This president was involved in the most spectacular example of political corruption in its time.
Who is Harding
100
The technological innovation liberated the isolated rural family, who could now travel to the city for shopping and entertainment.
What is the automobile/ car
100
State in which a law was passed banning the teaching of evolution in 1925.
What is Tennessee
100
Drinkers went underground to hidden saloons and nightclubs called these.
What are speakeasies
100
His musical talent as a trumpet player rocketed him to stardom in the jazz world
Who is Louis Armstrong
200
Vermont native who succeeded Harding as President.
Who is Coolidge
200
He invented the Model T, which was made using the assembly line so that it would be affordable and accessible to all working Americans.
Who is Henry Ford
200
Name of the substitute teacher who violated the law prohibiting the teaching of evolution.
Who is John Scopes
200
People who smuggled alcohol in from Canada and the Caribbean.
What is bootlegger
200
A literary and artistic movement in New York City celebrating African-American culture.
What is the Harlem Renaissance
300
This was the term for Harding's desire to regain peace and prosperity after WWI and to move away from Progressive reforms.
What is "return to normalcy"
300
Some economists worried that these low down payment, extended payment plans were a sign of fundamental weaknesses in the economy.
What is installment plans (or installment buying)
300
Trial lawyer who defended Scopes and argued for academic freedom.
Who is Clarence Darrow.
300
A liberated young woman who embraced new fashions and urban attitudes of the day.
What is a flapper
300
He was wounded as a soldier in WWI, criticized the glorification of war in his book A Farewell to Arms
Who is Ernest Hemingway
400
This was an American solution to Germany's debt crisis after WWI.
What is the Dawes Plan
400
This invention provided Americans entertainment and access to the news in the home.
What is the radio
400
Prosecutor in the Scopes Trial who defended the teaching of Creationism in schools.
Who is William Jennings Bryan
400
Prohibition contributed to organizer crime in every major city in America. He was the infamous criminal in Chicago.
Who is Al Capone
400
In the Great Gatsby, this author revealed the negative side of the period's freedom.
Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald
500
This was the name of the scandal that plagued Harding's presidency involving the illegal government leasing and profiting off of oil fields.
What is the Teapot Dome Scandal
500
He said "The business of America is business," signifying his view of the limited role that the government should play in the economy.
Who is Coolidge
500
Religious movement that sprang up in the 1920s which was an underlying cause of the Scopes Trial.
What is fundamentalism
500
The ban on the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcohol during the 1920s.
What is Prohibition.
500
The movement of African Americans out of the American South and into northern cities during and after WWI setting the stage for a cultural reawakening.