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| What made labor saving devices available to rural Americans? | Electrification |
| What 3 things caused communication to change & develop in the 1920's? | Radio, Movies, Telephone |
| What were the 3 causes of the Dust Bowl? | Overuse of lnad by plowing, Ten year drought, High winds |
| What 5 states were most affected by the Dust Bowl? | Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Nebraska, New Mexico |
| Which group suffered the deepest poverty in the early 1930's? | African Americans |
| African Americans migrated from which part of the country to which part of the country? | South to North |
| For which type of jobs did African Americans look? | Factory jobs |
| Name this movement of African Americans. | The Great Migration |
| What was created to provide retirement income & social services? | Social Security Administration |
| What was created to insure banks? Then $2,500 now $100,000. | Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) |
| What 3 "R's" did FDR's New Deal program offer? | Relief, Recovery, Reform |
| Name the agency employed men between the age of 17 - 24. | Civilian Conservation Corps |
| Cause - Run on banks. Effect - ? | Bank Holiday |
| Which banks were reopened? | Only those most secure |
| When did the stock market crash? | October 29, 1929 |
| Name the 3 causes of the Depression. | Overspeculation in the stock market, high protective tariffs, individuals buying on credit |
| What % of Americans were unemployed during the Depression? | 25% |
| During the 1920's and 1930's what was the source of home entertainment? | Radio |
| What were the 2 big movie block busters during the 1930's? | Gone With The Wind & The Wizard of Oz |
| What was the era of the 1920's called? | The Jazz Age |
| Name the 2 big band leaders and jazz composers of the 1920's. | Duke Ellington & Louis Armstrong |
| Who was the "Empress of Blues"? | Bessie Smith |
| Who won 4 gold medals in the 1936 Olympics? | Jesse Owens |
| Name the greatest baseball player of the 1920's. | Babe Ruth |
| Name the greatest American Indian athlete of the 1920's | Jim Thorpe (Runner, Baseball, Football) |
| What did Charles Lindbergh do? | Flew the first solo transatlantic flight |
| For what is John Scopes known? | Guilty of teaching evolution in Tennessee (test case) |
| Who are the 2 best known composers of American music? | George Gershwin & Aaron Copeland |
| Who is known for painting urban & southwestern scenes? | George O'Keeffe |
| Who wrote "The Great Gatsby"? | F. Scott Fitzgerald |
| Who wrote "The Grapes of Wrath"? | John Steinbeck |
| Name the 2 anarchists executed for robbery & murder. | Sacco & Vanzetti |
| Name the African American artist who painted scenes about the Great Migration. | Jacob Lawrence |
| Name the Harlem Renaissance poet. | Langston Hughes |
| What phrase refers to African American achievements in art, literature & music of the 1920's? | Harlem renaissance |
| What term refers to American fears of radicals and communists? | Red Scare |
| What 5 letter word describes the big problem of the 1920's? | CRIME |
| Which amendment probibited the sale, transport, or manufacture of alcohol? | 18th Amendment |
| Which amendment guaranteed women's suffrage? | 19th Amendment |
| Which amendment reversed prohibiton? | 21st Amendment |
| What did bootleggers do? | Smuggled illegal alcoholic drinks during prohibition |
| What 3 letter word describes short term cultural trends? | Fad |
| What advertising catch phrase urged people to use credit? | "Buy now, pay later" |
| Which economic system urges people to buy products? | capitalists system |
| By 1929, which company owned the most department stores? | J.C. Penney |
| Who developed the assembly line? | Henry Ford |
| Which industry created the increased need for gas and oil? | Auto |
| What was Warren g. Harding's 1920 presidential campaign phrase? | "Return to Normalcy" |
| Which presidential candidate used the catch phrase - "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself". | FDR |
| Who had the campaign slogan "A chicken in every pot and a car in every gargage". | Herbert Hoover |
| For what was the Tin Lizzie the nickname? | Model T |
