Civil Unrest
Who took over Russia in 1919 and turned it into the Soviet Union in 1922
Vladamir Lenin
What did the AFL pledge to do during WWI?
They would not go on strike
What was the 18th Amendment?
The Prohibition of Alcohol
What was the 21st amendment?
Made alcohol legal again
What conference lead to multiple countries reducing the sizes of their navies?
Washington Naval Conference
What is the name of the system that ahs been implemented during this time where people bought things with credit?
Installment Plans
What is the name of the emancipated women who adopted the new trends of the 1920s?
Flappers
What was a new source of mass media and communication?
Radio
Who was a famous Jazz Trumpet player that joined the Creole Jazz Band in 1922?
Louis Armstrong
Name one of the 3 dance styles that came from the birth of jazz.
Foxtrot
Charleston
shimmy
What was the name of the movement of scholars expressing pride in African American Experiences and promoting black artists?
Harlem Renaissance ("New Negri Movement")
What event was caused in the United States by a growing communist party in the United States and around the world?
The First Red Scare
What stake involved U.S. Steel Corportation refusing to meet with union?
Steel Mill Stike
What idea of Charles Darwin did fundamentalism deny?
Evolution
Who ran a ruthless bootleg empire based in Chicago?
Al Capone
What famous Route was made during this time frame when roads were being made to connect cities across the country?
Route 66
Who was the person who got lost on her circumnavigation flight and was a famous pilot in the 1920s. Her remains have not been found.
Amelia Earhart
Who started the Negro League in 1920
Andrew "Rube" Foster
What art style started to become very popular in the 1920s? It had heavy usage of glass, metal, concreate and chrome
Art Deco
Who led the Creole Jazz Band to Chicago in 1918?
Joe "King" Oliver
Name 2 of the other 3 jazz artists that we mentioned in class. two of them made jazz more popular with scat improvisation. The 3rd was the highest paid black artist in 1927.
Duke Ellington
Cab Calloway
Bessie Smith
What was a famous theater in Harlem that came about in the Harlem Renaissance that still exists today?
The Apollo Theater
Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer led what types of events that did not find evidence?
Raids
What is a group of people who are hired to replace striking workers called?
Strikebreakers
Who was the Tennessee biology teacher who was arrested and charged after teaching evolution?
John Scopes
What was the belief that has the Bible as the only source of knowledge.
Fundamentalism
Who was the first person to fly across the Atlantic in the Spirit of St. Louis.
Charles Lindbergh
What scandal involved politicians and industry leaders who were associated with President Harding and were linked to multiple scandals?
Ohio Gang
Who was the author who wrote about the hardships of life and wrote The Great Gadsby?
F. Scott Fitzgerald
What was the first animated movie with sound and dialogue?
Steamboat Willie
James Weldon Johnson led what organization to promote anti-lynching bills in 1919?
NAACP
Jean Toomer wrote what full length publication that had stories and poems about the experiences of African Americans in the North and South?
Cane
Paul Robeson gained international fame for his performance in what Shakespearean play?
Othello
Who were the main targets of the Palmer Raids? (give at least 3)
Communists, Socialists, anarchists and immigrants
What strike happened in 1919 that ended with Massachusetts Gov. Calvin Coolidge sending in the national guard. The protestors were fired and replaced.
Boston Police Strike
What was the name for people who smuggled alcohol into the states?
Bootlegger
What did the Volstead Act create?
The Prohibition Bureau
What pact did Harding promote and sign about rejecting war but had no way to enforce it?
Kellog-Briand Pact
Who was the first African American Pilot?
Bessie Coleman
What was the first live action movie with sound and dialogue?
Jazz Singer
Where did the Art Deco Movement start?
France
Who was a major poet of the Harlem Renaissance and wrote poems such as "I,Too", "Dreams" and "April Rain Song"?
Langston Hughes
Who led the radical UNIA (Universal Negro Improvement Association) and was later arrested for fraud?
Marcus Garvey
Who wrote Their Eyes were Watching God and researched the black population and Carribean roots and influences?
Zora Neale Hurston
Why did the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti cause national and international outrage?
There was not evidence of them having committed the crimes of Murder and armed robbery, but they were sentenced and eventually executed. They were Italian immigrants and known anarchists and draft dodgers.
Who intervened in the Coal Miner Strike of 1919 to make the miners and companies come to an agreement, giving the miners a 27% raise?
Woodrow Wilson
What group supplied the activist Clarence Darrow to be Scopes defense attorney?
ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union)
Who was the Prosecution for the Scope Trial?
William Jennings Bryan
Who was the VP under Harding who became the president when Harding died?
Calvin Coolidge
What Scandal involved the Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall profiting off of oil fields reserved for the Navy?
Teapot Dome Scandal
Who was the first American to win a Nobel prize in literature?
Sinclair Lewis
Who won 7 US open and 8 Wimbledon Titles?
Helen Wills
What negative event happened approximately 25 times in 1919 in reaction to an influx of African Americans moving into the cities?
Race Riots
Name one of the two artists that grew immensely popular and had sold out performances?
Roland Hayes and Ethel Waters
What was the name of the comedy that helped mainstream the Harlem Renaissance and gained success among white audiences?
Shuffle Along