Random Facts
What major event had happened internationally before the Roaring Twenties?
Which President made the fourteen points?
Woodrow Wilson
When was the Espionage Act passed?
1917
What was the wage of immigrant steelworkers?
$4 per day
What did the Volstead Act ban?
Alcoholic beverages over 0.5 percent
What happened to Eugene Williams and what happened in response?
He crossed the segregation line in a swimming pool and was killed, which led to riots
What did the 19th amendment advocate for?
Suffrage
The Great Migration led to which movement?
The Harlem Renaissance
What happened to Woodrow Wilson that made him paralyzed?
He had a stroke
What did J. Edgar Hoover help establish?
The FBI
What was the Red Scare?
It was a period marked by the fear of communism in the United States
What does the IWW stand for?
The International Workers of the World
What part of the government did the Sacco and Vanzetti protests challenge?
The judicial system
What did Charles Ponzi claim was his method of making money?
Forex (foreign exchange) trading
What year did the US withdraw from the Treaty of Versailles?
1919 (1920 is also acceptable)
What country was Marcus Garvey born in?
Jamaica
What was the play that Josephine Baker premiered in?
Shuffle Along
What did Hebert Hoover abandon his post as War Food Administration director for?
To work on a project in Europe to decrease famine
What was the Elaine Massacre?
It was an event in which a sort of union was forming among sharecroppers and violence broke out
What was the Chicago Defender?
It was a newspaper to advocate for African-American rights