Presidents and Politics
Which President was a progressive leader who led the U.S. through World War I and had a stroke at the end of his time in office?
Woodrow Wilson
The Red Scare was an era of paranoia or intense fear in the U.S. from what political belief?
Communism
This Trial was about a murder and robbery in Braintree.
The Sacco and Vanzetti Trial
This was the event that sparked the Great Depression.
The 1929 Stock Market Crash - Black Tuesday
The man who created the model T and added the assembly line to automobile manufacturing.
Henry Ford
This President was the First of the Republicans in the 1920s and died in office.
Warren G. Harding
Which country had a Revolution after World War I and started a new government system?
The Soviet Union - Russia
This fundamentalist former Presidential candidate stepped into Tennessee to Prosecute John T. Scopes.
William Jennings Bryan
This was the mass movement of African Americans from the South to Northern and Midwest cities.
The Great Migration
The most famous Sports star of the 1920s
Babe Ruth
This President came to fame for Governing Massachusetts and for putting down the Boston Police Strike.
Calvin Coolidge
These were the raids that aggressively targeted immigrants during the Red Scare in order to root out Communism.
The Palmer Raids
Why did many people believe that the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti was biased?
Sacco and Vanzetti were Italian immigrants and they were anarchists.
What was the blossoming of African American culture in the arts, theater, and literature in New York City during the 1920s called?
The Harlem Renaissance
The First Man to fly a plane, "The Spirit of St. Louis" solo over the Atlantic.
Charles Limburg
This Scandal was discovered after the Presidents death and concerned Government land being sold to oil companies as well as leading to the first arrest of a Presidential Cabinet member.
Teapot Dome
Why was communism so frightening to the United States?
It could have caused a revolution, it was not compatible with democracy, it seemed to be working in the Soviet Union, The enemy within
John T. Scopes was arrested and put on trial for what crime?
Teaching Evolution in a Public School.
This was the name given to the 18th Amendment that banned the production and distribution of Alcohol.
Prohibition
Who was the writer known for his poetry during the Harlem Renaissance?
Langston Hughes
Which President was the leader during the Stock Market Crash of 1929?
Herbert Hoover
Who was the First Leader of the Soviet Union?
Vladimir Lenin
What was the result of the Scopes Monkey Trial?
John T. Scopes was found guilty and fined $100 but it also raised awareness of the conflict between religion and science
During the "Jazz Age" of the Roaring Twenties there was also an undercurrent of violence. What two violent groups rose to prominence and populairty during this time?
Organized Crime, The Mafia, The Mob, The Klu Klux Klan
Who was the silent film star who was considered a brilliant comedian that came to fame in the 1920s and is known for his physical slapstick style of humor?
Charlie Chaplan