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Michigan carmaker who invented the assembly line
Henry Ford
What was the name of the movement that wanted to make alcohol illegal
The Temperance Movement
She is considered one of the greatest female artists of the 20th century
Georgia O'Keeffe
This event started the Great Depression
The Stock Market Crash of (October) 1929
As a novelist, he portrayed the strength of poor migrant workers during the 1930s. In 1939 he published The Grapes of Wrath.
John Steinbeck
He invented the telephone
Alexander Graham Bell
Prohibition led to a huge increase in _________
crime
Known for his novels and short stories about America's 'Jazz Age' during the 1920s. One of his major works was The Great Gatsby.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
This is a tax on foreign goods
a tariff
He was a painter who detailed the experiences of the Great Migration north through art. His series of paintings entitled "Migration" is considered his greatest achievement.
Jacob Lawrence
He used electricity to produce the first practical light bulb
Thomas Alva Edison
African Americans living in the South faced segregation and discrimination. These laws were called _____ ________ laws.
Jim Crow Laws
He was a poet who blended or combined the experiences of African and American cultural roots. He is best known for his poem, “The Weary Blues” that describes an evening of listening to a Blues musician in Harlem.
Langston Hughes
After the stock market crash, many businesses failed and _______ closed, causing people to lose their savings
banks
He is recognized as one of the greatest jazz composers. “Mood Indigo” is one of his classic jazz compositions.
Duke Ellington
Name 2 new forms of communication that changed how America communicated
Radio and movies
Where did African Americans go during the Great Migration
Northern and Midwestern cities
His trumpet solos and "scat" singing transformed the American music scene.
Louis Armstrong
To make matters even worse, a severe drought hit the Great Plains in the 1930s. This was called the ______ ________.
Dust Bowl
Name 2 composers who wrote a unique, new kind of American music.
Aaron Copeland and George Gershwin
New developments in transportation, communication and electrification led to dramatic growth of:
(there are several correct answers)
Correct answers include: suburban areas, factories, jobs
The 18th Amendment established Prohibition in the U.S. The ______ Amendment repealed Prohibition.
21st
She was one of the greatest blues singers of the 1920s. Before long, she was known as the “Empress of the Blues” and was the highest paid African American entertainer in the country.
Bessie Smith
This government program aimed to end the Great Depression by providing direct aid to those in need and by creating jobs in a number of new government-run programs.
The New Deal
This President instituted the New Deal
Franklin Delano Roosevelt