1920's+Topics

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1. John M: The Blues (music), Robert Johnson 2: Dom??? Dance Marathons, (Reality Shows), Master of Ceremonies, Red Skelton 3. Reyna: Modern Dance, Martha Graham 4. Zach: Teapot Dome Scandal, Albert B. Fall 5. Jill: Federal Bureau of Investigation, J. Edgar Hoover 6. Shea: Realism, Edward Hopper, Grant Wood, Leon Kroll 7. Becca: Columbia Broadcasting System, William S. Paley 8. Givi: RCA, Radio Corporation of America, Owen D. Young 9. BOLUN: Jack Dempsey, “Battle of the Century” 10. Emily: Dale Carnegie, “Believe that you will succeed, and you will.” 11. Elena: Carlo Ponzi, Truth in Advertising (1920), Ponzi Scheme 12. Brooks: Rosewood Massacre, Florida (1923); Ida B. Wells (Anti-Lynching Movement) 13. Sheppard-Towner Act (1921) and American Medical Association 14. Ashley: Great Flood of 1927, Mississippi River Commission 15. Southern Tenant Farmer’s Union, Myrtle Lawrence <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt; text-align: left;">16.Matt: Col. Billy Mitchell, court-martialed, critic of U.S. air power <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt; text-align: left;">17. Taylor: Sears Roebuck, Alvah C. Roebuck, home appliances, retail stores <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt; text-align: left;">18. American Farm Bureau Federation, James Howard, Oscar Bradfute <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt; text-align: left;">19. Elizabeth: Scopes Trial, Dayton Tennessee, pick a side Darrow (Evolutionists) and Bryan <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt; text-align: left;">20. Lexie: Lost Generation, (Ernest Hemingway, Gertrude Stein, Jon Dos Passos) <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt; text-align: left;">21. Jacob: American Olympics Association, Gertrude Ederle <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt; text-align: left;">22. Ben: Charles Lindbergh flies non-stop from New York to Paris (1927) <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt; text-align: left;">23. Blaine: Talking Movies, Al Jolson stars in the Jazz Singer, <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt; text-align: left;">24. Mitch: National Negro Baseball League (1923) Andrew Foster <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt; text-align: left;">25. Katie: Buck v Bell <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt; text-align: left;">26. Max: American Civil Liberties Union, Harry F. Ward <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt; text-align: left;">27. Lydia: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt; text-align: left;">28. Annie: <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt;">Black Sox Scandal, Judge Kenesaw M. Landis <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt; text-align: left;">29. Bella: Clara Bow The IT girl, flapper culture <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt; text-align: left;">30. Corbin: Franklin D. Roosevelt, infantile paralysis (polio) <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt; text-align: left;">31. CHARLES Silent Movies, Charlie Chaplin, Lillian Gish <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt; text-align: left;">32. Catt: Harlem Renaissance, Langston Hughes, Josephine Baker <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt; text-align: left;">33. Alex: The Chicago Outfit, Johnny Torrio <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt; text-align: left;">34. Jack: Al Capone, Chicago mob king <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt; text-align: left;">35. Sarah H: Chinese Water Torture Cell, Harry Houdini <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt; text-align: left;">36. Modern Method of Freezing Food, Clarence Frank Birdseye II <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt; text-align: left;">37. John S: <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt;">American Modernism, Georgia O’Keefe <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt; text-align: left;">38. TJ: Organic Style Architecture, Frank Lloyd Wright <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt; text-align: left;">39. Arat: Jazz— Duke Ellington <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt; text-align: left;">40. Graham: The House that Ruth Built, Babe Ruth <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt; text-align: left;">40. Sarah M: General Motors, Alfred P. Sloan, installment buying, branding <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt; text-align: left;">41. Michael M: Broadway, George Gershwin, Eugene O’Neil <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt; text-align: left;">42. Abby: Chrysler Building, William Van Alen, Art Deco design style, <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt; text-align: left;">43. Stacy: Elliot Ness, U.S. Treasury Department, Volstead Act <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt; text-align: left;">44. Gigi: Red Grange – the “Galloping Ghost” - Gigi F. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt; text-align: left;">45. Michael W: Bobby Jones, Professional Golf Association <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt; text-align: left;">46. Bobby: Cotton Club, Speakeasy Culture, William Haines <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt; text-align: left;">47. Emma: Sexual Revolution, Mae West <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt; text-align: left;">49. Drew: League of Women Voters, Carrie Chapman Catt <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt; text-align: left;">50. Lucas: Modernism (literature), Ernest Hemingway <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 13pt; text-align: left;">51. MGM, Louis B. Mayer
 * 51 The Algonquin Round Table, Dorothy Parker, George S. Kaufman, Harold Ross-pick one person **

Installment buying National Origin Act, 1924 McNary Haugen Bill advertising