Society & Culture
(100 Points) This group of women in the 1920s challenged traditional roles through fashion, dancing, and social independence.
What are Flappers?
(100 Points) This was a cultural movement celebrating Black art, music, and literature in the 1920s.
Answer: What is the Harlem Renaissance?
(100 Points) This Republican president promised a "return to normalcy" after World War I.
Who is Warren G. Harding?
(100 Points) This policy limited immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe during the 1920s.
What is the Immigration Act of 1924?
(100 Points) This Constitutional amendment made the production and sale of alcohol illegal in the U.S.
What is the 18th Amendment?
This 1925 trial involved a teacher being fined for illegally teaching evolution.
What is the Scopes Monkey Trial?
(200 Points) This poet and writer was a key figure in the Harlem Renaissance and wrote "The Negro Speaks of Rivers."
Who is Langston Hughes?
(200 Points) This scandal involved government officials illegally leasing oil reserves in exchange for bribes.
What is the Teapot Dome Scandal?
(200 Points) This term describes the belief that native-born Americans were superior to immigrants.
What is Nativism?
(200 Points) Illegal bars where alcohol was sold during Prohibition were known as these.
What are Speakeasies?
The 19th Amendment, passed in 1920, granted this group suffrage
Who are Women?
(300 Points) This musical genre, pioneered by artists like Duke Ellington, became the soundtrack of the Harlem Renaissance.
What is Jazz?
(300 Points) This fear of communism after World War I led to mass arrests and deportations in the U.S.
What is the Red Scare?
(300 Points) This hate group experienced a resurgence in the 1920s, promoting white supremacy.
What is the Ku Klux Klan?
(300 Points) This famous gangster became wealthy by running illegal alcohol operations in Chicago during the 1920s.
Who is Al Capone?
(400 Points) This new mass communication device connected Americans across the country.
What is the Radio?
(400 Points) This author wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God, a novel exploring Black life in the South.
Who is Zora Neale Hurston?
This economic policy, favored by 1920s presidents, promoted minimal government interference in business.
What is Laissez-Faire Economics?
(400 Points) These two Italian immigrants were executed in 1927 despite weak evidence, reflecting anti-immigrant sentiments.
Who are Sacco and Vanzetti?
(400 Points) The U.S. government attempted to enforce Prohibition through this law, which defined the legal penalties for producing and selling alcohol.
What is the Volstead Act?
This event in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1921 resulted in the destruction of a thriving Black business district.
What is the Tulsa Race Massacre?
This Harlem nightclub hosted famous jazz musicians but often restricted Black audiences.
What is the Cotton Club?
This Black leader advocated for Black pride and the return to Africa, founding the Universal Negro Improvement Association.
Who is Marcus Garvey?
(500 Points) This movement emphasized racial pride and self-reliance among African Americans.
What is the Black Nationalist Movement?
This event in 1929 saw the murder of seven rival gang members in a fight for control over Chicago’s bootlegging industry.
What is the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre?