He took over after President Harding and wanted to get rid of corruption in the government.
Who is Calvin Coolidge?
100
A 1920's party girl with bobbed hair, who wears "short" skirts, drinks, and smokes could be referred to as this.
What is a flapper?
200
Famous bootlegger that finally was arrested for tax evasion. (He can get away with murder but not from the IRS.)
Who is Al Capone?
200
A person who sells illegal alcohol might be called this.
What is bootlegger.
200
President Harding had to sign an act from Congress in 1921 in order to reduce or restrict the number of these from coming into the country. (Double the points if you can name the act)
What are immigrants.
Double: Emergency Quota Act 1921 (or National Origins Act 1923)
200
This achievement by Henry Ford enabled his cars to be made quicker and led them to become more affordable.
What is the assembly line (or mass production)?
200
This group disliked anyone who was considered "Un-American"
What is The KKK?
300
These two men were Italian anarchists who were (unfairly?) tried and convicted of murdering two men during an armed robbery.
Who are Sacco and Vanzetti?
300
This is an establishment that illegally sells alcoholic beverages.
What is a speakeasy?
300
These were the three (3) treaties of the Washington Conference.
What is 4 Power Treaty, 5 Power Treaty, and 9 Power treaty
300
This bill was passed by Congress to help the farmers but was vetoed by the President.
What is the McNary-Haugen Bill
300
This new invention brought the country closer together
What is the radio?
400
A "Lost Generation" author who wrote "The Great Gastby".
Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald
400
This amendment ended Prohibition.
What is the 21st Amendment.
400
Harding's message that America should return to the way things were before WWI (Isolated;not involved) is referred to as this.
What is Return to Normalcy.
400
This means government has its "hands off" of business.
What is laissez-faire?
400
The Scopes Trial gained attention because this controversy. (hint: one idea vs. another idea)
The teaching of evolution vs. religion (creation)
500
He was the "dark horse" for the Democrats in the election of 1924
Who is John Davis?
500
Prohibition was a movement driven by many to stop this from happening, especially at home.
What is domestic violence.
500
When Secretary of Interior Albert B. Falls sold oil rights to private companies and was illegally paid for the deal, he sparked this scandal.
What is the Tea Pot Dome scandal?
500
Coolidge signed this ACT, which granted U.S. CITIZENSHIP to all American INDIANs, while permitting them to retain tribal land and cultural rights. (Daily Double)
What is the Indian Citizenship Act
500
This was an African-American cultural movement of the 1920s that centered in NYC.