Foreign Affairs
Americas basic foreign policy in the 1920's
Isolationism
President who died in office
Warren Harding
Warren Harding's cabinet name
The Ohio Gang
True or False: John Scopes was convicted of teaching evolution
True
Women whose behaviors and dress were shocking
Flappers
Where did Charles Lindbergh land after he took off for his trans Atlantic flight from Roosevelt Field NY?
Paris
Who promised a "return to normalcy" after the war?
Warren Harding
Republican presidents generally believed the government should take this approach when handling the economy
Laissez Faire - Hands off - should not regulate the economy
The Soviet Union intended to overthrow governments by their system known as
Communism
Name one author whose work was influential in the 1920's
F Scott Fitzgerald
Ernest Hemingway
T.S. Eliot
What was the driving force behind the "Red Scare"
Immigrants entering the country
Who was the famous crime/mob boss in Chicago?
Al Capone
Who was Harding's Secretary of State?
Charles Evans Hughes
Which invention helped to unify the culture and break down regional characteristics
The radio
Which lawyer defended the biology teacher in the Scopes Trial?
Clarence Darrow
Which gathering was made for an effort to limit naval strength around the world?
Washington Naval Conference
Name 2 famous athletes in the 1920's AND the sports they mastered.
Babe Ruth - Baseball
Bobby Jones - Golf
Gertrude Ederle - Swimming
Jack Dempsey - Boxing
Who won the Presidential election of 1928?
Who took the brunt of much ridicule at the Scopes trial for his defense of biblical creation
William Jennings Bryan
Which court case resulted in the US government putting two men to death based on the assumption they murdered someone?
Sacco and Venzetti
Unrealistic agreement made in 1928 to outlaw war and establish world peace
Kellogg- Briand Pact
This man was convicted and fined for his role in the Teapot Dome Scandal.
Albert Fall
Who said, "The chief business of the American people is business"
Calvin Coolidge
This act helped put the 18th Amendment into place. Considered .05% and above, illegal.
The Volstead Act
Who was the author of the book, "The man nobody knows"
Bruce Barton