Roaring 20s and Dirty 30s

In what way did mass production change the economy?

• Our economy failed
• We became a command economy
• It made industries grow, gave people jobs, and allowed people to buy consumer goods
• It slowed down the way we made things

Why were the 1920s called the "Roaring Twenties"?

• Because there were lions in the United States for the first time
• Because you could hear the roar of all of the new airplanes
• Because music became very popular
• Because people felt life was "roaring" forward like a speeding car.  Women began doing things they never did before and there was a ton of new technology and inventions.

Who was Louis Armstrong?

• The first man on the moon
• A singer and trumpeter who helped to make jazz popular in the 1920s
• He invented the TV
• He was known for his oil company

Who was Langston Hughes?

• He was a singer
• He was an astronaut
• He was a farmer
• He was a famous African American poet

Define prohibition

• The act of forbidding something such as alcoholic beverages
• When women can't vote
• When African American men can't vote
• When the government chooses who has to go fight in certain wars

What was it called when a severe drought in the Great Plains destroyed crops and blew loose dust and dirt all over?

• Desert Storm
• Pearl Harbor
• Dust Bowl
• Great Depression

What president was blamed for the Great Depression?

• Franklin D. Roosevelt
• George W. Bush
• Bill Clinton
• Herbert Hoover

What did Franklin D. Roosevelt do to help with the Great Depression?

• He created the New Deal, which is a series of government programs to help American People in poverty
• He closed the Stock Market
• He gave the United States a different type of economy
• He asked that everyone get paid more ate their jobs.

Which amendment started Prohibition?

• 18th
• 19th
• 20th
• 21st

Which Amendment brought an end to Prohibition?

• 19th
• 18th
• 21st
• 20th