1920s Vocab
Carefree young women with short hair, heavy makeup, and short skirts. Always eager to try new things, whether it was fashion, behavior, dance, or a fad
Flapper
A time of utter economic disaster; started in the United States in 1929.
Great Depression
Who was assassinated that was the spark for WWI?
Austria-Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand
The date that the United States of America declared Independence from Great Britain. MM/DD/YYYY
July 4th 1776 or 07/04/1776
What is Mr. Jadin's favorite book series?
Harry Potter
Illegal bar that served liquor during Prohibition
Speakeasy
a period of severe dust storms and drought that greatly damaged the agriculture of the US prairies during the 1930s
Dust Bowl
Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria and Germany.
The Central Powers
This is where most immigrants arrived to the United States in the 1800s.
Ellis Island
Where did Mr. Jadin go to college?
St. Norbert College
Black Tuesday, led to the panic of 1929
stock market crashed
Organization founded to end segregation and discrimination and to achieve political and civil rights for African Americans.
NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
Set up to help settle disputes between factory workers and factory owners.
National War Labor Board
Abraham Lincoln gave this speech to dedicate the Soldiers' National Cemetery and declare the Civil War was being fought to free the slaves.
The Gettysburg Address
Mr. Jadin graduated high school in what year?
2011
this required workers to perform a single task over and over, often for 12 - 14 hours a day
Assembly Line Production
federal program of disability and retirement benefits that covers most working people
Social Security
These were the MAIN causes of WWI.
Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism
Using this method to decide if a state should be able to enter as a free or slave state caused what is now known as Bleeding Kansas.
Popular Sovereignty
Where did Mr. Jadin study abroad? (bonus 500 points for the city!)
Toledo, Spain
Discrimination towards immigrants and the belief that you must be white (of Western European decent) to be American
Nativism
The name of President Roosevelt's program for getting the United States out of the depression. The goals being 1. relief for the hungry and jobless 2. recovery for agriculture and industry 3. reforms to change the way the economy worked
The New Deal
The Red Scare was a period when U.S. citizens were afraid of these people taking over their government. Thanks Russia!
Communists
These are techniques used in a political cartoon. (Include AT LEAST two)
Irony, symbolism, exaggeration, labeling, and analogy.
MUST HAVE TWO TO GET POINTS
When visiting family in Colorado, Mr. Jadin climbed this mountain?
Pike's Peak