This president won the 1920 election and brought Republicans back into the White House.
Who is Warren G. Harding?
100
This event was first held in Atlantic City on September 7th and 8th of 1921. It was won by Margaret Gorman for the title of the Golden Mermaid trophy, later dubbed Miss America.
What is the Miss America Pageant?
100
This movement that took place in the 1920s brought the popularity of jazz music and dance.
What is the Jazz Age?
100
This invention was made on the April 15th, 1923. This helped workers at that time move materials easily. This invention is still used today, even more so because of economic growth.
What is the bulldozer?
100
This man died on August 2nd, 1923 of an embolism after suffering ptomaine poisoning followed by pneumonia.
Who is Warren G. Harding?
200
This international government organization was founded as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended World War 1. The United States voted against joining this organization nine days after its first meeting on January 20, 1920.
What is the League of Nations?
200
This was the 1921 crime where Roscoe Arbuckle, a famous comedy star, was charged with the murder of Virginia Rappe.
What is the "Fatty" Arbuckle Scandal?
200
This group of young Western women, that appeared in the 1920's, broke the stereotype of what was expected of women in that time by wearing make-up, cutting their hair short, wearing short dresses, etc.
Who are flappers?
200
This specific automobile was made by Henry Ford on July 30th, 1920. It was one of the most popular models driven by American citizens at that time.
What is the Model T?
200
This man was sold by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees on January 3rd, 1920.
Who is Babe Ruth?
300
This famous bribery incident that took place in 1922-1923 involved Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall leasing Navy petroleum reserves at Teapot Dome and other locations to private oil companies, without competitive bidding, at low rates for his own good.
What is the Teapot Dome Scandal?
300
This famous actress of Hollywood during the 1920's is also the co-founder of United Artists and a smart businesswoman.
Who is Mary Pickford?
300
During this cultural movement, which began in 1920, African Americans from a borough of New York expanded on their literature and greatly influenced later generations.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
300
Police officer William Potts from Detroit, Michigan invented this on May 5th, 1920 because of the increase of car usage.
What is the traffic light?
300
This saved the life of a 14-year-old boy named Leonard Thompson who was dying of diabetes. Researcher John Macleod and chemist James Collip had been preparing this material for human use during this time.
What is insulin?
400
This act was put into effect into 1920 and banned the manufacture, transportation, import, export, sale, and consumption of alcohol and alcoholic beverages.
What is Prohibition?
400
By doing this type of journalism, journalists exaggerate facts, exclude facts, and write flashy titles in order to sell more newspapers and make their stories more interesting.
What is yellow journalism?
400
The first performance of this play was on February 3, 1920. The play was by Eugene O'Neill and won him the first of his four Pulitzer Prizes.
What is "Beyond the Horizon"?
400
This was invented on October 10th, 1920 for treating injuries and cuts.
What is the Band Aid?
400
This national quota system curbed legal immigration and controlled the amount of incoming immigrants. The systm was established by the United States Congress on May 19, 1921.
What is the Emergency Quota Act?
500
Through the ratification of this specific amendment of the U.S. Constitution, women were given the right to vote in 1920. This is also called the Susan B. Anthony Amendment in recognition of her contribution to this achievement.
What is the 19th Amendment?
500
Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Charlie Chaplin, and G.W. Griffin founded this American film studio in 1919. It is the first studio that did not have to rely on outer sources for the showing of their movies.
What is United Artists?
500
This American blues singer was the most popular female blues singer in the 1920s and 1930s. She is sometimes referred as the Empress of the Blues.
Who is Bessie Smith?
500
John A. Larson, a medical student in California, invented this during his high school years on July 22, 1921.
What is the lie detector?
500
Now called the National Football League (NFL), this team was formed in September 17, 1920 with Jim Thrope as its president and fourteen teams.
What is the American Professional Football League?