Roaring Twenties
The name given to the 18th amendment that prohibited the manufacturing, transportation and sale of alcohol
What is Prohibition
The WA based company that started in WWI and became the largest industrial employer in the state within 50 years
What is Boeing
The president elected in 1932
Who is Franklin Delano Roosevelt
The event that threw the US into the Great Depression
What is the stock market crash on October 29, 1929 (Black Tuesday)
Who is Babe Ruth
Women who cut their hair, wore makeup, smoked, danced, and showed more skin
What are flappers
The national park that was created during the New Deal
What is Olympic National Park
What is the Works Progress Administration (WPA)
The major dust storm that hit the Great Plains
What is the Dust Bowl
a bear from WWI who was made famous in children's literature
Who is Winnie the Pooh
a person who made alcohol illegally
Who is a bootlegger
Underground bars that sold alcohol illegally
What are speakeasies
Put 250,000 young men to work at camps on reforestation and conservation
What is the Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC)
The term given to shack homes that people lived in during the depression
What are Hoovervilles
First lady that became a humanitarian for human rights
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt
The period in African American history in which their culture flourished in the arts, music, and literature
What is the Harlem Renaissance
The crown jewel of FDR's New Deal in WA State
What is the Grand Coulee Dam
provide retired workers money and aid to the disabled
What is Social Security
the radio broadcasts hosted by FDR to bring hope and optimism to the American people
What are fireside chats
Child star actress known for her sunny disposition
Who is Shirley Temple
The four major industries that came about in the 1920s
What are aviation, automobiles, movies, and radio
The Good Bootlegger of WA during Prohibition
Who is Roy Olmstead
Federally insures banks up to $250,000
What is the Glass-Steagall Act
5 effects of Black Tuesday
High rollers were bankrupt
5000 banks failed & closed
9 million people lost their savings accounts
People began to economize and spend less money
Demand for goods decreased
Businesses were forced to lay off workers
100,000 jobs were lost a week
People ran out of money
People couldn’t pay debts or mortgages
People lost their homes, cars, & valuables
GREAT DEPRESSION
Comedic actor known for his funny walk
Who is Charlie Chaplin