Roaring Twenties
Great Depression
Technology
WW ll
Post War
100
New technology such as _______ had a significant impact on the lives of many Americans.
What are automobiles, airplanes, radios and movies?
100
Investors began to sell their ___________ when they recognized the slowing economy.
What are stocks?
100
_____ were Americans who earned money but did not benefit from new technological advances.
What are Farmers and factory workers?
100
She was a symbol of the women who worked during the WWII. Later, this time became the basis for the women's movement of the 1960's.
Who is Rosie The Riveter?
100
This antiobiotic helped to save American lives.
What is penicillin?
200
__________ was a famous African American jazz muscian.
Who was Louis Armstrong?
200
Okies migrated to California where they hoped to find jobs because of the _______.
What was the Dust Bowl?
200
________ benefited from new technology.
What are women?
200
Mussoline, Hitler and Tojo were dictators for these countries.
What are the Axis Powers -Italy, Germany, and Japan?
200
Germany was divided into four zones after WWII. Three of the allies united their zones and created _____.
What is West Germany?
300
______ outlawed the production and distribution of alcohol.
What is prohibition?
300
Shantytowns or _______________ became home to many homeless and unemployed Americans.
What are Hoovervilles?
300
These were created as a result of secret communication codes developed during WWII.
What is the personal computer?
300
This invasion led to the surrender of the Axis Powers in Europe.
What is the invasion of Normandy?
300
This country became our enemy in the Cold War.
What is Russia?
400
African American writers, artist, and musicians made many contibutions to American life during the _____.
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
400
The rapid sale of stocks by investors who were not able to pay off their bank loans resulted in ______________.
What is the stock market crash?
400
_____ has had a major impact on the US economy by stimulating extensive government spending.
What is atomic technology?
400
The event that led the U S to getting involved in WWII
What was the Japanese bombing of the US Pacific fleet in Pearl Harbor?
400
After the war, America emerged as a _______ world power.
What is dominant or strong?
500
African Americans moved from southern rural to northern urban areas in the U.S. during a movement known as the ________.
What is the Great Migration?
500
Factories suffered from _____________, and wages were low after the stock market crashed.
What is overproduction?
500
New aviation technology brought an _______ in business and personal air travel.
What is increase?
500
Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin were leaders of what countries
What are the Allied Powers- USA, England, and Russia?
500
These two relief programs which were created in the New Deal are still in existence today.
What are Social Security and FDIC?
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