20's Slang
What is "putting on the ritz?"
These initials tell you that your money in the bank is insured.
What is the FDIC?
This president desegregated the military. He was also from Missouri.
Who is Harry S Truman?
This policy favors the native population, 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 20's or a red fruit/vegetable, they might say this.
What is "tomato?"
This group still regulates the stock market today. It is also the conference the Missouri Tigers play in.
What is the SEC?
This president led the US through WW1.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
This amendment repealed (or got rid of) Prohibition.
What is the 21st Amendment?
What is a bear?
If someone thought you were really great, they might say you were this.
What is the "bee's knees" or the "cat's meow?"
This "authority" built dams, provided flood control and hydroelectric power. It was located in Tennessee.
What is the Tennessee Valley Authority or TVA?
This president was a "rough rider" and the cousin of FDR.
Who is Teddy Roosevelt?
This movement celebrated African American art, literature, and music and originated in Harlem, New York.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
This was the nickname of a prosperous African American district in Tulsa, Oklahoma. That is, until the white people burned it down.
What is Black Wall Street?
If someone was giving you a hard time in the 1920's, it might be called this.
What is "razz?"
The New Deal's AAA. Not the insurance company.
What is the Agricultural Adjustment Act?
This president's legacy includes the Great Depression and standardizing milk containers.
Who is Herbert Hoover?
This person believes that government is unnecessary and harmful.
Who is an anarchist?
This, not the "New Deal," pulled the United States' economy out of the Great Depression.
What is WW2?
If someone in the 20's wanted you to get in the backseat, they might tell you to go here.
What is the "struggle buggy?"
The NRA. Not the National Rifle Association.
What is the National Recovery Administration?
This is the president who had a "New Deal" for the United States.
Who is Franklin D Roosevelt?
These 2 Italian immigrants were executed for a robbery and murder.
Who were Sacco and Vanzetti?
This was the "forgotten legacy" of the 1920's.
What is racial violence?