Spanish Flu/Race Riots
What is the primary city that we talked about that was the end destination for the Great Migration and was home to many race riots?
Chicago
What was the "red" of the Red Scare that people were panicked by?
Communism
What amendment to the Constitution banned the production, transport, and sale of alcohol in the United States?
18th
What cultural movement celebrated Black culture and arts during the 1920s, bringing them to a wider range of audiences.
Harlem Renaissance
What did Mr. Samuelson do last weekend?
Graduated with his Master's
What year did the Spanish Flu start?
1918
What is nativism?
A fear/dislike/distrust of foreigners or immigrants
What was the name for a secret bar that illegally served alcohol during Prohibition?
Speakeasy
What style of music became very popular during the 1920s?
Jazz
What was the goal of the Temperance Movement?
Prohibition of alcohol
Name one major reason for the Great Migration.
More equality, jobs, support, opportunities in the north
What were the names of the two men that were arrested and charged with murder based on the fact that they were Italian immigrants.
Sacco and Vanzetti
Name one of the famous gangsters that rose to power during this time that we discussed in class.
Al Capone, Benjamin Siegel, John Herbert Dillinger , George Francis Barnes Jr.
Name at least two influential members of the Harlem Renaissance.
Louis Armstrong, Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, Marcus Garvey
What was the name of the oil field that was illegally leased during the Harding Administration.
Teapot Dome
What was the primary cause of the race riots during the 1920s?
Racial tension and competition for jobs after the Great Migration and WWI
What were the names of the raids led by the US government against immigrants in an attempt to capture and deport communists/anarchists?
Palmer Raids
Alcatraz
What were the young women who challenged the social norms during the 1920s called? How did they challenge these norms?
Flappers; smoking, drinking, bobbed haircuts, short dresses
What was the name of the movement in which many Americans began buying items on credit or installment plans and new styles of advertisements were developed.
Consumerism
Why was the Spanish Flu named after Spain?
Spain was neutral during WWI and therefore was able to freely report on the outbreak, something that countries that were actively fighting the war would not do.
What was the name of the secret racist, white supremacist organization that experienced a resurgence during the 1920s?
Ku Klux Klan
What did the Volstead Act do?
It defined what an intoxicating liquor was and provided for the enforcement of Prohibition.
What style of foreign policy did the United States adopt during the 1920s?
Isolationist
Why are the 1920s referred to as the first decade of "our times?"
Technological advancements, Changes in social structure, Rise in Consumerism