Roaring 20s

Question 1

What did African Americans do to seek a better future

Answer 1

Moved north

Question 2

Flappers

Answer 2

Women that broke tradition

Question 3

Who is Albert fall and harry Dougherty

Answer 3

Member of Ohio gang

Albert was secretary of interior

Question 4

Teapot dome scandal

Answer 4

Illegal oil transferring of oil by Albert fall

Question 5

Ohio gang

Answer 5

Political and business leaders that influenced Harding

Question 6

Center of American movie industry

Answer 6

Hollywood

Question 7

Urban Americans

Answer 7

Followed science, modern education

Question 8

Rural

Answer 8

Religious values
Traditional
Basic education

Question 9

Scopes trial

Answer 9

Highschool teacher taught evolution and was fined $100

Question 10

How did Henry ford reduce price of model T

Answer 10

Made the assembly line to produce products faster

Question 11

Nativist view on immigration

Answer 11

Opposed immigration thought immigrants would take jobs

Question 12

What group struggled during the 1920s

Answer 12

Farmers, prices declined which made them move to cities

Question 13

Prohibition

Answer 13

Banning of alcohol

Question 14

18th amendment

Answer 14

Banned alcohol

Question 15

21st amendment

Answer 15

(1933) stops the 18th amendment

Question 16

What effect did prohibition have on crime

Answer 16

Rise in gangsters and illegal selling of alcohol(bootleggers, speakeasies)

Question 17

Who was Andrew Mellon

Answer 17

Wealthy banker; secretary of treasury

Question 18

Economy after WW1

Answer 18

Economic recession after war; economy declined

Question 19

Predominant political attitudes

Answer 19

Conservative; people didn’t like immigration

Question 20

Harlem renaissance

Answer 20

Uprising of social activities

Question 21

Sigmund Freud

Answer 21

Austrian neurologist founder of psychoanalysis

Question 22

What groups did KKK target

Answer 22

Any non-white Christian

Question 23

Langston Hughes

Answer 23

American poet, social activist, novelist one of the innovators of jazz poetry

Question 24

What was the first “talkie” film

Answer 24

“Jazz singer”

Question 25

Bull market

Answer 25

Rising stock market

Question 26

Bear market

Answer 26

Not moving/ failing stock market

Question 27

Dawes plan

Answer 27

US loans Germany money
Germany pays France and Britain
France and Britain pay back US

Question 28

Kellogg- briand pact

Answer 28

Treaty to outlaw war

Question 29

Americas first radio station? Where was it?

Answer 29

KDKA

Pgh

Question 30

Volstead act

Answer 30

Enforced 18th amendment

Question 31

“Wets”

Answer 31

Against prohibition

Question 32

Drys

Answer 32

Liked prohibition

Question 33

Emergency quota act of 1921

Answer 33

3% of immigrants can come to the US

Question 34

what is a speak easy

Answer 34

Secret drinking establishment

Question 35

Famous criminal of prohibition era

Answer 35

Al Capone

Question 36

Bootlegger

Answer 36

Illegal selling of alcohol

Question 37

Ernest Hemingway

Answer 37

Rejected traditional writing

Question 38

Duke Ellington

Answer 38

American composer and band leader of jazz orchestra

Question 39

Zora Neal Hurston

Answer 39

American novelist; best know for their eyes orchestra

Question 40

Charlie Chaplin

Answer 40

Famous silent film star

Question 41

Al Jolson

Answer 41

American singer film actor and comedian

Question 42

Washington naval disarmament

Answer 42

9 nations met to try and prevent arms race

Question 43

Incentives

Answer 43

Motives to do something

Question 44

Normalcy

Answer 44

Lack of government regulation

Question 45

Buying on margin

Answer 45

Installment buying with stocks up to 10% of stock as down payment

Question 46

“Silent cal”

Answer 46

Calvin Coolidge

Quiet and frugal

Question 47

“Business of america is business”

Answer 47

Business fuels the nation