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Who is Aaron Copeland
Mainstream Composer
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Who is Charles Lindbergh
Flew alone across the Atlantic
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What is the 18th amendment
Outlawed consumption of alcohol
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What is Black Tuesday
The day the stock market crashed
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What is margin call
Broker's demand for money they had lent to investors
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Who is David Sarnoff
founded he National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
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Who is Henry Ford
Introduced assembly line production
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What is the 19th amendment
gave women the right to vote
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What is a tarrif
tax on imports
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What is a speakeasy
to drink in secret; password: "Joe sent me"
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Who is Guglielmo Marconi
Invented wireless radio
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Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald
Author of "The Great Gatsby"
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What is FDIC
established to help regain trust in banks
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What are Okies
left the dust bowl for opportunities in California
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What is Hooverville
crude shelters built by the homeless
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Who is Jacob Lawrence
Artist who painted Great Migration scenes
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Who is Langston Hughes
Harlem Renaissance poet
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What is CCC
gave jibs of outdoor work to young men
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What are bootleggers
smuggled illegal liquor
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What is the Great Migration
African Americans left the south and moved to northern cities
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Who is John Steinback
Author of :The Grapes of Wrath"
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Who is Duke Ellingon
Harlem Renaissance Musician
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What is AAA
paid farmers to grow fewer crops
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What is New Deal
Roosevelt's plan to stop the great Depression
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What is a speculator
makes investment in hope of making a profit
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