Red Scare
The 1918 amended Espionage Act had this name
What is the Sedition Act?
This Black Nationalist was arrested on charges of mail fraud
Who is Marcus Garvey?
These secret bars served illegal alcohol during Prohibition
What are speakeasies?
Johnny Torrio mentored this Italian mobster
Who is Al Capone?
This practice allowed investors to buy stock by borrowing against future profits
What is buying on margin?
This organization eventually became the FBI
What is the General Intelligence Division?
He was the leader of the American Federation of Labor in World War I
Who is Samuel Gompers?
Prohibition in the United States lasted this number of years
What is thirteen years?
Al Capone eventually went to jail for three counts of this crime
What is tax evasion?
This billionaire oilman encouraged people to “buy the dip” after the stock market crash
Who is John D. Rockefeller?
This 24 year-old law school graduate led the General Intelligence Division
Who is J. Edgar Hoover?
This Black nationalist mismanaged the Black Star Line into bankruptcy
Who is Marcus Garvey?
This German immigrant was a prolific bootlegger during Prohibition
Who is George Remus?
Italians Sacco and Vanzetti were killed because of their belief in this political ideology
What is anarchism?
October 29, the day of the 1929 stock market crash, earned this nickname
What is Black Tuesday?
A. Mitchell Palmer gave this nickname to those he suspected of being subversives
What are “Reds”?
This New Yorker became the first woman to swim across the English channel
Who is Gertrude Ederle?
These squalid speakeasies served low-quality alcohol
What are “blind pigs”?
Catholic Italian immigrants helped boost the ranks of this political party
What is the Democratic Party?
This now-illegal stock practice was “inside” the bounds of the law in the 1920s
What is insider trading?
The actions of a postal worker in this state kept 34 bombs from reaching their targets
What is New York?
He was the 1925 star halfback of the University of Illinois’ college football team
Who is Red Grange?
This city reportedly contained 20,000 blind pigs thanks to its proximity to Canada
What is Detroit?
This immigrant gave new investors’ funds to previous investors in an illegal scheme
Who is Charles Ponzi?
This Treasury Secretary said the 1929 crash would purge the system
This Treasury Secretary said the 1929 crash would purge the system