Social Issues
What was the primary accomplishment of the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924?
Native Americans became US citizens.
What natural resource was at the center of the Teapot Dome Scandal?
Oil
What technological "first" effectively shrank the world in January of 1927?
The first transatlantic telephone call.
How did too many stock purchasers get the money to buy stocks in the 1920s?
They borrowed the money.
What was "The House that Ruth Built"?
Yankee Stadium
Where did 30,000 KKK members march in August of 1925?
Washington DC
What tragedy happened to Franklin D. Roosevelt in August of 1921?
He contracted polio and became partially paralyzed.
When Ford Motor Company stopped production of the Model T, what car did they start making?
The Model A.
What illegal product made huge profits for the gangsters of the 1920s?
Alcohol
What University of Illinois athlete helped legitimize the fledgling NFL when he joined the Chicago Bears?
Red Grange
What did the Supreme Court rule in United States v. Bhagat Singh Thind in 1923?
That Thind could not become a US citizen because he wasn't a "white person".
What was the primary purpose of the Emergency Quota Act of 1921?
Limited immigration based on national origin quotas.
US President Calvin Coolidge's 1925 inauguration was brought to the public for the first time using what technology?
Radio
What happened on "Black Tuesday" (October 29, 1929)?
Panicked investors traded 16 million shares, losing $14 billion in stock value and ending the 1920s economic boom.
Babe Ruth
What was the 1925 "Monkey Trial" about?
Teaching the theory of evolution in the schools.
What groups were targets in the Palmer Raids during the "First Red Scare" in 1920?
Communists and anarchists.
What was significant about Al Jolson's The Jazz Singer, released in 1927?
Its synchronized sound marked the end of the silent film era.
What was the primary cause of the 1920-1921 recession?
High unemployment from returning soldiers and loss of European markets.
What was the nickname of the 1927 New York Yankees?
Murderer's Row.
What US population milestone did the 1920 Census reveal?
The US population exceeded 100 million (106 million) for the first time.
What did the constitutional amendment passed on August 26, 1920 accomplish?
Women's suffrage.
What American became the first person to fly solo and non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean in May of 1927?
Charles Lindbergh
Name one way that the Federal Reserve helped deepen the Great Depression.
What were the three sports played by the "Big Three", Babe Ruth, Red Grange and Jack Dempsey?
Baseball, football, and boxing.