Zelda Fitgerald was known as the original one of these - both for how she defied convention, as well as her style of dress.
What is "flapper"?
100
Splitting the country into "wet" and "dry," camps, the 18th Amendment actually made this policy national - although it only forbade the making and selling of alcohol.
What is Prohibition?
100
A "Share" of a company that can be bought, the market for selling these led, in part, to the Great Depression.
What is stock?
100
Referred to simply as FDR, the longest-sitting President actually bore this full name.
What is Franklin Delano Roosevelt?
100
Turning 54 today is this actor, known for films like "Face Off," "Con Air," and "National Treasure," he has also inspired many memes and conspiracy theories.
Who is Nicholas Cage?
200
This animator and film-maker helped make motion pictures mainstream, and for all ages.
Who was Walt Disney?
200
This Chicago Crime Boss and Bootlegger entered Popular Culture in the Twenties, and ultimately it was tax evasion that sent him to prison.
Who is Al Capone?
200
This date, also called "Black Tuesday," was the worst Stock Market Crash in U.S. History.
What is October 29, 1929?
200
Adding to his popularity, and gaining support for his policies, FDR used these weekly broadcasts to make government more approachable to the American people.
What were "Fireside Chats"?
200
Earning the nickname "The King of Rock and Roll," this hip-thrusting rock-and-roller can still be seen by way of thousands of impersonators in places like Las Vegas.
Who was Elvis Presley?
300
This author, poet, and activist was the de facto leader of the Harlem Renaissance.
Who was Langston Hughes?
300
When this High School Science teacher taught evolution, contrary to Tennessee Law, it inspired a national trial and policy.
Who was John T. Scopes?
300
Despite coming from many different states in the midwest, the homeless migrants who moved west from the Dust Bowl were often called this derogatory name.
What is "Oakies"?
300
This Federally Mandated Retirement Program also issues a 9-digit number to American Citizens and legal workers, and came about because of The New Deal.
What is Social Security?
300
Celebrating his 34th birthday today is this North Korean dictator, although I wouldn't trust the fireworks at his party.
Who is Kim Jong-un?
400
While Mass Media has taken many forms, in the 20s it went beyond music and newspapers, and focused on these three media forms.
What are film, television, and radio?
400
Jim Crow laws were upheld by the Supreme Court by using this phrase, which wasn't thrown out until Brown V. Board of Education.
What is "separate but equal"?
400
Aside from the Stock Market and Crash, these are the two Primary Causes of the Great Depression.
What are Bank Failure, and the Dust Bowl (Drought)?
400
They were the three "R's" and focus of FDR's New Deal.
What are Relief, Recovery, and Reform?
400
One of two "Rocket Men" celebrating a birthday today, this British singer and songwriter, known for hits like "Under Pressure," "Heroes," and "Ziggy Stardust," sadly passed away in January of 2016.
Who is David Bowie?
500
It was this musician, along with Louis Armstrong, who truly led "The Jazz Age."
Who was Duke Ellington?
500
One of the forces at work in the Twenties was this movement of those who wanted to interpret the Bible literally.
What is Fundamentalism?
500
While many now only sing the first verses, when Woody Guthrie first wrote this folk song it was meant to be a critique of the policies that led to the Great Depression.
What is "This Land is Your Land"?
500
Insuring banks and overseeing financial institutions, the Glass-Steagall Act was actually just part of the "U.S. Banking Act" of this year.
What is 1933?
500
Turning 76 today is this world-renowned scientist, physicist, and author who has not let paralysis and loss of speech "slow" him down.