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Question 1

Charles Lindbergh

Answer 1

American pilot who made the first non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927.

Question 2

Jazz Age

Answer 2

Name for the 1920’s, because of the popularity of jazz, a new type of American music that combined African rhythms and blues.

Question 3

Charleston Dance

Answer 3

A jazz dance that embodied the jazz age with wild and reckless moves. Took over dance halls and ballrooms in the 1920’s.

Question 4

Charlie Chaplin

Answer 4

A “silent comedian,” this movie star continued to lengthen the silent film style and offer an alternative to the sound film with his trademark tattered suit, derby hat, and cane, playing the “little tramp” who made audiences laugh with his silent jokes.

Question 5

installment buying

Answer 5

Method of purchase in which buyer makes a small down payment and then pays off the rest of the debt in regular monthly payments.

Question 6

Bull Market

Answer 6

A period of increased stock trading and rising stock prices.

Question 7

buying on margin

Answer 7

Purchasing stock with a little money down with the promise of paying the balance at sometime in the future.

Question 8

Stock Market Crash of 1929

Answer 8

Plunge in stock market prices that marked the beginning of the Great Depression.

Question 9

Herbert Hoover

Answer 9

Republican candidate who won the Election of 1928 by promising “A chicken in every pot and a car in every garage. He was President when the Stock Market crashed in 1929 and attempted to first deal with the Depression by trying to restore public faith in the economy. He lost the Election of 1932 to Franklin Roosevelt.