Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance influenced the growth of this style of music.
What is Jazz?
The name given to women who cut their hair short and wore short dresses
Who are flappers
After World War I, the US economy entered a short phase of downward economic value known as:
A recession
The name of President Hardings biggest political scandal.
Teapot Dome Scandal
This amendment outlawed alcohol
What is the 18th amendment?
The name of the popular African American poet during the 20's.
Who is Langston Hughes?
The name of the movement led by women against the drinking of alcohol
The Temperance Movement
Consumers started buying goods using __________ so that they could pay it off in increments.
Installment buying
This president was in power when the Stock Market crashed.
Herbert Hoover
This amendment repealed prohibition
What is the 21st amendment?
What did writers like Ernest Hemingway, Sinclair Lewis, and F. Scott Fitzgerald, and many others, all have in common with their work?
They all wrote fictional accounts of their REAL experiences during World War I.
Traditionalism vs. Modernism
When a person enters a bank in order to borrow $ to buy stocks on the Stock Market is called:
Buying on Margin
This president was elected in 1924 on a pro-business policy.
Who is Calvin Coolidge?
This was the term given to the making and distribution of illegal alcohol.
Bootlegging
The name given to the movement of African Americans from the south to the north.
What is the Great Migration?
This was the name of the mass hysteria over communism.
What is the Red Scare?
There is only ONE situation that makes margin purchasing a 'good' idea, what is it?
When stocks rise in value
Two Parts 1) Name the two 1920's heroes that made major contributions to aviation, and 2) Explain their accomplishments
1) Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhardt, 2) First to fly successfully over the Atlantic Ocean, and the other attempted to be the first woman to circumnavigate the globe, but crashed)
Name 3 illegal things that gangsters like Al Capone were involved in.
1) Speakeasies 2) Bootlegging 3) Prostitution 4) Gambling 5) Murder 6) Bribery 7) Tax Evasion
This individual eventually went to prison for mail fraud in his desire to help African-Americans and their civil rights.
Who is Marcus Garvey?
Both Sacco and Vanzetti admitted to be __________ , but vehemently denied being murderers.
Anarchists
Explain the economy during wartime, and immediately after the war ends.
War is extremely good for the economy. It keeps production at a maximum, and has a continuous stream of income from those products. When the war ends, the 'war machine' is turned off, which creates uncertainty and destabilization in the market (recession). Troops who survived the war come back and not all of them can get their jobs back. Meanwhile, companies need to re-adjust back to normal business and old clients.
Explain the Teapot Dome scandal (Who was involved, what was the issue, what was the result, etc.)
Harding awarded very wealthy oil contracts to his Ohio Gang buddies, showing a direct conflict of interest, and displayed that the Spoils System was still alive and well. Harding's presidency suffered greatly from this scandal.
Name 3 unintended consequences of Prohibition
1) Alcohol-related deaths rise 2) Alcohol-related car accidents rise 3) Divorces rise 4) Violent domestic violence rises 5) Murder rate rises