Political
What amendment gave women the right to vote
The 19th Amendment
What country was the main antagonist in World War I?
Germany
What is suffrage?
The right to vote
Who passed the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote?
The United States Congress
What new invention made cleaning easier?
The vacuum
What amendment prohibited alcohol in the U.S
The sinking of Lusitania, Germany’s unrestricted submarine warfare, and the Zimmermann Telegram are reasons why which nation joined World War I?
The United States of America
What is prohibition?
Alcohol was banned from sale, consumption, and distribution
What is a flapper?
A girl who dressed in fun and didn’t follow the old rules for how women were supposed to act
What form of transportation greatly affected the “roaring 20s”?
The automobile (car)
What president was elected 4 times and was a substantial figure the Great Depression
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Whose assassaination is known as one of the main causes of World War I?
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
What was The Great Migration?
During the 1920’s, African Americans started to move from the South to the North
What is the home front?
Where women kept the country running while the men fought in the war
Consumers began buying on?
Credit
What bribery scandal involved a U.S secretary accepting bribes in exchange for leasing government land?
The Teapot Dome Scandal
What organization did Woodrow Wilison want to create in response to WWI?
The League of Nations
What is Laissez-faire?
An attitude that limited government interference in business
What contributions did women make on the home front in World War I?
They worked in factories, offices, and doing other jobs men usually did
The Harlem renaissance is often referred to as..?
The Jazz Age
What fear of communists caused the government to violate individuals’ civil rights?
The Red Scare
What agreement officially ended WWI?
Armistice of Compiègne
What is speculation?
The purchase of an item, not for personal use, but for selling it later at a higher price to make a profit
In what year did women start taking the men’s jobs?
In 1914.
That’s when World War I began and women started taking over many jobs.
A nickname for a New York City publishing district
Hint (center of American pop music)
Tin Pan Alley