Roaring 20's
Many people called the 1920s the ____________________ because life was exciting and new.
The Roaring 20's
What was the Great Depression?
A time of economic hardship - no jobs, no money, banks crashed, people lost their homes, limited food.
Time when America faced problems with the economy, unemployment, hunger and homelessness
The Great Depression
What was the time called when African American artists, writers, and musicians created amazing new works in New York City.
The Harlem Renaissance
Which Great Depression president started the New Deal?
FDR
A popular new type of music in the 1920s, known for its lively rhythms and improvisation is ___________
Jazz Age
Black Tuesday
Black Tuesday
The day the stock market crashed
Where is Harlem?
Manhattan
What was the New Deal?
Programs FDR made to help people
Young women in the 1920s who bobbed their hair, and challenged old traditions.
Flappers
This was the first president during Great Depression who did not do much to help
Herbert Hoover
Natural disaster where strong winds blew soil/dirt in the west
Dust bowl
Langston hughes was a
poet/writer
Who was impacted by the Great Depression?
Everyone
Secret bars where people drank alcohol during Prohibition.
Speakeasies
This president tried to help during the Great Depression
FDR- Franklin D Roosevelt
a time of no rain
Louis Armstrong played
the trumpet
What really helped end the war?
WW2
What is one invention made during this time?
Vacuum, movies, television, refrigerators, updated stoves
Who was hit even harder by the Great Depression?
Women, children, African Americans, immigrants etc...
_____________villes
Hoovervilles
Name a female singer from the Harlem Renaissance
Bessie Smith, Ella Fitzgerald and more
Where did people hangout during the 1920's?
movie theaters, speakeasies etc..