Candy Cane
This event signaled the beginning of the Great Depression.
The Crash of the Stock Market in New York City
According to the folklore of Austria and other countries, what horned figure punishes naughty children at Christmastime?
Krampus
In what country do people celebrate Christmas by eating chicken from KFC?
Japan
During the Great Depression, what reached a "record high"?
Unemployment rates
This amendment gave women the right to vote.
19th Amendment
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge opposed US membership in the...
League of Nations
FDR responded to the Great Depression with the...
New Deal
The main purpose of this New Deal program is to maintain public confidence in the financial system by insuring deposits in banks, essentially protecting depositors' money in the event of a bank failure
FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)
Speakeasies were a direct result of...
Prohibition
This innovation enhanced the auto industry by speeding up production and lowering costs.
Assembly Line
According to the Buddy the Elf, what are the four main food groups?
Candy, candy canes, candy corns, and syrup
This scandal caused public outrage and general distrust of the government during the 1920s.
Teapot Dome Scandal
A secret coded message sent during World War I, proposing a military alliance with Mexico against the United States, promising to help Mexico reclaim lost territories like Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona if the US entered the war.
Zimmermann Telegram
Jazz was a central part of the ___________________, a period in the 1920s when African American culture was celebrated and artists sought to give voice to the African American experience
Harlem Renaissance
What Christmas-themed ballet premiered in Saint Petersburg, Russia in 1892?
The Nutcracker
What phrase made popular in the book “A Christmas Carol” expresses annoyance with cheery holiday celebrations?
Bah humbug!
Soldiers dug trenches in World War I to protect themselves from the devasting firepower of modern weapons such as...
Machine Guns
This New Deal Program was created to address the economic challenges faced by the elderly and unemployed during the Great Depression
Social Security Administration
This feeling became a major characteristic during the Red Scare of the 1920s.
Anti-Immigrant Sentiment
Poor land practices like overplowing and severe ___________ caused the Dust Bowl in the Great Plains.
Drought
The most decorated solider of World War I and fought in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive.
Army Corporal Alvin York
In the Twelve Days of Christmas, what are there eleven of?
Pipers piping
This was a a mass movement of African Americans from the rural South to the urban North looking for economic opportunity, to escape racial violence, pursue educational opportunities and be able to participate politically.
The Great Migration
This event characterized the tensions between traditional values and modern views in the 1920s.
The Scopes Monkey Trial
What holiday is celebrated the day after Christmas in the UK, Canada, Australia, and other countries?
Boxing Day