1920s
This style of music became very popular in the 1920s.
Jazz
The crash of the stock market led to the worst economic crisis in U.S. history.
What is the Great Depression?
This war took place throughout the 1940s and sent a lot of Americans overseas.
What is World War II?
People born during the "baby boom" (1946-1964) are called this.
What are boomers?
This subculture of people liked to wear tie-dye and advocated for "peace and love."
What are hippies?
It was illegal to make or sell this beverage during the 1920s.
What is alcohol?
This 1937 film, made by Walt Disney, was the first full-length animated feature.
What is Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs?
This type of swimsuit first appeared in Paris in 1946.
What is the bikini?
This singer and actor became known as the "King of Rock and Roll."
Who is Elvis Presley?
This movement helped to bring more rights to Black people in the United States.
The Civil Rights Movement
Movies in the 1920s did not have this until 1929 (hint: it's not color.)
What is talking?
This 1930s fictional detective is a role model for young girls.
Who is Nancy Drew?
This fast food restaurant was founded in California in 1940.
This actress and model was very popular in the 1950s.
Who is Marilyn Monroe?
This type of pattern, made by soaking white clothes with color when tied with rubber bands, became popular in the 60s and 70s.
What is tie-dye?
The nineteenth amendment gave women this important right August 1920.
What is the right to vote?
Hungry people stood in line for hours at these places for food.
What are soup kitchens?
This cartoon about a cat chasing a mouse was created by MGM in 1940.
What is Tom and Jerry?
These colorful, interlocking building blocks were invented in 1958.
What are legos?
This toy, where kids used knobs to draw lines and then shake to make them clear, was created in 1960.
What is the Etch A Sketch?
This mode of transportation first "took off" in the 1920s.
What is an airplane?
This board game, where the player has money to buy properties around the board, was released in 1935.
What is Monopoly?
This toy was invented by accident in 1943 when an engineer witnessed a spring falling off a shelf.
What is a slinky?
This famous fashion doll debuted in 1959.
This law made it possible for girls to compete on any sports teams offered in their schools.
What is Title IX?