheeks out when he played the trumpet. He was popular during the jazz age.
Who is Louis Armstrong?
200
This car was invented by Henry Ford to be safe, sturdy, and affordable.
What is the Model T?
200
Because many people already had a radio, so this was invented for companies to advertise their product.
What are commercials on the radio?
200
These lines were wrapped around the block so people could get food.
What is a breadline?
200
These farmer went from place to place to harvest crops.
What is a migrant worker?
300
This president created The New Deal to help people in times of hardship.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt.
300
This form of entertainment broadcasted comedies, dramas, and music programs.
What are radio programs?
300
These movies featured the actors talking, instead of being silent like in earlier films.
What are talkies?
300
This time was the worst period of economic depression in the U.S..
What is the Great Depression?
300
This program, put into action by Roosevelt, built fifty dams along rivers in the South.
What is The Tennessee Valley Authority?
400
This president was blamed for continuing the depression and urging the people to improve the economy without help from the government.
Who is Herbert Hoover?
400
In the early 1900s, this was a place you could watch films and enjoy your favorite actors and actresses.
What is a movie theatre?
400
This invention let people keep their food cold instead of using blocks of ice.
What is the electric refrigerator?
400
This is what people were when they were fired.
What is unemployment or unemployed?
400
Roosevelt promised to get America back on his feet through these programs.
What is The New Deal?
500
This women traveled the country to see if the new deal plans were working.
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?
500
This made it possible for sport fans to listen to their favorite teams play on radio.
What are sports programs on the radio?
500
This development began appearing on clothes in the 1920s.
What is the zipper?
500
This happened on Wall Street when stocks were slowly becoming worthless.
What is the Stock Market Crash?
500
This word means a rapid rise in prices
What is inflation?
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