Roaring Twenties

Question 1

Schenck v. United States

Answer 1

Decision of the U.S. Supreme Court concerning enforcement of the Espionage

Question 2

Bootlegger

Answer 2

Sold alcohol illegally

Question 3

Red scare

Answer 3

Fear of rise of communsim

Question 4

Fundamentalism

Answer 4

Movement or attitude stressing strict and literal adherence to a set of basic principles

Question 5

1928 Election

Answer 5

Herbert Hoover(republican) over Al Smith

Question 6

Speakeasy

Answer 6

Hidden bar

Question 7

National Origins Act of 1924

Answer 7

Limited the amount of immigrants allowed entry into the United States

Question 8

Flapper

Answer 8

women dancing in a dress(new to society)

Question 9

Consumer Economy

Answer 9

People buy things that they don’t new(just looks cool)

Question 10

Jim Thorpe

Answer 10

Athlete that won gold medal

Question 11

Charles Lindbergh

Answer 11

Flew from New York to Paris

Question 12

Warren G. Harding

Answer 12

Promised a “return to normalcy”

Question 13

Speculation

Answer 13

Theory or conjecture without evidence

Question 14

Isolationism

Answer 14

Policy avoiding entanglement with other countries

Question 15

What were the warning signs of an unsound economy?

Answer 15

Personal debt and over production.

Question 16

Why did many Americans fear Vladimir I. Lenin and the Bolsheviks?

Answer 16

System hostile to American values.

Question 17

What were two key features of Republican administrations of the 1920’s?

Answer 17

Hostile values of government

Question 18

Although small in number, what did flappers represent?

Answer 18

The need for no return to the past culture.

Question 19

What created a national culture in the 1920’s?

Answer 19

Social changes.

Question 20

What did women’s fashions indicate about the 1920’s?

Answer 20

Change and no return of the past styles and insignificance of importance.

Question 21

In the 1920’s, how did the status of women in the workplace change?

Answer 21

More women working outside of the home.

Question 22

After immigration laws were tightened, who received many of the low paying jobs?

Answer 22

Immigrants from Canada and Mexico.

Question 23

Where was one of the hottest places in New York to listen to jazz?

Answer 23

Speakeasys

Question 24

How did installment plans affect the American economy in the 1920’s?

Answer 24

They would make a small down payment and pay the rest in monthly installments.

Question 25

What were the results of the boom in the automobile industry?

Answer 25

More job opportunities.

Question 26

Why did many people believe Sacco and Vanzetti were executed?

Answer 26

Because they received a unfair trial.

Question 27

What industry did the most to boost other industries in the 1920’s?

Answer 27

Booming economy and consumerism.

Question 28

What did advertisements in the 1920’s emphasize to sell products?

Answer 28

Desirable traits that pulled people in.

Question 29

What group benefited from the huge rise in the stock market in 1920?

Answer 29

The rich.