Terms
Between 1910 and 1930, more than 1 million African Americans moved out of the South to cities in the North, Midwest and West. This is known as what?
The Great Migration
What is the only Amendment that repeals a previous one?
21st
Duke Ellington and Bessie Smith are most closely connected with efforts to
A.) Fight discrimination through the judicial system
B.) Establish the NAACP
C.) Promote cultural appreciation through the arts
C.) Promote cultural appreciation through the arts
At the height of The Great Depression, unemployment rose to what percentage?
25%
What state raises the most turkeys?
Minnesota has long been the turkey capital in the United States and has consistently ranked #1 in turkey production, raising 40 to 42 million birds a year.
Anti-immigrant attitudes and showing favoritism towards native born people is known as what?
Nativism
The passing of what caused an increase of women in the workforce, doubled the number of female high school graduates and two women being elected as state governors in 1924.
The passing of the 19th Amendment
What characteristics of the 1920s is illustrated by the trial against Sacco and Vanzetti?
A.) Hostility towards women's suffrage
B.) Intolerance towards immigration
C.) Opposition to the Harlem Renaissance
B.) Intolerance towards immigration
What happened on October 29, 1929?
According to the Guinness Book of World Records, what is the fastest someone has ever carved a turkey? Give a range in minutes.
Paul Kelly set a Guinness World Record for the fastest time to carve a turkey in June 2009 at 3 minutes and 19.47 seconds. It was Paul Kelly's second world record along with the fastest time to pluck three turkeys (he did that in 11 minutes and 30.16 seconds).
Stocks were bought by providing a 10% down payment and taking out a loan to pay for the rest. What term?
Buying on a margin
Prohibition, established by the 18th Amendment, stated that
A.) Alcohol was made illegal for people under 18
B.) The manufacture of alcohol was made legal
C.) Neither option is correct
C.) Neither option is correct
Which president was elected in 1928 and lead America in the first years of the Great Depression?
President Herbert Hoover
What was the campaign launched by U.S. government to arrest communists and other radicals who promoted the overthrow of the U.S. government?
The Red Scare
How many feathers does an adult turkey have?(Answer can be within 500 feathers)
According to the USDA, it's estimated that adult turkeys have about 3,500 feathers at maturity.
The act of buying stocks at great risk with anticipation they will rise. “Get rich quick" is known as what?
Speculation
Name 2 Amendments that gave voting rights to Americans.
15th: all men
Which statements are true?
A.) The Capone mob was connected to the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre on February 14, 1929.
B.) Capone was found guilty of tax evasion.
C.) Al was born and raised in Chicago and quit school in the 6th grade.
D.) Capone spent time at Alcatraz.
A, B, and D are all true
“I couldn’t imagine such a financial disaster touching my small world; it surely concerned only the rich. But by the first week of November I too knew differently; along with millions of others across the nation, I was without a job. All that week I searched for any kind of work that would prevent my leaving school. Again it was, “We’re firing, not hiring.”… Finally, on the seventh of November I went to school and cleaned out my locker, knowing it was impossible to stay on. A piercing chill was in the air as I walked back to the rooming house. The hawk had come. I could already feel his wings shadowing me.” -Gordon Parks
Why did Gordon Parks have to leave his school?
To find a job during the Great Depression.
What professional football team has NEVER played in a Thanksgiving day game? (There is only one)
Jacksonville Jaguars.
Detroit has played in all but 1, Cowboys in all but 2.
President Hoover believed that people should take care of themselves and not depend on the government to help them. What is this term?
Rugged Individualism
Which Amendment says, "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."
13th
Read the poem, “The Big Sea”:
Harlem was like a great magnet for the black intellectual, pulling him from everywhere.
Or perhaps the magnet was New York, but once in New York, he had to live in Harlem.
Who wrote this?
Langston Hughes
List 3 causes of the Great Depression.
Credit, Installment plans, Speculation, Buying on a margin, the failure in banks, the farming sector, the stock market crash...
According to the Guinness Book of World Records, how much does the heaviest turkey on record weigh? (Correct answer must be within 5 pounds)
86 pounds. According to Guinness, a turkey named Tyson who weighed 86 pounds was sold at a charity auction in London in 1989 for about $6,692. For comparison, a typical Thanksgiving turkey usually weighs around 15 pounds.