8th US History - Ch 18b (pg 344-351)

Question 1

What nickname was given to the 1920s?

Answer 1

The “Roaring Twenties”

Question 2

Name the first commercial broadcasting station in the United States.

Answer 2

KDKA

Question 3

Who was the greatest hero of WWI?

Answer 3

Alvin York

Question 4

Who led the American Expeditionary Force into Europe?

Answer 4

John Pershing

Question 5

Who was baseball’s first great home-run hitter?

Answer 5

“Babe” Ruth

Question 6

What invention helped make American factories the most productive in the world?

Answer 6

the assembly line

Question 7

What was the theater district in New York City known as?

Answer 7

Broadway

Question 8

Which FBI leader who took charge of the investigations into Communist activities?

Answer 8

J. Edgar Hoover

Question 9

Who proposed Fourteen Points for world peace?

Answer 9

Woodrow Wilson

Question 10

What invention has had the greatest impact on the average citizen?

Answer 10

the automobile

Question 11

Who was Alvin York?

Answer 11

He was the best-known hero of World War I.