Lesson 1 - Politics of the 1920s
What was the name for Warren Harding's political allies who were corrupt?
Ohio Gang
Who was responsible for inventing the assembly line?
Henry Ford
Hostility towards immigrants
Nativism
What were two things played on the radio?
Jazz, blues, comedy, election results, news
What is another term for a renaissance?
Renewal, rebirth, resurgence
A policy of avoiding involvement in world affairs
Isolationism
What new invention allowed families to live farther away from city center?
Automobile
Wh0 are 3 different groups of people the KKK targeted?
Jews, Catholics, African Americans, Immigrants
How did writers portray life?
As meaningless
What city become a hub for a rebirth in African American culture?
Harlem
Economic plan to help countries repay war debts after WWI
Dawes Plan
Who completed the first transatlantic flight?
Charles Lindbergh
Speakeasy
How did art depict the outside world?
Unrealistic
A style of music that noted for its melancholy sound, very popular in Harlem
Blues
Who leased US Naval oil reserves in Teapot Dome, WY to private investors for their own profit, known as the Teapot Dome Scandal?
Albert Fall
What allowed people to buy goods and services that they once could not afford?
Credit
What were 3 reasons people felt prohibition was needed?
What was the name of the radio show that portrayed the African American struggles, played by two white men?
Amos n' Andy
Who created the UNIA and proposed a separation between whites and blacks?
Marcus Garvey
Who became President after the death of Warren Harding?
Calvin Coolidge
What is one reason farmers did not see prosperity in the 1920s?
No need for trade in Europe after WWI
New farm equipment led to higher supply, lowering prices
New technology was very expensive
Who went to prison for teaching evolution rather than creationism, in Tennessee, a fundamentalist state?
John T. Scopes
What was the first motion talking picture?
The Jazz Singer
What happened to Marcus Garvey?
He was deported to Jamaica for mail fraud