RELIGION
POLITICS
HEALTH/MEDICINE
MASS MEDIA
ENTERTAINMENT
100
John T. Scopes was teaching ____ to his students, which angered Christians.
Evolution
100
What was the main reason for the Economic Boom?
Increased sale of american products
100
What diseases were detrimental in the 1920's? (4)
measles, scarlet fever, syphilis, tuberculosis
100
What is a movie theater with an admission fee of one nickel?
a Nickelodeon
100
Who was the most popular baseball star of the 1920’s?
Babe Ruth
200
Fundamentalists used which type of media to promote their cause
radio
200
Which amendment gave american women the right to vote?
The 19th Amendment
200
What is the name of the first diabetic treatment
insulin
200
The ____ movies of the early 1920’s gave rise to the first generation of movie stars.
silent
200
What electronic device brought the US together in the 1920’s?
the Radio
300
The Fordney-McCumber act of 1922 put a tax on?
Goods from foreign countries
300
lysozyme, a protein found in mucus was first discovered in what year?
1921
300
Who invented the radio?
Guglielmo marconi
300
What type of music was most popular in the 1920’s?
Jazz
400
Who were the three presidents of the 1920's?
Warren Harding, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover
400
What is penicillin used to treat
Bacterial infections
400
Radios were first invented for communication between _____
ships
400
What dance was all the rage in the 1920’s?
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The Charleston
500
One of the biggest trials of the 1920s involved what american baseball team?
The chicago White sox
500
In 1921, how many american women died during childbirth
Approx. 18,000
500
the introduction of ______ descriptions of sporting events brought sports entertainment right into people's home
play-by-play
500
Who was probably the biggest Hollywood star of the 1920’s?
Charlie Chaplin