Boom & Bust
This is the name of a union worker for the IWW
What is a Wobblie
One device brought news and entertainment into homes by radio waves.
What is the radio?
This Law prohibited the sale and consumption of alcohol nationwide.
What is Prohibition?
This war took place from 1914-1917
What is the Great War/WW1?
An economic system in which private individuals own and operate businesses for profit.
What is capitalism?
On October 29, 1929, this dramatic economic event took place.
What is the stock market crash?
He pioneered mass‑production methods that drove down automobile prices.
Who is Henry Ford?
During Prohibition, an illicit bar where you could buy a drink was known by this slang name.
What is a speakeasy?
This secret organization saw a resurgence in the 1920s, promoting white‑supremacist views.
What is the Ku Klux Klan?
A secret plan by a group to do something unlawful or harmful.
What is a conspiracy?
This was a positive side effect for World War 1 in Washington State
What is Created more jobs
In 1927, he became the first person to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic.
Who is Charles Lindbergh?
Passed in WW I, this act made it a crime to speak or publish against the U.S. government.
What is the Sedition Act?
This ideology calls for communal ownership of property and elimination of class distinctions.
What is communism?
Deliberate destruction or obstruction of equipment, machinery, or processes.
What is sabotage?
This social group experienced significant new freedoms in the 1920s.
Who are Women?
This invention was called the most important of the 1920s, fundamentally changing daily life and travel.
What is the automobile?
This process allows citizens to vote for or against laws by popular vote.
What is a referendum?
The 1925 trial debating whether evolution could be taught in schools was nicknamed this.
What is the Scopes “Monkey” Trial?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY 800 POINTS
The right or privilege to vote in public elections.
What is suffrage?
He was inaugurated president in 1929 promising “blue skies” ahead.
Who is Herbert Hoover?
William ______ founded this company, which grew into Washington’s largest industry making this vehicle.
What is Boeing (airplanes)?
What amendment was passed making Alcohol illegal all over America.
What is the 18th amendment?
In 1933, this Amendment formally ended Prohibition by repealing the 18th.
What is the 21st Amendment?
Written defamation—publishing false statements that harm someone’s reputation.
What is libel?