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42 Cards in this Set
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Who flew the Atlantic non-stop?
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Charles Lindbergh
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Jazz was a combination of what 3 things?
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African rhythm
Blues Ragtime |
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What was the most famous song on the 1920's?
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Runnin' Wild
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What were speakeasies?
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Illegal nightclubs of the prohibition time period.
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What were the three R's of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal?
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Relief
Recovery Reform |
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Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth played for what baseball team?
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NY Yankees
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What was the first name of Franklin Roosevelt's wife?
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Elenor
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Who was the famous woman pilot who disappeared over the Pacific in 1937?
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Amelia Earhardt
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Who were bootleggers?
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Gangsters that made illegal alcohol
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A period of drought and wind that hit the Great Plains in the 1930's is called the ______ _______.
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Dirty 30's
or Dust Bowl |
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Who was the most famous gangster of the 1920's?
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Al Capone
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Harding, Coolidge and Hoover were all part of what party?
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Republican
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In 1933, ________ came to power in Germany and _________ became President of the United States.
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Hitler
Roosevelt |
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What was Teapot Dome?
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An Oil scandal in Wyoming
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The day the stock market crashed was called _______ _______?
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Black Tuesday
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What President died in office in 1923?
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Harding
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Who won the election of 1932?
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Roosevelt
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Who was President of the United States in 1929 when the Stock Market crashed.
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Hoover
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What part of New York City had a black Renaissance during the 1920's?
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Harlem
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Because of the _________ _________, Henry Ford was able to mass produce millions of Model T. Fords.
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Assembly Line
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What was the popular dance of the 1920's?
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Charleston
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Why was the Social Security Act passed?
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To help older American in retirement.
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What is the French term meaning to "leave alone"?
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Laissez-Faire
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Who won the election of 1924?
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Coolidge
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What was the popular short hairstyle for women in the 1920's?
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bob
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Marcus Garvey wanted American blacks to return to _________.
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Africa
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What was the first "talking movie" called?
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The Jazz Singer
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Who was the famous comedian silent film star of the 1920's?
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Charlie Chaplin
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Who was a famous black jazz musician of the 1920's and 1930's?
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Louis Armstrong
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How long did the Great Depression last?
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From 1929 to 1941
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To buy stocks on credit was called buying on _____________.
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margin
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Name a famous book written by Hemingway.
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A Farewell To Arms
For Whom The Bell Tolls The Sun Also Rises |
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What is isolationism?
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Non involvement in the affairs of other nations.
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KDKA was the first radio station to go on the air in what city?
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Pittsburgh
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Young women that wore the fashions of the time period were called ________.
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flappers
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What did the 18th Amendment do?
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It made Alcohol illegal
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What was Scopes found guilty of teaching in the Tennessee school system?
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Evolution
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Who was defeated by Gene Tunney in 1928?
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Jack Dempsey
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The famous German heavyweight fighter that defeated Joe Louis and then lost to him was _______ ________.
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Max Schmelling
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What was the nickname given to the New York Yankees?
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Bronx Bombers
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Who wrote "The Great Gatsby"?
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Fitzgerald
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Americans that lived in Paris in the 1920's were called ________.
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expatrates
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