car inventor; introduced a series of methods and ideas that revolutionized production, wages, and daily life
What is Henry Ford
100
The 1920's ushered in the ______ Age which was when new music and dance became popular.
What is Jazz Age
100
a period lasting from 1929 to 1941 in which the US economy faltered and unemployment soared
What is the Great Depression
100
During the 1920's music and news became widespread due to the affordability of this device
What is the radio
100
The leading sports hero of the 1920's; He was baseballs homerun king for many years
What is Babe Ruth
200
This U.S. president aided the growth of business; He was the president through most of the 1920's and did little for minority groups
What is Calvin Coolidge
200
This musician was known for his ability to play the trumpet and his subtle sense of improvisation
What is Louis Armstrong
200
President during the outbreak of the Great Depression; He had a strong business and economic background
What is Herbert Hoover
200
These were WWI soldiers who marched on Washington D.C. to demand bonus payments for fighting in WWI
What is the Bonus Army
200
This is a period of rising stock prices
What is Bull Market
300
He wrote "The Great Gatsby" which described the emptiness of 1920's society
What is F. Scott Fitzgerald
300
He was a famous African American composer and band leader for jazz orchestras.
What is Duke Ellington
300
On October 29, 1929 stock prices fell sharply in the Great Stock Market Crash
What is Black Tuesday
300
This "New Woman" of the 1920's wore short skirts and bob haircuts
What is flappers
300
This state was at the center of Ku Klux Klan strength during the 1920's
What is Indiana
400
This president aided the growth of business; He had his reputation tarnished following the Teapot Dome Scandal
What is Warren G. Harding
400
Famous African American poet and social activist; the most important literary figure of the Harlem Renaissance
What is Langston Hughes
400
term used for the central and southern Great Plains during the 1930s when this region suffered from drought and dust storms
What is the Dust Bowl
400
In 1933 Prohibition was repealed with this amendment
What is the 21st amendment
400
This system was used to pay back war debts from WWI
What is the Dawes Plan
500
He was the defense attorney for John Scopes during the Scopes "Monkey" Trial
What is Clarence Darrow
500
This political leader was the leader of a black nationalism movement during the 1920's; He believed whites and blacks could not live together equally
What is Marcus Garvey
500
this theory states that economic benefits provided to businesses and upper income levels will benefit poorer members of society by improving the economy as a whole.
What is trickle down economics
500
This phrase was uttered by Warren G. Harding; It represented a return to American lifestyles prior to WWI
What is "return to normalcy"
500
this was the term used to describe the flood of new affordable goods in the decades after WWI