Government
Who's slogan was "Return to Normalcy"?
Warren G Harding
What production technique did Henry Ford use to help create more automobiles more efficiently?
Assembly Lines
What is fundamentalism?
Treating the Bible as the literal truth.
Describe a flapper
A reellious woman who challenged social norms that smoked, drank, and dressed more provocitavely.
What was the scandal we learned of where a Cabinet Member sold land illegally to his wealthy oil friends?
Teapot Dome Scandal
What group grew due to stronger Nativist tendencies in the country?
KKK
How did labor and jobs change with the application of Scientific Management?
Jobs became less technical and easier to find.
What is modernism?
Believing in science more than simply relgion.
Where did Minnie Mouse get her iconic looks?
Flappers
What is organized crime?
Crime that is run like a business
What was an area of the world the Quota system looked to restrict immigrants from?
Eastern Europe; Asia
What is buying on the margin?
Buying stocks with credit.
What term describes the perspective where someone would prefer things to stay as they are, and are less open to change.
Traditionalism
Who was the first woman to fly over the Atlantic Ocean?
Amelia Earhart
Where did people go to drink during Prohibition?
Speakeasies
What system did the Immigration Act of 1924 help create?
The Quota Sytstem
Which industry was most essential to the boom of the 1920's?
Automobiles.
What was the name of the trial in which a teacher taught evolution in a Tennessee school?
Scopes/Monkey trial
Who was the "Empress of the Blues"?
Bessie Smith
Langston Hughes was a prominent writer in what city/group.
Harlem Renaissance
What was "Coolidge Prosperity"
Another name for the good economy of the 1920's
What is a Bull Market?
When stock prices go up.
The Scopes trial pitted two groups against each other. What were those two groups?
Modernists vs. Fundamentalists.
Which artist of Mexican heritage did we learn about?
Frida Kahlo
How did Prohibition effect organized crime?
It increased/created the need for organized crime.