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18th Amendment
Which amendment banned the sale of alcoholic beverages?
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Harding, Coolidge, Hoover
Who were the three Republican Presidents of the 1920s?
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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.
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African Americans, Jews, Catholics, Immigrants
Name three groups of people that were targeted by the Ku Klux Klan.
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The Red Scare
When Communism threatened to spread their revolution to other countries it was known as the--?
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21st Amendment
Which amendment repealed the 18th Amendment?
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Charles Lindbergh
First person to make the flight across the Atlantic Ocean. Became a celebrity.
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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".
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Teapot Dome Scandal
A Cabinet member leased naval oil reserves (government land) in Wyoming in exchange for personal bribes.
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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).
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19th Amendment
Which amendment had the greatest impact on the role of women and advanced women's' rights via the right to vote?
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John Scopes (Scopes is sufficient)
Who was found guilty of teaching the theory of evolution in a Tennessee high school biology classroom?
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Nativist/Nativism
A dislike of foreigners. Believed white Protestant Americans were superior to others.
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Return to Normalcy
Harding's policy with the intent of having less ambitious foreign policy and an emphasis on peacetime and prosperity at home.
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Great Migration
2 Million African Americans moved from South to Northern cities in hopes of finding economic opportunities.
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Immigration Acts (of 1921, 1924, and 1929)
What Acts were designed to keep Southern and Eastern Immigrants ("New Immigrants") out of the US?
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Glen Curtiss
Who was the founder of the American Aircraft Industry and designed a seaplane that took off and landed in the water?
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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)
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Mobility, vacations, growth of suburbs, school busses traveled to remote areas, decreased sense of isolation
List three effects of the invention of cars.
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Tin Pan Alley
Area of NYC where American (not necessarily African American music) popular music flourished. (Hint: Bang on the --)
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Speakeasies
As a result of the 18th Amendment, underground bars/taverns appeared that illegally supplied alcohol, also known as --
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Marcus Garvey
Controversial political activist known for fiery rhetoric and fancy uniforms. Advocated Universal Negro Improvement Association as well as "Back-to-Africa Movement".
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Prohibition
What was the cause of an increase in organized crime and mobsters such as Al Capone?
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Harlem Renaissance
Great cultural awakening of African American culture during the jazz age.
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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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