The Roaring 20s
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It's only Business
Seeing Red!
200

A period of mass migration of African Americans from the American South to the North, Midwest, and West.

What is The Great Migration

200

He was the president from 1929 - 1933, and oversaw the beginning of the Depression.

Who is Herbert Hoover

200

This program generates a great deal of electricity, and provides economic development along the Tennessee River.

What is the TVA: Tennessee Valley Authority

200

He made automobiles affordable, and revolutionized the process in which cars were assembled and sold.

Who is Henry Ford

200

They were Italian immigrants who were convicted of murder and sentenced to death without any strong evidence pointing toward their involvement.

Who were Sacco and Vanzetti

400
A Biology teacher who was put on trial for teaching Charles Darwin's theory of Evolution.

Who is John Scopes

400

He did very little to help the American people during the Great Depression, as he was a strong believer in "Rugged Individualism".

Who is Herbert Hoover

400

This Program insured bank deposits up to $5000, and protected banks from failing.

What is the FDIC: Federal Deposits Insurance Corporation

400
Named after a former president, they were also referred to as Shack-towns, many people who were unemployed lived there when they lost everything in the Great Depression.

What are Hoovervilles

400

They lead the Russian Revolt and got rid of the Russian Royal family. 

Who were the Bolsheviks

600

A nationwide ban on the production, sale, and consumption of alcoholic beverages that lasted from 1920 to 1933.

What is Prohibition

600

This President passed away while in office and was the President who said, "What America needs is a return to Normalcy."

Who is Warren G. Harding

600

This Program helped unemployment, by hiring citizens to plant trees, clear out pollution, and conserve national resources.

What is the CCC: Civil Conservation Corps

600

A series of large dust storms that plagued the American Midwest. It was the main reason farmers were struggling during the Great Depression. 

What is the Dust Bowl

600

They are racist terrorist group wearing sheets that re-emerged during the Red Scare of the 1920s.

What are the Ku Klutz Klan

800

Athletic competition activities involving physical exertion and skill as the primary focus of the activity, with elements of competition that became extremely popular in the 1920s.

What are sports

800

Was President of the USA for more than two terms, serving from 1933-1945. He also was sick with Polio.

Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt

800

This program offered public assistance for dependent mothers,children,old aged and injured people.

What is the SSA: Social Security Administration

800

A series of evening radio addresses given by Franklin D. Roosevelt, in order to reassure Americans and boost their confidence in his administration.

What are Fire-side Chats

800

A movement of Paranoia during the 1920s, where the Justice Department raided the homes and offices of suspected Communists, Socialists, and anarchists. They deported and jailed immigrants, and made many anti-immigration laws.

What is the Red Scare

1000

A cultural and artistic movement that took place in the 1920s and 1930s, centered around the Black American experience.

What is the Harlem Renaissance

1000

Introduced the New Deal and tried to relieve a great deal of problems during the Great Depression.

Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt

1000

This program helped with unemployment by hiring providing work for civilians with public projects and building infrastructure like schools, and roads.

What is the WPA: Works Progress Administration

1000

A manufacturing process that uses a series of workstations to assemble a product in a specific order. It was how Henry Ford was able to Mass-produce the Model T car.

What is the Assembly line

1000

This is a form of government that is classless, stateless, and money less. Many Americans were afraid of it being spread into the USA.

What is Communism