Obama
What work technique was used to mass-produce all types of consumer goods, including cars, in the 1920s?
the assembly line
Which entrepreneur was the leader of the automobile industry in America?
Henry Ford
What constitutional amendment made it illegal to make, sell, or distribute alcohol in the United States?
the 18th Amendment
As a result of the widespread use of the automobile, people who could afford to eventually moved out of the cities and moved to what neighborhoods?
suburbs
Originating in New Orleans and later spreading to other parts of the United States, what form of music became incredibly popular during the 1920s?
jazz
During the Prohibition Era, the illegal production and distribution of alcohol was known as what?
bootlegging
The Scopes Trial in 1925 highlighted the ongoing debate in the United States over whether or not public schools should be allowed to teach what controversial topic?
the theory of evolution
What famous cultural movement took place in the 1920s and was centered in Harlem in New York?
the Harlem Renaissance
Becoming more popular during the 1920s, in what form of payment would people be able to buy a good (without putting anything down) on the promise that they would pay for it at a later date?
credit
Elected in 1920, which United States President promised and pledged a "return to normalcy," or to go back to the way things had been before the Progressive Era and World War I?
Warren Harding
In the 1920s, the United States government passed quota laws that were designed to limit or restrict the number of ______________ who could come to America.
immigrants
Popular places to visit in American cities in the 1920s, what name was given to those nightclubs where people could go and drink and listen to jazz music?
speakeasies
Payment method that occurs when you put a little bit of money down to buy a product or service, and then pay off the rest in regular, oftentimes monthly, payments.
installment buying or the installment plan
The banning of alcohol by the 18th amendment led directly to an increase in ____________ _________ in many American cities during the 1920s.
organized crime
During which event between 1919 and 1920 were people suspected of having radical ideas or suspected of being against the US gov't arrested and either fined, jailed, or deported out of the country?
The First Red Scare
The Scopes Trial brought to light the differences and oftentimes tension between what two opposing ideas?
science and religion
The new ideas and attitudes about women that began to come about in the 1920s were best symbolized by the who?
the "flappers"
What term describes the philosophy whereby the government plays only a small role in regulating business and regulating the economy?
laissez-faire
Founded in 1866, what notorious hate group saw an increase in membership in the United States in the 1920s as a result of the rise of nativism?
the Ku Klux Klan (the KKK)
By what two names has the decade of the 1920s oftentimes been referred?
By the late 1920s, nearly 4 million people in the United States had invested their money in the __________ ___________.
stock market
The execution of which two Italian immigrants in 1927 concerned many because it demonstrated how intolerant of ethnic minorities and immigrants the United States had become?
Sacco and Vanzetti
Name four (4) other industries in which the automobile industry helped contribute to growth and expansion in the 1920s.
steel, oil, rubber, glass, roadside motels, gas stations, roadside diners
What world event was a turning point for women because it gave them opportunities and chances that previously had been unavailable to them or denied to them?
World War I