The Roaring Twenties

Question 1

warren g harding

Answer 1

29 president

Question 2

calvin coolidge

Answer 2

30 president

Question 3

teapot dome scandal

Answer 3

a political scandal during Harding’ administration involving the secret lease of government land to oil companies

Question 4

kellogg-briand pact

Answer 4

a 1928 treaty outlawing war

Question 5

installment buying

Answer 5

buying on credit

Question 6

communism

Answer 6

economic system in which all wealth and property are owned by the gov

Question 7

disarmament

Answer 7

the reduction of armed forces and weapons of war

Question 8

model t

Answer 8

an automobile with a 2.9-liter and 4-cylinder engine produced by the Ford Motor Company

Question 9

flappers

Answer 9

a woman who wanted to rebel by wearing her hair short and wearing short skirts

Question 10

red scare

Answer 10

a promotion of widespread fear by a society or state by a potential rise of communism or anarchism

Question 11

21 amendment

Answer 11

prohibition

Question 12

scopes trial

Answer 12

john scopes, a teacher, going to trial for teaching about evolution

Question 13

great migration

Answer 13

the movement of millions of african americans from the south to the north and midwest

Question 14

jazz age

Answer 14

a post WWI movement in which jazz music and dance emerged

Question 15

harlem renaissance

Answer 15

an intellectual, artistic, and social explosion that took place in harlem, ny during the 1920s

Question 16

langston hughes

Answer 16

an american poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist from joplin, missouri

Question 17

georgia okeeffe

Answer 17

an american artist known for her enlarged paintings of flowers, skyscrapers, and mexican landscapes

Question 18

what did the wars end bring to america

Answer 18

recession

Question 19

who was blamed for the recession

Answer 19

democrats

Question 20

what happened when the gov cancelled contracts with businesses

Answer 20

unemployment went up and workers were laid off, others went on strike for higher wages

Question 21

what was hardings campaign slogan

Answer 21

“a return to normalcy”

Question 22

what did harding work hard to strengthen, and try the keep the gov from getting involved in

Answer 22

the economy

Question 23

why and who did harding push tax cuts for

Answer 23

for the wealthy to help the lower classes

Question 24

what was secretary of interior fall convicted of

Answer 24

bribery the us senate having committed a criminal act

Question 25

what did calvin coolidge, “silent cal”, do when he became president

Answer 25

fired all those related to the teapot dome scandal, restored americas confidence in the gov, raised tariffs, probusiness

Question 26

calvin coolidge slogan

Answer 26

“americas business is business”

Question 27

what did coolidge sign when he got reelected

Answer 27

the kellogg-briand pact

Question 28

what did fords assembly line do

Answer 28

helped keep the economy going

Question 29

______could be bought at a cheaper price and more people owned them through the installment buying

Answer 29

model t

Question 30

Ford created an ___ hour work day at $___, other companies gave $__ or $___ a day

Answer 30

8, 5, 3, 4

Question 31

what did the model t give people a sense of

Answer 31

freedom and adventure

Question 32

who took fords idea of the assembly line

Answer 32

companies that made washing machines, refrigerators, etc.

Question 33

herbert hoovers campaign slogan

Answer 33

a chicken in every pot meaning that poverty was behind america

Question 34

where did young people move from and to after the war

Answer 34

farms to urban areas

Question 35

about italian anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti who went to trial

Answer 35

they were accused of killing two people, but claimed they were not guilty, the American Civil Liberties Union tried to get them out of jail, but was not able to, both were executed in 1927

Question 36

what amendment was hard to enforce

Answer 36

18

Question 37

speakeasies

Answer 37

illegal bars

Question 38

what did prohibition fail to do

Answer 38

prevent drinking and decrease the amount in crimes

Question 39

one of the three popular dances

Answer 39

charleston or shimmy

Question 40

emergency quota act of 1921

Answer 40

restricted immigration in the us