Roaring Twenties

Question 1

Define communism.

Answer 1

an economic and political system in which the state owns the means of production and a single party rules.

Question 2

Define anarchists.

Answer 2

people who oppose all organized government.

Question 3

Define prohibition.

Answer 3

a total ban on alcohol drinks.

Question 4

After WWI what happened to the U.S. economy?

Answer 4

It went into a recession.

Question 5

What did President Harding promise to the public after WWI?

Answer 5

A return to normalcy

Question 6

Define recession.

Answer 6

economic slump.

Question 7

Define installment buying.

Answer 7

Buying on credit. Buy now, pay later.

Question 8

Define bull market.

Answer 8

Increased stock trading and rising prices.

Question 9

Define stock.

Answer 9

Share of ownership in a corporation.

Question 10

Which President was associated with the Tea Pot Dome scandal?

Answer 10

Warren G. Harding

Question 11

A “return to normalcy” after World War I meant..

Answer 11

going back to life as it had been before the war.

Question 12

What did President Calvin Coolidge believe the prosperity for all Americans depended on?

Answer 12

the success of American business.

Question 13

What happened to the stock market under President Coolidge?

Answer 13

the stock market grew in value.

Question 14

Which two anarchists were sentenced to death and came to symbolize the anti-foreigner feelings during the 1920s?

Answer 14

Sacco and Vanzetti

Question 15

During prohibition bars were closed and people went to…

Answer 15

speakeasies

Question 16

Define flappers.

Answer 16

women that rebelled by wearing short skirts, cutting their hair short, wearing red lipstick, and going to speakeasies.

Question 17

What amendment banned alcohol?

Answer 17

18th Amendment

Question 18

What amendment repealed the prohibition amendment?

Answer 18

21st Amendment

Question 19

Why did prohibition fail?

Answer 19

It never stopped drinking

Question 20

Why do people purchase shares of stock in a corporation?

Answer 20

share in corporate profits

Question 21

What issue was debated in the Scopes trial?

Answer 21

whether the theory of evolution could be taught in schools.

Question 22

buying on margin

Answer 22

an investor would buy a stock for a fraction of it’s worth and sell when its price rose

Question 23

bootlegger

Answer 23

illegal alcohol smugglers

Question 24

What impact did the automobile have on the United States?

Answer 24

supporting industry helped to grow the economy

Question 25

Define fad.

Answer 25

an activity or passion that is taken up with a degree of passion for a short time

Question 26

Harlem Renaissance

Answer 26

rebirth of African American Culture–Harlem was a part of NYC

Question 27

Who was Langston Hughes?

Answer 27

African American poet helped African Americans celebrate their culture.

Question 28

Who was Lucky Lindy

Answer 28

Charles Lindbergh–Spirit of St Louis Flight across the Atlantic.

Question 29

Define Red Scare.

Answer 29

Fear of communism. Government took hard action against “Reds”

Question 30

What was the goal of the quota system?

Answer 30

limit the number of people immigrating from certain countries

Question 31

What was one main reason for the rise of organized crime during the 1920s?

Answer 31

The manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages was illegal.