1920's-1930's

Question 1

Who flew the first solo west-to-east conquest of the Atlantic in 1927?

Answer 1

Charles Lindbergh

He piloted the Spirit of St. Louis from New York to Paris in 33 hours.

Question 2

What film glorified the Ku Klux Klan and defamed blacks?

Answer 2

The Birth of a Nation

Directed by D.W. Griffith, it was one of the first full-length classics.

Question 3

What term refers to immigrants from southern and eastern Europe?

Answer 3

New Immigration

Question 4

What is significant about The Jazz Singer?

Answer 4

It was the first talkie starring Al Jolson, marking the beginning of a new era in 1927.

Question 5

Who led the organized birth control movement?

Answer 5

Margaret Sanger

Question 6

What are flappers known for?

Answer 6

Young women with elevated hemlines, rolled stockings, flat chests, rouged cheeks, drinking, and smoking.

Question 7

What did Dr. Sigmund Freud argue was responsible for various emotional ills?

Answer 7

Sexual repression

Question 8

What replaced the old-time men-only corner saloons?

Answer 8

Speakeasies

Question 9

Who is known as the father of vocational education?

Answer 9

John Dewey

Question 10

Which Harlem poet wrote Weary Blues in 1926?

Answer 10

Langston Hughes

Question 11

What movement did Marcus Garvey lead?

Answer 11

Back to Africa movement

Question 12

Who was known as the Bad Boy of Baltimore?

Answer 12

H.L. Mencken

Question 13

What novel made F. Scott Fitzgerald an overnight celebrity?

Answer 13

This Side of Paradise

Question 14

What is Sinclair Lewis known for?

Answer 14

Chronicling Midwest life and writing Main Street in 1929.

Question 15

What influential poem did T.S. Eliot write in 1922?

Answer 15

The Waste Land

Question 16

What architectural philosophy did Frank Lloyd Wright advocate?

Answer 16

Buildings should grow from their sites.

Question 17

What does ‘on margin’ refer to in stock trading?

Answer 17

Buying stocks with a small down payment.

Question 18

Who was the Secretary of the Treasury that passed a series of tax cuts from 1921-1926?

Answer 18

Andrew Mellon

Question 19

What did the Washington Disarmament Conference propose?

Answer 19

Scrapping the American Navy if other countries did.

Question 20

What were Hoovervilles?

Answer 20

Tin-and-paper shanty towns where people lived in poverty.

Question 21

What does ‘rugged individualism’ refer to?

Answer 21

Hoover’s excuse to not get involved with the depression.

Question 22

What major project was begun under Hoover and completed by FDR in 1936?

Answer 22

Hoover Dam

Question 23

What was the purpose of the Muscle Shoals Bill?

Answer 23

To dam the Tennessee River.

Question 24

What was the Bonus Army?

Answer 24

Impoverished veterans demanding immediate payment of their bonuses.

Question 25

What was the intended goal of the Public Works Administration?

Answer 25

Industrial recovery and unemployment relief.

Question 26

Who did Roosevelt refer to as the 'forgotten man'?

Answer 26

Those suffering during the Great Depression.

Question 27

What role did Harold L. Ickes serve in the New Deal?

Answer 27

Secretary of the Interior and head of the Public Works Administration.

Question 28

What was the Brain Trust?

Answer 28

A group of reform-minded intellectuals advising FDR.

Question 29

What was the Dust Bowl?

Answer 29

A disaster affecting Missouri, Texas, Kansas, Arkansas, and Oklahoma due to drought.

Question 30

What does the Hundred Days refer to?

Answer 30

FDR's decisive actions after his inauguration.

Question 31

What did the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 aim to encourage?

Answer 31

Local self-government and preservation of native crafts and traditions.

Question 32

What did the Emergency Banking Relief Act of 1933 empower the president to do?

Answer 32

Regulate banking transactions and reopen solvent banks.

Question 33

Who was John L. Lewis?

Answer 33

President of the United Mine Workers of America.

Question 34

What were Fireside Chats?

Answer 34

Radio speeches by FDR to calm the nation.

Question 35

What did the Fair Labor Standards Act establish?

Answer 35

Minimum wage and maximum-hour levels for industries involved in interstate commerce.

Question 36

What was the purpose of the Civilian Conservation Corps?

Answer 36

To provide employment for young men in government camps.

Question 37

Who recommended planned deficit spending for the New Deal?

Answer 37

John Maynard Keynes

Question 38

What was the chief aim of the Federal Emergency Relief Act?

Answer 38

Immediate relief rather than long-term recovery.

Question 39

What did the Hatch Act of 1939 prohibit?

Answer 39

Federal officials from active political campaigning.

Question 40

Who was Harry L. Hopkins?

Answer 40

Leader of the Federal Relief Administration.

Question 41

Who was Father Coughlin?

Answer 41

A Catholic priest known for his anti-New Deal broadcasts.

Question 42

What was Huey P. Long's Share Our Wealth program?

Answer 42

A plan promising to make Every Man a King.

Question 43

What was Dr. Francis E. Townsend's proposal for senior citizens?

Answer 43

$200 a month for those 60 years and older, to be spent within the month.

Question 44

What was the National Recovery Administration?

Answer 44

A New Deal effort to assist industry, labor, and the unemployed.