Harlem Ren
Jazz music first began in which major U.S. City?
Americans were scared that radical ideas may come to its shores from what eastern European country?
Russia
What major "Pull Factor" encouraged African Amerians to migrate to the North?
Jobs
Who was Harding's VP who took over when he died?
What was the estimated income of the bootleg liquor industy in 1929?
$3 billion
African American Poet during the Harlem Renaissance who wrote, "I Too Sing America."
Langston Hughes
The "anarchist bombings" occured in what year?
1919
When the war ended in 1918, returning soldiers came home to find their jobs had been filled by whom?
Newly arrived southern African Americans
Scandal where Harding's Secretary of Interior took bribes for drilling rights.
Teapot Dome Scandal
Who made nearly $60 million dollars from organized crime in 1927?
Al Capone
Marcus Garvey
What was the name of the "raids" in which thousands of accused civilians were arrested for being anarchists/communits?
What was the term used to describe the bloodshed and violence against African Americans in 1919?
Why was the "Roaring 20's" a terrible time to be a farmer?
crop prices fell dramatically, crushing debt, poverty, and foreclosures.
most farms didn't have electricity or phones lines
What was the name of the 24-year-old teacher who was charged with teaching evolution in a Tennessee classroom?
John Scopes
Plays during the Harlem Ren. focused on African Americans portraying what?
Complex emotions
In what year was the "Immigration Act" signed into law which excluded all immigrations from Asia? Also known as the Johnson-Reed Act.
1924
What was the name of the 17-year-old who drowned in Lake Michagan after being hit with rocks for crossing the unoffical barrier between the "black" and "white" beaches?
Eugene Williams
Seeing the same movies, listening to the same radio shows creates common bonds and does what?
Breaks down ethnic boundaries
Evolution wouldn't be taught in Tennessee classrooms until which decade?
1960's
Jazz music blended what two types of music?
Blues and Ragtime
A special division of the federal government was established to pursue potential radicals living in the United States. Who was the Justice Department lawyer put in charge of this division?
J. Edgar Hoover
What major U.S. city was the site where race riots broke out at the greatest level in 1919?
Chicago, Illinois
Hero Worship
2 parts:
What was the name of the celebrity pilot who flew the first non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean?
In what year did he complete this flight?
Charles Lindberg
1927