Internet Scavenger Hunt created by Gina Beirne Library

Internet Scavenger Hunt created by Gina Beirne, Library Media Specialist, Southside High School, Elmira

1. Write your answers on the answer sheet given to you by your teacher. 2. Use the underlined links to help you find web sites about the topics and to answer the questions. 3. If you have a problem opening any of the web sites, ask for help.

• Use the Information Please dictionary to define “Roaring Twenties. ” • Using the “Roaring Twenties” Think. Quest site, describe six events of the 1920’s. Describe one event for each of the categories listed on the site. • What was the average cost of a car in 1925? Is this higher or lower than the price in 1908? This was because of what manufacturing development? • Who was responsible for the developmentioned above? Using Concise Encarta or Columbia Encyclopedia, give three facts about him.

• During the 1920’s, a unique type of music called “jazz” developed. Who first called the 1920’s “The Jazz Age? ” • In what two places does jazz have its roots? • Using the Passion of Jazz Timeline, identify three popular three jazz musicians of the 1920’s. • What other type of entertainment was invented in the 1920’s? Name three stars of this type of entertainment? • What was the first “talkie”? Who starred in it? Using the Internet Movie Database, tell what it was about.

• Using dictionary. com, define suffrage. • The Nineteenth Amendment was also known as the Susan B. Anthony Amendment. It was ratified by Tennessee on August 18, 1920. On what date did the amendment become part of the U. S. Constitution? Why can we call Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton home state (NY) girls? • How did the role of women change in the 1920’s? Give three examples and describe them. • What were flappers? Describe what they looked like. Using Google Image Search, find an historical picture of flappers and print it out.

• Using the infoplease. com dictionary, define “prohibition. ” (HINT: Use definition #3. ) • Prohibition was in force during what years? • What were people who made illegal alcohol called? • Even though alcohol was illegal, people still drink. What were the illegal bars that sold alcohol? • To what social, politicial, and legal problem did Prohibition give birth? • Prohibition was repealed in 1933 by what Amendment?

For all of the economic boom that took place during the 1920’s, the decade closed with a devastating economic disaster.

• What was the Great Depression? • What event led to the start of the Depression? When did it happen? • What were other causes that led to the economic collapse?

The Great Depression affected every level of society in the United States, from the extremely rich to the poor. Describe five effects of the Depression using the following sites. Make sure you include unemployment statistics. • Flowchart of Great Depression Effects • Great Depression from Infoplease. com

• What was the name of the program started in the United States to help the nation recover from the Great Depression? • Describe three aspects of the program. • These programs were created under the leadership of what President? • What state was he Governor of prior to becoming president? (HINT: From the article you just read, click on the name of the President, then read the section “Affliction and Return to Politics. ”

What steps did Germany take toward recovery? Italy? Japan?

• Who was Benito Mussolini? • What actions did he take to improve the economy of Italy? • In addition to improving the economy of Italy, he also attempted to control all aspects of life in Italy? Name three examples of this control.

What did Hitler promise the people of Germany? • farmers • unemployed • middle class Why was Germany so vulnerable to the leadership of Adolf Hitler?

• What was the Treaty of Versailles? • How did the Treaty affect Germany and contribute to World War II? • What was the League of Nations? How did its failure contribute to World War II?