An author who was extremely popular in this era. He wrote "The Great Gatsby" and "Tender is the Night", among others.
Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald?
100
This President died of a stroke in a San Francisco hotel room. Vice President Calvin Coolidge then ascended to presidency.
Who is Warren G. Harding?
100
This type of music shaped the age, it set the move, it was the soundtrack of a new era.
What is jazz?
100
This modern polygraph system that sensed reactions that helped to determine whether or not a person was lying, was invented by John A. Larson in 1921.
What is a lie detector?
100
On August 18th, 1920, this Constitutional amendment was ratified, granting women the right to vote.
What is the Nineteenth Amendment?
200
These women represented the new and independent women. They wore short skirts, bobbed their hair, listened to jazz, and flaunted their disdain for what was then considered acceptable behavior.
Who are flappers?
200
This event signaled the onset of the Great Depression. This occurred in October, 1929.
What was the stock market collapse?
200
This drink became very popular in the 1920s due to its new advertisements.
What is Coca-Cola?
200
The convenient dressing with adhesive tape was invented by Earle Dickson in 1921.
What is a band aid?
200
This period was the deepest and longest-lasting economic downturn in the history of the Western industrialized world. It began soon after the stock market crash of October 1929, which sent Wall Street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors.
What was the Great Depression?
300
He was a popular author of the time, known for his portrayal of the rich. He wrote novels such as "The Sun Also Rises" and "A Farewell to Arms", among others.
Who is Ernest Hemingway?
300
This president was elected to presidency on November 6, 1928, succeeding President Calvin Coolidge.
Who was Herbert Hoover?
300
This sign was erected in 1923. It was built by Harry Chandler as billboard for his exquisite real estate.
What is the "Hollywood" or "Hollywoodland" sign?
300
After seeing two vehicles crash into each other Garret Morgan invented this in 1923.
What is a traffic signal/light?
300
This supremacist group had a resurgence in the 1920s, and paved the way for a continued following even to this day. In its second incarnation, they broadened their message of hate to include Catholics, Jews and foreigners.
What is the Ku Klux Klan?
400
He was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist of the time. This man was a leading figure in the Harlem Renaissance and is well known for his poem, "Harlem (Dream Deferred)".
Who is Langston Hughes?
400
This act made it illegal to sell, make, or transport any drink that contained more than one half of one percent alcohol by volume.
What is the National Prohibition Act?
400
A popular comedy program of the time, that was broadcasted on the radio. It was set in Harlem, Manhattan (home of a historic black community).
What is "Amos 'n' Andy"?
400
This was introduced in 1927 by the Automated Musical Instrument Company (AMI).
What is a jukebox?
400
This big panic caused social and economic reformers to be discredited, and xenophobia and anti-immigration laws to increase.
What is The Red Scare?
500
He was known as "Lucky Lindy" and "The Lone Eagle," and was an American pilot famous for the first solo, non-stop flight from New York to Paris in 1927 in the Spirit of St. Louis.
Who is Charles Lindbergh?
500
Fifteen nations, including the United States, sign this pact "outlawing" war.
What is the Kellogg-Briand Pact?
500
In his magazine, H.L. Mencken criticized marriage, patriotism, democracy, prohibition, and middle-class American society.
What is "American Mercury"?
500
American engineer and physicist Robert Goddard invented this in 1926, resulting in an important milestone toward spaceflight.
What is the Liquid Rocket?
500
This man was blamed for the Great Depression, and did nothing to combat it.