1920s Culture
Prohibition
Famous People
Depression
New Deal
100
This was a new feminine style, that included short dresses, short hair, smoking, and drinking. A rebellious style that went against many older morals.
What is a flapper.
100
This was passed in 1919, prohibiting the manufacturing, sale, and consumption of intoxicating beverages.
What is the 18th amendment.
100
I set the major league baseball record for most homeruns in a season.
What is Babe Ruth
100
The Stock Market crashed on this day.
What is Oct. 29th, 1929.
100
President Roosevelts plan to recover the American economy.
What is the New Deal.
200
These are film, radio, and newspapers/magazines/tabloids.
What is the 3 forms of mass media.
200
Generic term for a person who illegally smuggled alcohol.
What is a bootlegger.
200
I wrote poetry about the average day in an African American's life, and the perseverance through the discrimination.
What is Langston Hughes.
200
I took office a few months before the stock market crash, and believed in very little government interference.
What is Herbert Hoover.
200
The program in charge of planting trees in the Great Plans to reduce soil erosion.
What is the Civilian Conservation Corps.
300
Job opportunities and job security were two main contributors
What is Urban Migration
300
A term used to define an illegal saloon.
What is a speakeasy.
300
I won 350,000 dollars on the 1919 World Series after paying the White Sox team to lose.
What is Arnold Rothstein.
300
Slang for a group of cardboard, tin,etc. houses during the G.D.
What is a hooverville.
300
Roosevelt's first action taken the day after his inauguration to help the economy.
What is the Bank Holiday.
400
Famous dance, typically to jazz music.
What is the Charleston.
400
Event in which Bugs Malone thought he was buying hooch from Al Capone's gang in Chicago.
What is the St. Valentines Day Massacre
400
I pushed my husband to set up humanitarian projects during the Great Depression.
What is Eleanor Roosevelt.
400
Caused by drought, high winds, and poor agricultural techniques.
What is the Dust Bowl.
400
These were radio broadcasts made by FDR to keep the people informed on what the government was doing to help them through this rough time.
What is the fireside chats.
500
Al Jolson starred in this film, which was the first talkie.
What is The Jazz Singer.
500
Survived a near fatal stabbing after being left for dead on a beach.
What is Charles "Lucky" Luciano
500
I flew from New York City, to Paris in my plane, "The Spirit of St. Louis".
What is Charles Lindbergh.
500
The Hoover Dam, a project to establish jobs during Herbert Hoover's term as president, was first known as this.
What is the Boulder Dam.
500
The Supreme Court ruled the NIRA and this program to be unconstitutional.
What is the Agricultural Adjustment Act.
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