20's Slang
Alphabet Soup
Presidents
Vocab
Hodge Podge
100
Someone in the 20's might say this to you if you get fancy-like to go somewhere glamorous.  

What is "putting on the ritz?"

100

These initials tell you that your money in the bank is insured.

What is the FDIC?

100

This president desegregated the military.  He was also from Missouri.

Who is Harry S Truman?

100

This policy favors the native population, not immigrants.

What is nativism?

100

This game was invented during the Great Depression.

What is monopoly?

200

If someone was referring to a woman in the 20's or a red fruit/vegetable, they might say this.

What is "tomato?"

200

This group still regulates the stock market today.  It is also the conference the Missouri Tigers play in.

What is the SEC?

200

This president led the US through WW1.

Who is Woodrow Wilson?

200

This amendment repealed (or got rid of) Prohibition.

What is the 21st Amendment?

200
If the stock market is going down or not doing well, it might be referred to as this animal.

What is a bear?

300

If someone thought you were really great, they might say you were this.

What is the "bee's knees" or the "cat's meow?"

300

This "authority" built dams, provided flood control and hydroelectric power.  It was located in Tennessee.

What is the Tennessee Valley Authority or TVA?

300

This president was a "rough rider" and the cousin of FDR.

Who is Teddy Roosevelt?

300

This movement celebrated African American art, literature, and music and originated in Harlem, New York.

What is the Harlem Renaissance?

300

This was the nickname of a prosperous African American district in Tulsa, Oklahoma.  That is, until the white people burned it down.

What is Black Wall Street?

400

If someone was giving you a hard time in the 1920's, it might be called this.

What is "razz?"

400

The New Deal's AAA.  Not the insurance company.

What is the Agricultural Adjustment Act?

400

This president's legacy includes the Great Depression and standardizing milk containers.

Who is Herbert Hoover?

400

This person believes that government is unnecessary and harmful.

Who is an anarchist?

400

This, not the "New Deal," pulled the United States' economy out of the Great Depression.

What is WW2?

500

If someone in the 20's wanted you to get in the backseat, they might tell you to go here.

What is the "struggle buggy?"

500

The NRA.  Not the National Rifle Association.

What is the National Recovery Administration?

500

This is the president who had a "New Deal" for the United States.

Who is Franklin D Roosevelt?

500

These 2 Italian immigrants were executed for a robbery and murder.

Who were Sacco and Vanzetti?

500

This was the "forgotten legacy" of the 1920's.

What is racial violence?