The Roaring Twenties & Great Depression
Scavenger Hunt
Open a Word document and type your name at the top. Follow the instructions for each question
below.
The Roaring Twenties
Prohibition – click on the title to answer the questions below:
1. What were the intended goals for Prohibition?
2. What were the actual results of Prohibition?
3. Which amendment began Prohibition? Which amendment repealed it?
4. Who was Al Capone?
Jazz – click on the title to answer the questions below:
5. How were the roaring twenties “a time of unprecedented prosperity”?
6. Name five bands from the 1920’s.
7. What two inventions helped jazz reach even remote locations of the U.S.?
8. Did everyone enjoy jazz music? How do you know?
Fashion – click on the title to answer the questions below:
9. Describe fashion in the 1920’s.
10. What was “the bob”?
11. Who were the flappers?
12. How did the roaring twenties redefine womanhood?
Slang of the 1920’s – click on the title to answer the questions below:
13. Use the slang terms to write one sentence about Prohibition.
14. Use the slang terms to write one sentence about the music of the 1920’s.
15. Use the slang terms to write one sentence about the fashion of the 1920’s.
Great Depression
The Stock Market – click on the title to answer the questions below:
1. What and when was "Black Tuesday"?
2. Over the next two days, how much value did the stock market lose?
3. How long did it take for the stock market to recover?
Life During the Great Depression – click on the title to answer the questions below:
4. What was the unemployment rate in 1933?
5. How many people were unemployed in 1933?
6. What were shantytowns?
7. Why were shantytowns also called “Hoovervilles”?
The Dust Bowl – click on the title to answer the questions below:
8. What conditions led to the Dust Bowl?
9. What was Black Sunday and when did it occur?
10. What did many of the farmers do during the Dust Bowl?
The New Deal – click on the title to answer the questions below:
11. What was FDR’s “First Hundred Days”?
12. Name three goals of the New Deal.
13. What ended the Great Depression and how?
Depression Facts & Dates – click on the title to answer the questions below:
14. Why was Herbert Hoover blamed for the Great Depression?
15. What is the FDIC and what is its purpose?