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34 Cards in this Set
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Empress of the blues
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Bessie Smith
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the little tramp
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charlie chaplin
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author who best captured the spirit of the 1920s
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
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America's sweetheart
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Mary Pickford
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composed "Rhapsody in blue" and "Porgy and Bess"
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George Gershwin
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stocks and bonds
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securities
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won the 1928 presidential election
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Herbert hoover
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actress whose carreer spanned 75 years
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Lilian Gish
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The securities and exchange comission was created to
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regulate the stock exchange
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the decline of foreign trade was brought on by
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america's high tarrif prices
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the major health problem among children during the Great Depression
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malnutrition
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how did farmers take up matters into their own hands in order to drive up prices for farm goods?
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they refused to send things to the market, and even set up road blocks and stood there with pitchforks
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what was was the concrete evidence that came to light in the early 1940s if widespread malnutrition of young boys during the Great Depression?
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when the young men went for their physical to fight in WWII 40% of them failed
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why did bankrupt farmers and laid-off lumbermen set forest fires in Washington state?
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so they would be hired to put them out
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who was the democratic candidate for president in 1928
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Al Smith
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what was the major strike against Al Smith for president?
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he was catholic
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what did one little girl reply to the teacher when she suggested she go home to get something to eat?
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i can't. it's my sister's day to eat
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who was the "Great Lover" who made millions of women swoon while viewing "The Sheik"?
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Rudolph Valentino
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the colonies of shacks built up by people who lost their homes when they couldn't make their mortgage or rent payments were called
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Hoovervilles
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how would men seeking a job in NYC save from having to rent a room at night?
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they would pay %0.15-0.20 and ride the subway all night. then they'd wash up in public restrooms
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when people would order a cup of coffee, what else would they order and why?
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a cup of hot water.
they would add ketchup in it and make a tomato-like soup |
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what was the most popular jazz club in Harlem?
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cotton club
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how did Simnclair Lewis characterize small towns in Mainstreet?
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boring, dull, closeminded
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what was the first radio station to broadcast in 1920?
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KDKA
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what was the date of the stock market crash?
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october 29, 1929
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list 4 causes of the Great Depression
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1. tarrifs were too high
2. overproduction of goods 3. bamks ran low on money 4. uneven distribution of income |
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in 1932 farmers' average income was less than ____ of what it had been in 1929
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50%
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fraternity men would compete to see how many
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live goldfish they could swallow
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what kind of puzzles were popular during the 1920s?
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crossword
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who was the "It Girl"?
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Clara Bow
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what was the repeublican campaign slogan in 1928?
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a chicken in every pot, two cars in every garage
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who wrote For whom rhe Bell Tolls, The Old man and the sea and A farewell to arms?
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Hemmingway
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What contest was a test of endurance for couples?
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Dance marathon
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what card game was popular
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bridge
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