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Life in the 20s
Grab Bag!
Election of 1932
Final Jeopardy
100
African Americans attended _________ schools that were _________ to those of their white counterparts.
separate, inferior
100
Who's on first?
Who
100
This man was president during the Great Crash
Herbert Hoover
100
What are the Three R's
Relief, Recovery, Reform
200
This innovation by Henry Ford allowed for faster production and lower costs of his model T.
the Assembly Line
200
This was a movement of African Americans from the South to the North between 1915-1930 to escape segregation
The Great Migration
200
The president during the Great Crash and early years of the Great Depression took this approach towards the economy, literally translating to "let it be"
Laissez Faire
200
Final Jeopardy
The Public Works Administration (PWA) sponsored massive public works projects such as dams and hydroelectric plants. Which R would the PWA fall under?
300
In the 1920s, Americans began to flock to new forms of entertainment because they had more __________ and _________.
leisure time, money
300
He was a very controversial leader in the black community who insisted that African Americans move back to Africa
Marcus Garvey
300
After many were left homeless during the Great Depression, Americans set up shantytown shacks and nicknamed them __________
Hoovervilles
400
List at least four new forms of entertainment during the 1920s
sports, vaudeville theater, movies, jazz clubs, nickelodeons, amusement parks, newspapers, radios, magazines
400
A depression is categorized in six ways. List at least two
bank failures, unemployment, lower availability of credit, reduced trade, deflation
400
The _________ was a series of dust storms that tore up soil from the Midwest and caused many farms to lose their crops
The Dust Bowl
500
The invention of this device in 1922 unified America's culture
the radio
500
When was Black Tuesday? Date and year
October 29, 1929
500
FDR was elected in 1932 after promising Americans ___________ to get the nation back on the right track. Bonus: What was the nickname of this program?
A New Deal Alphabet Soup