1910's
This syncopated musical style, was the predominant style of this time period. It was played on the piano.
What is ragtime.
This President, in the early 1920's, was steeped in controversy due to his multiple affairs and his Cabinet's shady dealings.
Who is Warren G. Harding?
The popular, well-known name of a bag of salted, fried corn chips invented in the 1930's.
What is Frito's
What team in Major League Baseball did Jackie Robinson sign with? This herald the end of racial segregation in professional baseball.
Who are the Brooklyn Dodgers.
What is the children's toy distributed in 1952 that consists of all pieces. This toy has ears, mouth, eyes, and nose that you place on what is it?
What is Mr. Potato Head.
The wright brothers invented this during the 1910's.
What is the airplane.
In order to convince people to buy their goods and services companies started using this tactic after the first World War.
What is advertising?
A popular piece of technology allowed the people of the 1930's to listen to fireside chats, entertaining shows, and music.
What is the radio.
What all-terrain vehicle was mass produced in the 1940's specifically for the war effort? It was once described as "faithful as a dog, strong as a mule."
What is Jeep
The Cuban Revolution was an armed uprising led by Fidel Castro that eventually toppled the brutal dictatorship of whom?
Who is Fulgencio Batista.
This society started in 1910 encouraged boys and young men to get outside and learn.
What is Boy Scouts?
People used this term to describe an area of New York experienced a resurgence in music, dance, literature, theatre, and other forms of art in the 1920s.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
A series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the United States.
What is the New Deal.
What food containers first went on sale in stores in 1946?
What is Tupperware.
Who was the famous boxer who had a record of 49-0-0 in 1952. He later died in a plane crash. He is still remember today as one of the best boxers of that time.
Who is Rocky Marciano (aka Rocco Francis Marchegiano)?
This is the name given to the musical and comedy variety shows that were put on during the 1910s.
What is Vaudeville
The name of the establishments that replaced bars and saloons shut down during the 1920s.
What are speakeasies?
In the mid 1930's, this architectural landmark located on the Arizona/Nevada border was completed.
What is the Hoover Dam.
This shapely building that houses the U.S. Department of Defense was completed in 1943?
What is the Pentagon.
In this musical, popular actor and actress Don Lockwood and Lina Lamont struggle to transition from silent films to talking pictures.
What is Singin' in the Rain?
This era was started when American housewives felt that their husbands were drinking too much. During this time, which started in 1919 where all alcohol was banned.
What is the Prohibition?
This term describes the fear and distrust towards those deemed as "radicals" that diminished in 1920. Began due to the Russian Revolution.
What is the Red Scare?
Even though several jazz musicians rose to popularity in the 1930's, this social problem held many of them back.
What is racism?
What ship did the Japanese formally surrender to the allied forces in 1945?
What is the USS Missouri.
Throughout the 1950's a high ranking member of the British Intelligence worked as a double agent serving the KGB. Who was he?
Who is 'Kim' Philby or Harold Adrian Russell