World War One
Which amendment to the US Constitution gave women the right to vote after WWI?
19th
Harlem Renaissance poet, Langston Hughes wrote which poem about racial pride?
I, Too
Which nativist group grew in the millions and pushed traditional and nativist ideology?
The Ku Klux Klan
During the 1920s, which economic trend helped cause the Great Depression?
installment buying or buying goods on credit
Supreme Court case ruling that the First Amendment does not protect speech encouraging seditious behavior during wartime.
Schenck v. US (1919)
Which Constitutional right was Charles Schenck denied during World War One?
Freedom of speech or expression
Which economic opportunity was a factor in black moving north during the Great Migration?
Factory jobs or industrial opportunities
What is one of four reasons why prohibition of alcohol failed in The United States
American ignored the law
Rise of organized crime
Government corruption
Lack of tax revenue
Henry Ford's Model T was successful and affordable as a result of which manufacturing process?
The assembly line
Supreme Court case where the Court ruled that enslaved people were not U.S. citizens and could not sue for their freedom in federal court.
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
What ultimately led the US to enter WWI?
The Zimmerman Telegram or Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
Which organization did W.E.B. Dubois found?
NAACP
Which event demonstrated a major clash between modern and traditional values in the 1920s
The Scopes Trial
This term is used to refer to limited government intervention in business.
Laissez-faire
Supreme Court decision establishing the "separate but equal" doctrine, legalized Jim Crow segregation.
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
President Woodrow Wilson wanted to prevent future wars with this numbered list
14 points
What was an effect of millions of black Americans moving north?
Greater exposure to black culture in the forms of music & literature
What is the word given to limiting European immigrants into the US?
Quotas ( a limited or set amount)
Promoting the large scale advertising, production and purchase of products in the 1920s in known as
Consumerism
Supreme Court case ruling that the Cherokee Nation was a distinct, sovereign nation, and that Andrew Jackson’s Indian Removal Act was null and void
Worcester v. Georgia (1832)
The Senate refusing to ratify the Treaty of Versailles and join the League of Nations and block Wilson's ideas is a form of what government concept
Check & Balances
Billie Holiday sang about Lynching in the South. Which famous author was the first to try and create awareness of the issue in the early 20th century?
Ids B. Wells
President Warren G. Harding wanted to reduce American roles in world affairs and get back to basics for The United States which is known as
"A Return to Normalcy"
Which group of Americans failed to benefit from the the thriving economy of the 1920s?
Farmers
Supreme Court case that established the principle of judicial review in the United States, affirming the Court's power to declare acts of Congress unconstitutional.
Marbury v. Madison (1803)