Legislation Individuals Vocabulary Misc #1 Misc. #2
100
18th Amendment
Which amendment banned the sale of alcoholic beverages?
100
Harding, Coolidge, Hoover
Who were the three Republican Presidents of the 1920s?
100
Flappers
Young women who smoke, drank in public, rejected restricted clothing, wore short dresses, and short hair during the 1920s. Generated a new modern role for women.
100
African Americans, Jews, Catholics, Immigrants
Name three groups of people that were targeted by the Ku Klux Klan.
100
The Red Scare
When Communism threatened to spread their revolution to other countries it was known as the--?
200
21st Amendment
Which amendment repealed the 18th Amendment?
200
Charles Lindbergh
First person to make the flight across the Atlantic Ocean. Became a celebrity.
200
Eugenics (I'll accept Social Darwinism, however that is more the belief that human races compete for survival just as animals.)
What is the pseudo-scientific belief that human race could be improved by breeding. The idea of improving hereditary traits and warned against breeding of the "unfit".
200
Teapot Dome Scandal
A Cabinet member leased naval oil reserves (government land) in Wyoming in exchange for personal bribes.
200
Increased; Electrical Power, motors, phone service, vacuum cleaner, fridge, toaster, radio, TV, motion pictures, etc.
Overall, the 1920s were a prosperous era due to the (Increased/Decreased) demand for new consumer goods such as (list 3).
300
19th Amendment
Which amendment had the greatest impact on the role of women and advanced women's' rights via the right to vote?
300
John Scopes (Scopes is sufficient)
Who was found guilty of teaching the theory of evolution in a Tennessee high school biology classroom?
300
Nativist/Nativism
A dislike of foreigners. Believed white Protestant Americans were superior to others.
300
Return to Normalcy
Harding's policy with the intent of having less ambitious foreign policy and an emphasis on peacetime and prosperity at home.
300
Great Migration
2 Million African Americans moved from South to Northern cities in hopes of finding economic opportunities.
400
Immigration Acts (of 1921, 1924, and 1929)
What Acts were designed to keep Southern and Eastern Immigrants ("New Immigrants") out of the US?
400
Glen Curtiss
Who was the founder of the American Aircraft Industry and designed a seaplane that took off and landed in the water?
400
Speculation
What is it called when you buy something not for immediate profit but in the hopes of making money in the future? (Such as investing in the stock market)
400
Mobility, vacations, growth of suburbs, school busses traveled to remote areas, decreased sense of isolation
List three effects of the invention of cars.
400
Tin Pan Alley
Area of NYC where American (not necessarily African American music) popular music flourished. (Hint: Bang on the --)
500
Speakeasies
As a result of the 18th Amendment, underground bars/taverns appeared that illegally supplied alcohol, also known as --
500
Marcus Garvey
Controversial political activist known for fiery rhetoric and fancy uniforms. Advocated Universal Negro Improvement Association as well as "Back-to-Africa Movement".
500
Prohibition
What was the cause of an increase in organized crime and mobsters such as Al Capone?
500
Harlem Renaissance
Great cultural awakening of African American culture during the jazz age.
500
rejected desire for material wealth and believed they did not fit the "mold" of everyday life after the horrors of WW1.
What were popular beliefs of the "Lost Generation's" authors such as F Scott Fitzgerald?






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