1920's Society
Take away 300 from any team and add 100 to your team.
He became a member of Russian high society and his influence on the royal family led to his demise.
Rasputin
Who was the most popular sports celebrity of the 20's? Get 100 points for every stat question you get right about him.
Who is Babe Ruth?
Pitcher
Boston Red Sox
60 HR's in one season
715 lifetime HR's
54 HR's first full season as a hitter
What was the form of music that was used to refer to the 20's?
Jazz, the Jazz Age?
Take away 200 from any team if correct.
This production method was used to make cars, radios and other factory goods.
The assembly line
Which amendment gave women the right to vote?
What is the 19th amendment?
This invention made news travel faster around the world and spread the popularity of sports.
What is the radio?
She used a hatchet to destroy saloons while singing hymns, gaining national attention towards banning alcohol.
Carrie Nation
This director began producing animated movies and formed his own company in the 1920's.
Get 100 points for every company his corporation owns today.
Who is Walt Disney?
Marvel, Star Wars, Disney theme parks, ESPN...
He paid white and black workers the same and created a car company in Detroit. Give me his name or the name of his company.
Who is Henry Ford or the Ford Motor Company?
He was the emperor of Russia and was executed with his entire family after losing the throne?
Tsar Nicholas II
What was the movement that banned the distribution, and sell of alcohol?
What is Prohibition
What were young rebellious American women called at this time?
Who are Flappers?
These became known as underground clubs for people to drink in during Prohibition.
What are speakeasies?
One of the reasons more factory workers were needed in the early 1900's was...
WWI. We needed weapons, planes, ammunition...
This amendment overturned or repealed Prohibition.
21 Amendment
What was the name of the popular vehicle of the 1920's?
What is the Model T
Daily Double
He made millions selling alcohol illegally but was never convicted of it. Who was he and why was he sent to prison?
Al Capone, tax evasion (not paying taxes)
What is the event called of African Americans leaving the South in mass numbers?
What is the Great Migration?
How did the economy of the 1920's affect cities (and the people who moved into them)?
What is the cities expanded and the urban population increased?
He took over Russia and became leader of the Soviet Union in the 20's?
Who is Vladimir Lenin?
This was the number of riots during the Red Summer of 1919?
25
These two pilots became famous for their solo flights across the Atlantic Ocean. Name one of them.
Who are Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart?
These were the three biggest sports of the 1920's?
Baseball, boxing, horse racing
The Treaty of Versailles harshly punished Germany. This punishment from the treaty hurt Germany's economy. It means money paid by the losing side to the winning side for damages from war.
Reparations
Daily Double
These three world leaders were first cousins. Name the person and country.
Tsar Nicholas II- Russia
King George V- Great Britain
Kaiser Wilhelm II- Germany