A Return to Normalcy
A return to normalcy means....
Coming back from World War I isolation
Name of the gangster most associated with Prohibition
Al Capone
"Buying now, Paying later" is called ______ or ______?
Installment buying or credit
What was the major oil scandal called involving President Harding?
The Teapot Dome Scandal
Who was the first person to cross the Atlantic Ocean safely in an airplane, and nickname?
Charles Lindbergh (Lucky Lindy)
Who coined the term, "A Return to Normalcy"?
President Warren G. Harding
Name the two Amendments that brought about Prohibition, and ended it?
18th and 21st Amendments
What is a stock?
Part-ownership of a company/ business
Which president go most of the credit for the booming US economy in the mid-late 1920's?
President Calvin Coolidge
Who went on trial for murder, with very little evidence?
Sacco and Vanzetti
Name the treaty that the US signed which outlawed war as a response to international conflicts?
The Kellogg-Briand Pact (1928)
Name three ways women changed during Prohibition.
1) Smoked and drank 6) Prostitution
2) Shorter dresses
3) Short hair
4) Make up
5) Went to speakeasies
What is the name of stock purchases made mostly by the Banks
Buying on Margin
Who was president when the Stock Market crashed in late-1929?
President Herbert Hoover
The Harlem Renaissance writers/ authors tended to write books based on their experiences during _______ ?
World War I
Name two reasons the Stock Market crashed:
1) stock speculation
2) Too much Margin (banks not repaid)
3) Credit system went crazy
4) Overproduction
Name three 'unintended consequences' of the Prohibition movement
1) Crime rates soared
2) Alcohol-related deaths increased
3) People drank more anyway
4) Organized crime increased
5) Family Unit was worse off
Name three new inventions that Americans bought to make their lives much easier/ major impact on the US economy?
1) Washing machines
2) Vacuum cleaners
3) Refridgerators
4) irons
5) electricity
Name two ways the US Government responded to the Red Scare.
1) The Palmer Raids
2) Immigration Quotas
3) Mass deportations
Explain the verdict/penalty in the Scopes Trial
Guilty/ $100 fine
Explain why the United States entered a brief 'recession' after World War I ended (two reasons)?
1) Soldiers came home to almost no jobs
2) Once turned off, the 'war machine' needed time to adjust to pre-war business
The many mafia killings on February 14th, 1929 was called:
The St. Valentines Days Massacre
There were many people in the US who did not share in the prosperity of the Roaring 20's. Name 3 of them.
1) Farmers (overproduction of crops)
2) Railroad workers (cars took over)
3) Coal Miners (oil took over)
4) Clothing industry (ie. especially the rapidly-changing women's clothes - shorter skirts meant less fabric, etc.)
5) Labor Unions (bad reputation during the Red Scare)
Name the case that limited our First Amendment rights, explain the reasons why, and the 'test' for limiting free speech.
1) Schenck vs. United States (1919)
2) A person cannot yell "Fire!" in a crowded theater
3) The "Clear and Present Danger" Test
Who was Marcus Garvey, and why did he start a boat business called the 'Black Star Line'?
1) One of the first AA civil rights leaders
2) Because he wanted to bring AA's back to Africa in his "Back to Africa" Movement