A Booming Economy
What was one contribution that Henry Ford made to the worker's workday/workweek?
Created the weekend, created the 8 hour workday
What did President Coolidge believe would help everybody?
The creation of wealth
What is modernism?
The emphasis on science and secular views over traditional ideas
Name of the two women who were elected as governors during the 1920s (double points if you can give the state they governed)
Nellie Tayloe Ross (WY)
Miriam Ferguson (TX)
What area became a focal point for the aspirations of African Americans?
Harlem (X6)
What is the capitol of Minnesota?
Saint Paul
What is the capitol of Indiana?
Indianapolis
How did people buy things that they did not have money for?
People used credit to buy item they could not afford
How did President Coolidge respond to the growing social issues in the United States?
He did nothing
In what state was the KKK revived?
Georgia
What type of movie was most common during the 1920s?
The silent movie
Who is considered the leading figure of jazz in the 1920s?
Louis Armstrong
What is the capitol of South Dakota?
Pierre
What was the tallest building in the United States till the 1970s?
The Empire State building (X3)
What is mass production?
The manufacturing of large numbers of identical products
What did President Harding do to create a weaker global economy?
He hiked up tariffs (X2)
What was the result of the scopes trial?
Who wrote "The Great Gatsby"?
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Who took part in the Harlem Renaissance? (think about jobs/professions)
Novelists, poets, musicians, and other artists
What is the capitol of Wisconsin?
Madison
What amendment prohibited the creating, distributing, and selling of alcohol?
the 18th amendment
How did the government help promote the buying and usage of automobiles?
They created the numbered highway system
What was the Teapot Dome Scandal?
It was when Secretary of the Interior, Albert Fall, took government oil meant for the navy and sold it to businessmen for bribes
What amendment repealed prohibition?
the 21st amendment
Why is Charles Lindbergh important to aviation history?
He is the first man to fly across the Atlantic nonstop and alone
What made Marcus Garvey different from people like Booker T. Washington and W.E.B Du Bois?
What is the capitol of Michigan?
Lansing
What was the first movie to include audio?
The Jazz Singer
Describe a bull market.
A bull market is where the prices of stock continue to rise
What is the Dawes Plan?
It was a plan where the United States loaned Germany money so they could pay their debts off to France and Britain which allowed France and Britain to pay off their debts to the US
Why did rural areas not prioritize education?
going to school interfered with children's tasks on their families farms. The children were also the heirs of the family business and learning the operations of the farm was considered more important
Why were writers during the 1920s known as the "lost generation"?
They no longer had faith in the cultural guideposts of the Victorian Era
What did the Harlem Renaissance help set a foundation for in the future?
The civil rights movement
What is the capitol of North Dakota?
Bismarck
What was the Ohio Gang?
It was President Harding and his friends who used their positions to become wealthy