Politics, Government & Foreign Affairs
Who was the president elected in 1920 who promised Americans a “return to normalcy”?
Warren G. Harding
What fear swept America after World War I that Communists might overthrow the U.S. government?
Red Scare
What amendment banned the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol? What year did this amendment get ratified?
18th Amendment, 1919
What Protestant movement believed in a literal interpretation of the Bible and rejected the teaching of evolution?
Fundamentalism
What became the most popular communication medium in America during the 1920s?
Radio
What agreement did 64 nations sign agreeing to renounce war as an instrument of national policy?
Kellogg-Briand Pact
What organization had approximately 4.5 million white male members in 1924 and opposed African Americans, Catholics, Jews, and immigrants?
Ku Klux Klan
What were the hidden saloons and nightclubs of the Prohibition era called?
Speakeasies
What biology teacher was arrested for teaching evolution in Tennessee?
John T Scopes
Who became an American hero by making the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean?
Charles A Lindbergh
What scandal involved Secretary of the Interior Albert Fall secretly leasing government oil reserves to private companies in exchange for money?
Teapot Dome Scandal
What two Italian immigrants were executed after being accused of crimes during the Red Scare?
Sacco and Vanzetti
What smugglers made huge profits by illegally bringing alcohol into the United States?
Bootleggers
What famous trial became a national debate over evolution, religion, and science?
Scopes Trial
What movement involved hundreds of thousands of African Americans moving to northern cities in search of jobs?
Great Migration
What law established limits on the number of immigrants who could enter the United States from foreign countries?
Emergency Quota Act
What three groups did Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer target during the Red Scare because he believed they were plotting against the government?
Communists, Socialists, and anarchists
Who was the famous Chicago gangster whose liquor empire made more than $60 million a year?
Al Capone
DAILY DOUBLE! What group of American writers lived in Europe after World War I and became known for criticizing American society?
Lost Generation
What literary and artistic movement celebrated African American culture during the 1920s?
Harlem Renaissance
DAILY DOUBLE! Explain the cycle involving Germany, Great Britain, France, and the United States that allowed Britain and France to repay their World War I debts to the United States.
American banks loaned money to Germany → Germany paid reparations to Britain and France → Britain and France used the money to repay their debts to the United States.
What was the main goal of the NAACP during the 1920s?
To fight racial discrimination and work toward equal rights for African Americans.
Give three reasons why Prohibition ultimately failed.
It was difficult to enforce, people continued to drink, and organized crime/bootlegging grew.
Name two famous writers from the 1920s and explain what they criticized about American society.
F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway. They criticized materialism, conformity, the glorification of war, and other negative aspects of 1920s society.
DAILY DOUBLE! Identify three important figures from the Harlem Renaissance/African American cultural movement and explain their contribution.
Langston Hughes — poet who wrote about working-class African Americans; Marcus Garvey — founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association; Louis Armstrong — influential jazz musician; James Weldon Johnson — wrote “Lift Every Voice and Sing”; Countee Cullen — poet known for Color.