Post WW1 & 1920's

Question 1

Domestic Affairs

Answer 1

internal affairs; nations issues problems that happen in America

Question 2

Tariff

Answer 2

a tax on imported goods

Question 3

Isolationism

Answer 3

when a country keeps to itself and stays out of world conflicts

Question 4

Protectionism

Answer 4

trying to protect Native-born Americans and American business

Question 5

Communism

Answer 5

the government makes all economic ideas

Question 6

Red Scare

Answer 6

Post-WW1 reaction communism– driven by fear and mistrust

Question 7

Sacco and Vanzetti

Answer 7

Italian-immigrant-anarchists–accused of murder and executed

Question 8

Anarchy

Answer 8

no government

Question 9

Palmer Raids

Answer 9

raids on suspected communists

Question 10

19th Amendment

Answer 10

gave women the right to vote

Question 11

Great Migration

Answer 11

movement of African Americans from southern farms to north countries

Question 12

Jim Crow

Answer 12

segregation laws that kept blacks and whites separate in the south

Question 13

Urban Areas

Answer 13

cities

Question 14

Rural Areas

Answer 14

the country; out of the urban

Question 15

Harlem Renaissance

Answer 15

a celebration of black culture in the 1920’s (Jazz, Art, Poetry)

Question 16

Prohibition

Answer 16

a 13-year ban on alcohol

Question 17

Speakeasy

Answer 17

a secret bar where people drank during prohibition

Question 18

Popular Culture

Answer 18

the stuff most people like to do

Question 19

Consumerism

Answer 19

buying more over time

Question 20

Installment Plan

Answer 20

buying stuff on payments (didn’t pay upfront)

Question 21

Flapper

Answer 21

Young, modern 1920’s women (short hair, drank, smoked)

Question 22

Buying Stocks on Margin

Answer 22

making a down payment on a stock and trying to sell it for a profit

Question 23

Stock Speculation

Answer 23

buying stocks in anticipation that their price will go up

Question 24

Herbert Hoover

Answer 24

U.S. President from 1929-1933 (favored Laissez Faire)