Roaring 20's
Wanted a “Return to Normalcy,” Pro-business
Warren G. Harding
Which amendment gave women the right to vote?
19th
What was most responsible for the growth of organized crime in the 1920's?
Prohibition
Who played for the New York Yankees in the 1920s and was the most popular baseball player?
Babe Ruth
which city in present-day Italy that was buried in a blanket of ash and pumice when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD?
Pompeii
Pro-business aim as the leader, kept taxes low
Calvin Coolidge
What was the term for alcohol being illegal in the United States?
Prohibition
The Jazz Age was named for the popular music style that mixed what two styles?
African Rhythms, Blues, and Ragtime
What was the “talkie,” or motion picture with sound?
motion picture with synchronized sound, with The Jazz Singer (1927) being the first widely recognized feature-length "talkie," though it contained both synchronized musical sequences and some spoken dialogue
Which Southeastern European country with ancient history is technically named the Hellenic Republic?
Greece
Eager to try the latest fashion, dance or fad
Flapper
What New York City neighborhood was developed as a community for wealthy white people, but instead became heavily populated by African Americans?
Harlem
describe the theory of laissez-faire economics
Less government regulation over business would benefit the nation
Who was convicted of illegally teaching evolution in school?
John Scopes
Philip II of Macedon was a pretty decent king, but his is mostly remembered nowadays for being the father of which "very good" leader, who ruled 336–323 BC?
Alexander the Great (Alexander III of Macedonia)
Leader who called for a return to Africa to form a separate nation there
Marcus Garvey
Which amendment said alcohol was legal again in the United States?
21st
describe fundamentalists of the 1920s and their beliefs.
They believed that every word of the Bible was literally true
What group used threats and violence against African Americans?
Ku Klux Klan
A name that will be recognized by fans of Star Trek, which legendary founder of Rome is said to have killed his brother Remus over an insult about a wall?
Romulus
Poet, and a leading writer, wrote about black pride
Langston Hughes
What was the corruption by a Harding cabinet member called when he took bribes to allow oil drilling on public lands?
Tea Pot Dome
Who ran for president as a socialist several times and helped contribute to the Red Scare?
Eugene V. Debs
Who completed the 1st solo flight across the Atlantic?
Charles Lindbergh
Played by Gerard Butler in the film "300," what is the name of the king of Sparta who famously led his force of 300 soldiers against a Persian army of approximately 1,000 times that number in the Battle of Thermopylae?
Leonidas