Roaring 20s and Great Depression FIS

Tennessee's first radio station

homeless neighborhoods during the Great Depression

10 year time period when the economy was booming

made the news, music, entertainment shows, and advertising more available to Americans

created programs to end the Great Depression

allowed people to move outside the city

period of creativity by African American artists, writers, musicians, dancers, and politicians

5 cent movies without sound

person who buys goods or services

known as the "Father of the Blues"

first to fly an airplane across the Atlantic Ocean

money borrowed to pay for something

time of strength in the economy

10 year time period of business weakness and economic hardship

popular country music program at the Ryman

money that is owed due to credit or loans

event caused by too many selling rather than buying stocks

the charge for borrowing money

was a successful blues singer from Chattanooga

places that provided free food during the Great Depression

large amount of people without jobs

time of weakness in the economy

name given to the storms on the plains caused by a drought and misuse of land

October 29, 1929, the worst stock market crash in history

used mass production to make cars more affordable