Unit 8

Question 1

Who led a
series of raids
during
1919-1920?

Answer 1

Mitchell

Palmer

Question 2

A strike by this
group in Boston
caused much
concern and
controversy.

Answer 2

Boston
Police
Department

Question 3

The policy of
remaining apart
from the policies
of other nations.

Answer 3

Isolationism

Question 4

The Red Scare
was an increasing
worry on the part
of the US of
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.

Answer 4

Communism

Question 5

The Kellogg-Briand
Pact was agreement
to prevent
________________.

Answer 5

War

Question 6

The Communist
Revo in
___________ led
to fear in the US

Answer 6

Russia

Question 7

The institutional
absence of
gov.

Answer 7

Anarchy

Question 8

The \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
grew in numbers
and political
strength during the
1920s

Answer 8

KKK

Question 9

Two anarchists
who were arrested
& executed for
robbery & murder.

Answer 9

Nicola Sacco
& Bartolomeo
Vanzetti

Question 10

US Pres during
the Tea Pot
Dome Scandal.

Answer 10

Warren

Harding

Question 11

The growth &
affordability of
_________ led to
the urban sprawl.

Answer 11

Cars

Question 12

Who
manufactured
the Model T?

Answer 12

Ford

Question 13

He perfected
alternating
current
electricity.

Answer 13

He perfected
alternating
current
electricity.

Question 14

Legendary film
star known as
the “Little
Tramp”.

Answer 14

Charlie

Chaplin

Question 15

Famous
1920s
trumpeter.

Answer 15

Louis

Armstrong

Question 16

Method used
by Ford to
make cars
quickly.

Answer 16

Assembly
Line
Production

Question 17

Led the Back
to Africa
Movement

Answer 17

Marcus

Garvey

Question 18

Pay system
used by Ford if
workers met
certain goals.

Answer 18

$5 a day

plan

Question 19

Famous 1920s
actress who
was known as
an “It Girl”

Answer 19

Clara

Bow

Question 20

Allowed
Americans to
make payment on
expensive items

Answer 20

Installment
Plan/Installment
Buying

Question 21

Describe

a Flapper

Answer 21

Young, short hair,
short skirts,
carefree attitude,
liked to dance,
heavy make up.

Question 22

Female activist
who promoted
the use of birth
control

Answer 22

Margaret

Sanger

Question 23

18th

Amendment

Answer 23

Prohibited

alcohol

Question 24

A secret/hidden
drinking
establishment.

Answer 24

Speakeasy

Question 25

Wrote
“Rhapsody
in Blue”

Answer 25

George

Gershwin

Question 26

Wrote “From
Whom the
Bell Tolls”

Answer 26

Ernest

Hemmingway

Question 27

Wrote “The
Great
Gatsby”

Answer 27

F. Scott

Fitzgerald

Question 28

Female Harlem
Renaissance
Poet

Answer 28

Zora

Hurston

Question 29

Flew the Spirit
of St. Louis
across Atlantic

Answer 29

Charles

Lindbergh

Question 30

Pilot who
disappeared over
the Pacific, never
to be found

Answer 30

Amelia

Earhart

Question 31

Defendant in
famous trial
dealing with the
teaching of
evolution.

Answer 31

John

Scopes

Question 32

Famous
organized
crime leader
from Chicago.

Answer 32

Al

Capone

Question 33

Famous
baseball player
for the New
York Yankees

Answer 33

Babe

Ruth

Question 34

Famous
boxer of
the 1920s

Answer 34

Jack

Dempsey

Question 35

The original
name for
Mickey Mouse

Answer 35

Steamboat

Willie

Question 36

Famous
golfer of
the 1920s

Answer 36

Bobby

Jones

Question 37

Famous U of I
football player
of the 1920s

Answer 37

Red

Grange