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Vocabulary
The Roaring Twenties
The Great Depression
Figures of the Roaring Twenties
FDR
100
Who works on farms that aren't their own?
Sharecroppers
100
What decade was it?
1920-1929
100
What decade is this?
1929 - 1939
100
Who was the famous singer?
Bessie Smith
100
Which state is he from?
New York
200
Where did the people stand for food in the morning?
breadlines
200
What was the problem that no one was aware of?
unemployment
200
Who was the President of the USA when this decade bega\n?
President Hoover
200
Who was the famous baseball player?
Babe Ruth
200
What disease did he contract?
Polio
300
What type of political system did President Hoover employ?
laissez-faire politics
300
What were people doing for the first time? (2)
go to Jazz clubs and to the theater and dancing
300
Who became the President of the USA in 1932?
FDR
300
Who flew across the Atlantic Ocean?
Charles Lindbergh
300
Which political offices did he hold?
Senator, Governor, President
400
Name 3 programs that FDR gave the USA.
NRA, TVA, welfare, Social security, income tax
400
What were people buying for the first time?
radios, vacuums, refrigerators, cars etc.
400
What programs did FDR use to try and bring the USA out of the Depression? (4)
welfare, income tax, NRA and TVA, Social Security
400
Who was a famous gangster?
Al Capone
400
How long did it take him to start 15 new programs?
One Hundred Days
500
What was the term for the taking back of benefits?
repatriation
500
Name 3 important figures from this decade.
Bessie Smith, Al Capone, Babe Ruth, Charles Lindbergh etc.
500
Where were people living who protested against the government?
in Hoovervilles
500
Which immigrants were falsely accused during this time?
Sacco and Vanzetti
500
What happened to him in April of 1945?
He had a heart attack and died