Politics of the 1920s
What famous scandal involved illegal leasing of U.S. Navy oil reserves?
Teapot Dome Scandal?
What invention divided factory work into simple tasks to increase speed and efficiency?
moving assembly line
What type of European art strongly influenced American modern artists in the 1920s?
European art movements
What amendment banned the production, sale, and transportation of alcohol in 1920?
The 18th Amendment
What cultural movement helped build pride and confidence in African Americans during the 1920s?
Harlem Renaissance
Who was Harding’s Secretary of the Interior who accepted over $300,000 in bribes?
Albert B. Fall
Who installed the first moving assembly line in 1913 at a Michigan plant?
Henry Ford
What did much of American modern art in the 1920s focus on showing?
people’s inner moods and feelings
What secret bars did people visit during Prohibition?
speakeasies
Which musician moved to Chicago in 1922 and helped shape early jazz?
Louis Armstrong
Which three influential cabinet members did Coolidge keep from Harding’s administration
Which three influential cabinet members did Coolidge keep from Harding’s administration
What car showed the idea of elasticity by dropping in price as production increased?
Model T
What two major styles described much of modern American art in the 1920s?
surrealism and expressionism
Who were the two Italian immigrants accused and executed in the famous 1920s trial?
Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti
What organization fought segregation and discrimination through courts and lobbying?
NAACP
What three major goals did Andrew Mellon have for the U.S. economy?
balancing the budget, reducing government debt, and cutting taxe
How did attitudes toward borrowing change in the 1920s?
Americans became more willing to use credit and believed they could pay over time
Why did modern artists avoid showing the outer world realistically?
used color, shape, and lines to show emotions, moods, and inner experiences
What organization, founded by William J. Simmons in 1915, targeted immigrants, Catholics, and Jews?
Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
Why did some Americans criticize jazz music during Prohibition?
linked to speakeasies, illegal drinking, and seen as threatening traditional values
In 1921, the United States invited eight major countries to Washington to discuss what issue and promote peace?
naval disarmament and arms control
How did time-and-motion studies affect workers in the 1920s?
made workers more productive but also made work more difficult
Why did some American writers move to Paris after World War I?
they were disillusioned by WWI and consumer society and sought artistic inspiration in a major cultural cente
How did the National Origins Act of 1924 limit immigration, and which groups did it favor?
set quotas at 2% of the 1890 census and favored immigrants from northwestern Europe?
How did African Americans show growing political power in the North during the 1920s and 1930s?
formed influential voting blocs, elected leaders like Oscar DePriest, and helped block Judge John J. Parker’s nomination