Economics
What is a period of rising stock prices called?
Bull Market
Were the Presidents of the 20s Democrats or Republicans?
Republicans
What is the "look" of the flapper?
short hair, shorter hemlines, lots of makeup, young
What was the great influx of African American arts called?
Harlem Renaissance
Who was Scopes?
High school biology teacher who challenged the law against teaching evolution
What happened to the price of automobiles? Why?
Decreased, Assembly line/Mass Production
What was Harding's campaign slogan?
"return to normalcy"
What was the first talkie?
The Jazz Singer
How did the radio change America?
brought Americans together, gave them a shared culture
Who was Harding? How did people feel about him? Did their feelings change?
President, they loved him, when news of the scandals came out they changed their view of him
Which group of people did not enjoy economic prosperity during the 20s?
Rural America/Farmers
Who was the Ohio Gang?
Harding's poker buddies, he gave them government positions, they were corrupt and greedy, he relied on them to make decisions
How did the roles/lives of women change?
worked more, could vote, more education, spent less time at home/on chores, lived longer, married later, had fewer children
There was a major cultural (and economical) division in the US. Where was this division seen?
city versus country
Who was Charles Lindbergh?
first solo, non-stop flight across the Atlantic
How did President's of the 20s feel about government regulation of the economy?Big business?
Did not believe in government regulation of the economy. Supported big business.
Who was Albert Fall? What ended up happening to him?
He was Harding's Secretary of the Interior. He leased government oil fields to private oil companies for bribes. He was convicted and spent time in jail.
Name two groups of people that were in support of prohibition.
Rural Americans, religious groups
What was the growing trend to emphasize science and secular values over traditional ideas about religion called?
Modernism
Who wrote the Great Gatsby?
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Describe what happened to the American economy after WWI?
Short Recession and then economic boom
What did the Washington Naval Disarmament Conference and the Kellogg-Briand Pact do?
WNDC- attempted to prevent a naval arms race
K-B Pact- made war illegal
Compare education in the city vs. country.
city- necessary, the more you had the better job you could get
country-3 R's, minimal education
What emphasized Protestant teachings and the belief that every word in the Bible was literal truth?
Fundamentalism
Who were Claude McKay and Langston Hughes and how did they differ?
Poets of the Harlem Renaissance, McKay was more intense and critical while Hughes was more positive and celebratory