Roaring Twenties
The Sacco & Vanzetti case was compared to what 1692 event?
Salem Witch Trials
What new term meant "shantytown" (temporary, scrap housing)?
Hoovervilles
Schenk v. U.S. (1919): __ ___ can be limited in wartime IF it's a "clear & present danger"
Free Speech
What group of people is associated with the Great Migration?
African Americans (up & out of the South)
1920s slang word: illegal bar
speakeasy
Red Scare of early 1920s was based on fears of?
Communism
empty pocket
Give TWO examples of Christmas during Great Depression
What was KDKA?
First radio station in US (Pittsburgh)
1920s word for taxicab
Hack
Why did Model T only come in black?
Paint dried faster = more efficient = cheaper
John Steinbeck's novel: The ___ of ___
The Grapes of Wrath
Hollywood movie stars
Harlem Renaissance author of "Thank You, Ma'am"
Langston Hughes
(new) music genre of the 1920s
Jazz
What was the "Spirit of St. Louis"?
Charles Lindbergh's plane
Who won the Election of 1932?
Franklin Roosevelt
What did the Kellogg-Briand Pact (1922) do?
What did Roger W. Babson warn in Sept. 1929?
A Stock Market Crash was coming
1920s slang for sexy guy (Rudolph Valentino movie)
Sheik
What was limited by the Johnson-Reed Acts of 1921 & 1924?
Immigration
Why did people still go to the movies?
to escape grim reality
What does "Laissez Faire" mean?
Hands Off - NO government interference
Board game reflecting dreams of earning regular salary & properties
Monopoly
1920s slang: female counterpart to Sheik
Sheba