20's Slang
If someone thought you were dressing up nice for a fancy event, they might tell you that you were doing this in the 1920's.
What is "putting on the ritz?"
What is the FDIC?
This president desegregated the military, and he is from Missouri.
Who is Harry S Truman?
The policy of favoring native people, not immigrants.
What is Nativism?
This game was invented during the Great Depression.
What is monopoly?
If someone was referring to a woman in the 1920's, they might call her this red fruit/vegetable.
What is a "tomato"?
This group still regulates the stock market today. It has the same initials as the conference Mizzou is part of.
What is the SEC or Securities Exchange Commission?
This president led the United States through WW1.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
The amendment that repealed (or got rid of) prohibition.
What is the 21st Amendment?
When a market is going down and looking bad, it might be referred to as this animal.
What is a bear?
This is what someone might call you if they thought you were an extraordinary person, if you lived in the 1920's.
What is the "bee's knees"? WILL ALSO TAKE What is the "cat's meow"?
The TVA, which renovated and constructed dams, provided flood control and hydroelectric power, was located in the Tennessee River Valley.
What is the Tennessee Valley Authority?
This president was a "Rough Rider."
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
A movement that showcased African American art, literature, music and art in Harlem, New York.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
The nickname of the district in Tulsa, Oklahoma where Black Americans were prospering, that is until the white people burned it down.
What is "Black Wall Street"?
If someone was making fun of you in the 1920's, it might be called this.
What is "razzing" you.
What AAA stands for, but not the insurance company.
What is the Agricultural Adjustment Act?
This president standardized milk containers and was president when the stock market crashed in 1929.
Who is Herbert Hoover?
What is an anarchist?
Rather than FDR's "New Deal," this is what really brought the United States' economy out of the Great Depression.
What is WW2?
In the 1920's, if someone wanted you to sit in the backseat, they might call it this.
What is the "struggle buggy?"
The other NRA.
What is the National Recovery Act?
This president had a "New Deal" for the American Public.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
The two Italian immigrants who were executed for robbery and murder, despite claims of their innocence.
Who are Sacco and Vanzetti?
This was the "forgotten legacy" of the 1920's.
What is racial violence?