American Politics
What is a policy of pulling away from involvement in world affairs?
Isolationism
This creation allowed people to travel to work in shorter time and essentially changed America forever.
The automobile
Which amendment banned the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol?
The 18th Amendment
What is it called when women had to observe stricter standards of behavior than men did?
Double Standard
Which music genre was the up and coming music of the 1920s?
Which political group was targeted during the Red Scare in the 1920s?
Radicals or Communists
In 1922 this tariff raised taxes on U.S. imports to 60%.
Fordney-McCumber Tariff.
What was the most powerful communications medium to emerge in the 1920s?
The radio
What was an emancipated young woman who embraced the new fashions and urban attitudes of the day?
The flapper
Who went on to become perhaps the most important and influential musician in the history of jazz?
Louis Armstrong
Which scandal hit the Harding Presidency when cabinet members took oil fields meant for the U.S. Navy to private corporations?
Teapot Dome Scandal
Which U.S. President supported the expansion of businesses during the 1920's?
Calvin Coolidge
What was the movement called that saw millions of African-American citizens migrate from the South to the big cities?
The Great Migration
Who was the first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean in the airplane?
Amelia Earhart
Who made the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic?
Charles Lindbergh
Which U.S. President favored government policies that would keep taxes down and business profits up?
Calvin Coolidge
What was a way to allow people to buy goods over an extended period of time using credit?
Installment Plan
What was the trial that challenged the position of evolution and religion in the public school system?
The Scopes Trial
Which common relationship was now starting to be seen as an equal partnership during the 1920's?
Marriage
Which famous female blues player was the most outstanding vocalist of the decade?
Bessie Smith
Which ethnic group was usually left out of labor unions during the 1920s?
African Americans
This mode of production accelerated the speed in which factories and similar businesses made products.
The assembly line
What was the Protestant movement grounded in a literal interpretation of the Bible called?
Fundamentalism
Which female literary writer portrayed the lives of poor, unschooled Southern blacks?
Zora Neale Hurston
Who coined the term, the "Jazz Age" to describe the 1920's?
F. Scott Fitzgerald