Peace and Politics
Warren G Harding won the 1920 election by promising a "Return to _________ " , meaning life before ww1.
What is normalcy?
This man revolutionized the auto industry by perfecting the assembly line.
Who is Henry Ford?
The "Red Scare" was a nationwide fear of this political system spreading to the U.S.
What is Communism?
This Constitutional Amendment banned the manufacture and sale of alcohol.
What is the 18th Amendment?
These young women rebelled against traditional values by cutting their hair short and wearing shorter skirts.
What are Flappers?
This foreign policy strategy means staying out of other nations' affairs to avoid war.
What is isolationism?
The economic concept encourages people to buy more and more goods, often items the don't strictly need.
What is consumerism ?
These raids, led by the Attorney General, resulted in the arrest and deportation of thousands of suspected radicals.
What are the Palmer Raids?
These were illegal, underground bars where people went to drink during Prohibition.
What are Speakeasies?
He became an international hero by flying the Spirit of St. Louis solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
Who is Charles Lingbergh
This scandal involved the secret leasing of government oil reserves in Wyoming's during Harding's presidency
What is the Teapot Dome Scandal?
This payment method allowed Amerians to "Buy now, Pay later" for expensive items like cars and radios.
What is the installment plan?
This hate group saw a massive revival in the 1920s, targeting not just African Americans but also people who are Catholic, Jewish, and immigrants.
What is the KKK (Ku Klux Klan)?
This famous Chicago gangster made millions bootlegging alcohol and orchestrating the St. Valentine's Day Massacre.
Who is Al Capone?
This cultural movement in New York City was a flowering of African American art, poetry, and jazz music.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
This 1928 agreement was signed by 62 nations to "outlaw war" as a tool of national policy
What is the Kellogg-Brand Pact?
This date, October 29, 1929, is known as "Black Tuesday" and marks the beginning of this major economic downturn.
What is the Great Depression (or the Stock Market Crash)?
These two Italian immigrants were executed in a controversial trial that many believed was biased against foreigners.
Who are Sacco and Vanzetti?
Prohibition was finally ended (repealed) by this Amendment in 1933.
What is the 21st Amendment?
This new form of mass media brought news, sports (like Babe Ruth), and music into millions of American living rooms for the first time.
What is the Radio?
After President Harding died, this Vice President took over and famously stated, "The business of America is business"
Who is Calvin Coolidge?
While most of the country boomed, this specific group of workers suffered from failing prices and bankruptcy in the 1920s?
Who are the farmers?
This 1921 law established a specific limit on the number of immigrants allowed to enter the U.S. from each country.
What is the Emergency Quota Act?
This law was passed by Congress to actually enforce the 18th Amendment (it defined what "intoxicating liquor" was).
What is the Volstead Act?
This famous trial in Tennessee pitted a biology teacher against the law for teaching the theory of evolution.
What is the Scopes "Monkey" Trial?