Roaring twenties Flashcards
1
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Al Capone
A
American gangster and criminal
2
Q
Warren G Harding
A
29th president — attempted to return the US to normalcy
3
Q
Charles Lindburgh
A
Made the first transatlantic flight — his son got kidnapped increasing his popularity
4
Q
Calvin Coolidge
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30th president — economic prosperity and believed in minimal government intervention
5
Q
Billy Sunday
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famous baseball player, became an evangelist — big religious figure
6
Q
Louis armstrong
A
jazz musician
7
Q
F Scott fitzgerald
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an American author
8
Q
Gertrude ederle
A
first American woman swimmer
9
Q
Georgia O keefe
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modernist artist
10
Q
Herbert Hoover
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31st president
11
Q
Marcus Garvey
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African American political leader, activist, and journalist — eventually got deported to Jamaica, was extremely influential and inspiring
