Who was the famous Chicago crime boss during the 1920s?
Al Capone (Scarface)
100
TRUE or FALSE
The automobile had a dramatic effect on American life, especially on that of farm families
True
100
TRUE or FALSE
The Republican presidents of the 1920s generally believed that the federal government should not regulate the farm economy
True
100
What was the object of national fear during the Red Scare
communism
200
a woman whose behavior and dress were shocking
flapper
200
Name a famous athlete of the 1920s AND the sport in which they participated in.
* Babe Ruth - Baseball
* Bobby Jones - Golf
* Jack Dempsey - Boxing
* Knute Rockne or Red Grange - football
* Gertrude Ederle - swimming
* Helen Wills - tennis
* Barney Oldfield - auto racing
200
TRUE or FALSE
The first automobiles were built shortly after World War I.
False
200
This president died in office
Warren G. Harding
200
What term describes the decade of 1920 - 1929?
Roaring Twenties
300
Imposed by the 18th Amendment, it made the sale, possession, manufacture, transport, import, and export of intoxicating liquors illegal.
Prohibition
300
Name an influential man whose ideas encouraged people in their desire to abandon the standards of God's Word.
* Charles Darwin
* Sigmund Freud
* T.S. Eliot
* Ernest Hemingway
* F. Scott Fitzgerald
300
The common use of what power source did much to revolutionize Americans' daily lives during the 1920s?
electricity
300
This president was the inheritor of the impending fall from prosperity
Herbert Hoover
300
TRUE or FALSE
Prohibition was repealed because it did not bring any beneficial results
False
400
America's basic foreign policy in the 1920s
isolationism
400
What lawyer defended the biology teacher accused of teaching evolution in Tennessee?
Clarence Darrow
400
In the 1920s, which of the following items probably did the most to break down some of the regional characteristics of Americans and to form a more unified culture across the nation?
A. the electric light
B. the phonograph
C. the radio
D. the telephone
C. the radio
400
This president said "The business of America is business"
Calvin Coolidge
400
The people of the 1920s general had an interest in all of the following topics or issues EXCEPT
A. sensational stories of human drama
B. biblical Christianity and moral values
C. silent movies and their stars
D. sports and sports figures
B. biblical Christianity and moral values
500
a place to buy liquor illegally
speakeasy
500
Who was ridiculed at the Scopes trial for his defense of biblical Creation?
A. William Jennings Bryan
B. Calvin Coolidge
C. Albert B. Fall
D. Charles Evans Hughes
A. William Jennings Bryan
500
In the 1920s, the United States was most interested in which one of the following priorities?
A. getting involved in foreign affairs
B. pursuing progressive goals
C. becoming materially prosperous
D. dealing with civil rights issues.
C. becoming materially prosperous
500
This president promised a "return to normalcy" after the war
Warren G. Harding
500
A major court case related to the Red Scare was the one involving
A. Albert B. Fall
B. Guglielmo Marconi
C. Sacco and Vanzetti
D. John Scopes