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1.) Louis Armstrong- He was nicknamed Satchmo or Pops; he was an American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana.



2.) Sacco and Vanzetti- They were two Italian-born laborers and anarchists who were tried, convicted and executed by electrocution on August 23, 1927 in Massachusetts for the 1920 armed robbery and murder of a pay-clerk and a security guard in South Braintree, Massachusetts.



3.) Bootlegger- Someone that would hide alcohol in the boots during the prohibition period.



4.) Flapper- The term came from a new breed of young girls that wore short skirts, bobbed their hair, and listened to jazz.


5.) The Negro league baseball- American professional baseball leagues comprising teams predominantly made up of African Americans.




6.) Amelia Earhart- The first woman to receive the Distinguished Flying Cross, awarded for becoming the first aviatrix to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She was a noted American aviation pioneer and author.



7.) Georgia O'Keeffe- A major figure in American art from the 1920s. She is chiefly known for paintings of flowers, rocks, shells, animal bones, and landscapes in which she synthesized abstraction and representation.


8.) Bessie Smith- She is often regarded as one of the greatest singers of her era, and along with Louis Armstrong, a major influence on subsequent jazz vocalists. She was often referred to as "The Empress of the Blues".



9.) Claude McKay- He was a Jamaican writer and poet, and in his early life he was a communist, but after a visit to the Soviet Union, he decided that communism was too disciplined and confining.



10.) Zora Neale Hurston- an American folklorist and author during the time of the Harlem Renaissance. She is best known for her 1937 novel Their Eyes Were Watching God.

1.) Herbert Hoover- the 31st President of the United States. He was a professional mining engineer and author.



2.) Stock market- A public market for the trading of company stock and derivatives at an agreed price. The stock market is one of the most important sources for companies to raise money.



3.) Shantytowns- small towns in the outskirts of many cities, especially in third world countries. Often were houses badly built with plywood, corrugated metal, sheets of plastic, cardboard or any available material just to keep the rain out.



4.) Hoovervilles- A more popular name for shantytowns that were built by the homeless, and named after the president at the time, Herbert Hoover.



5.) Soup kitchen- Where food is prepared and fed to the hungry or homeless for free or a small price. Most soup kitchens are located in poor neighborhoods and are run by volunteers.



6.)Dust bowl- was a period of severe dust storms causing major ecological and agricultural damage to American and Canadian prairie lands. The dirty thirties were from 1930 to 1936.



7.) Bonus Army- An assemblage of some 43,000 marchers — 17,000 World War I veterans, their families, and affiliated groups, who protested in Washington, D.C., in spring and summer of 1932. Known as the Bonus Army and Bonus March by the news media.


8.) Great Depression’s effects on city dwellers- People became homeless, had little or no food or money. Many people living in a decent home had to move to a shantytown.



9.) Great Depression’s effects on rural lives- Peoples crops were not worth as much. Their farms were not in as good of shape because of the fact that they could not buy things to help them grow.



10.) Great depression- Most men were left jobless, homeless, hungry, and had no money due to all of the money spent on WWI. It this picture it shows that men are left with no jobs, but keep fighting to find new ones.

1.) Franklin D Roosevelt- He was the 32nd president and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war. He was the only president that served more than two terms.

2.) Eleanor Roosevelt- She was the first lady and the 32nd president’s wife. She was a supporter of her husband’s The New Deal.


3.) New Deal- A list of programs Franklin D. Roosevelt created to bring the country out of a great depression.



4.) FDIC- A company that Franklin D. Roosevelt set up to insure that your money up to a certain amount is safe and if the banks fail you will get it back. This was one of the companies of the new deal.



5.) Social Security Act- Social Security is a social insurance program funded through dedicated payroll taxes called Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA).



6.) Motion pictures- The first motion picture camera was invented by Thomas Edison.



7.) Tennessee Valley Authority- Set up to provide jobs and better lives for people damaged by the great depression. A program made by Franklin D. Roosevelt to come back from the depression.




8.) National Youth Administration- A New Deal agency to help come back from the great depression.



9.) Workers Progress Administration- A New Deal program set up by Franklin D. Roosevelt to get people back into jobs and help the economy boost.



10.) Agricultural Adjustment Act- An act designed by the New Deal to help farmers get their stability back.