Proper Terms
a widespread fear of communists and communism
What is the Red Scare?
the first Catholic to run for US President
Who was Al Smith?
US city of the first commercial radio station, KDKA
What is Pittsburgh?
an innovation of Henry Ford that really cut car production costs
What is the moving assembly line?
substitute teacher in Tennessee who created real legal problems by teaching that man evolved from monkeys
Who is John Scopes?
the generation of young people who fought in World War I and became disillusioned with American Society
Who were the Lost Generation?
US President #29 whose administration was full of scandals; died while in office
Who is Warren G. Harding?
car company that built the Model T
What is Ford?
young women who challenged traditional ideas of womanhood in the 1920s
What is a flapper?
female artist who specialized in desert scenes and cow skulls (really!)
Who is Georgia O'Keeffe?
nickname for the 1920s, based on a type of music
What is the Jazz Age?
US President #31 who was in office when the stock market crashed
Who is Herbert Hoover?
the outlawing of the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcohol
What is Prohibition?
a film that includes sound
What is a talkie?
New York Yankees baseball player who shattered home run records in the 1920s
Who is George Herman (Babe) Ruth?
an international agreement after World War I to "outlaw" war
What is the Kellogg-Briand Pact?
This American developed a system to build cars fast and cheap.
Who is Henry Ford?
political party of the three US Presidents who were elected in the 1920s
Who are the Republicans?
citizens who leave their country to live elsewhere
Who are expatriates?
"What a Wonderful World" jazz musician who starred by singing and playing his trumpet
Who is Louis Armstrong?
a period of renewed artistic achievement in a New York neighborhood in the 1920s
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
US President #30 who helped restore faith in government from 1923 - 1929
Who is Calvin Coolidge?
number of the Amendment to the US Constitution that ended Prohibition
What is the 21st?
a religious belief characterized by the literal interpretation of the Bible
What is fundamentalism?
African-American leader of the Black Nationalist Movement
Who is Marcus Garvey?