Aviator and author, first female pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She nor her plane has ever been found.

Tennessee educator found guilty of breaking the law for teaching evolution in the classroom.

Republican, 19th president, died in office and was corrupt.

American trumpeter and singer. Career spanned five decades.(50 years)

Republican, 20th president. He was vice-president of Warren Harding and took office when he died.

A scandal where secretary of the state, Albert B. Fall, was secretly leasing government oil reserves to two businessmen and accepting about $400,000 in return.

The idea that Americans should continue to buy lots of many products whether they needed or could afford them or not.

Investing borrowed money and amplifies both gains and losses.

Author, disability rights advocate, lost her sight and hearing after a sickness.

Flapper, artist, writer, and had a mental illness that kept her from achieving her dreams.

Suffragist, author, and worked to gain rights for women.

American educator who was principal of the Tuskegee Institute.

American professional baseball player, also known as "The Great Bambino."

Invented the Model T and innovated the Assembly line.

Invented the light bulb

Invented things from peanuts, like flour, paste, insulation, soap, etc.

Invented the telephone

Invented the first motor-operated airplane.

Widespread migration of African Americans in the 20th century from rural communities in the south to cities in the large north.

A period of time with African American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater, and politics centered around Harlem, New York City.

Period of time in the 1920's and 1930's in which jazz music and dance styles rapidly gained nationwide popularity in the U.S.

American poet and leader of the Harlem Renaissance

American composer and musician, who was referred to as the "Father of the Blues."

Worldwide economic downturn that began in 1929 and lasted until 1939.

Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti robbed and murdered two people in Massachusetts and were sentenced to death.

A time of fear and reaction against communism in the U.S. after WWI.

Individual people do not own land, factories, or machinery. The government or the whole community owns these things. Everyone is supposed to share the money that they create.

A person who believes that the government and laws are not necessary.

The manufacture and sale of alcohol is illegal.

A continuous period of increasing and decreasing of a business.

A place where poor or homeless people went to get food. Normally served soup and bread.

Towns with shacks made from paper, cardboard, milk cartons, etc. Named after Herbert Hoover.

Radio broadcasts, by Franklin D. Roosevelt, that kept the public informed about the banking crisis, Great Depression, and any other important things going on in the world.

The name given to the drought-stricken Southern Plains region of the United States, which suffered severe dust storms during a dry period in the 1930s.

A series of programs and projects instituted during the Great Depression by President Franklin D. Roosevelt that aimed to restore prosperity to Americans.

What New Deal Programs are still in effect today?