An illegal liquor sore or nightclub operating during Prohibition.
speakeasy
100
The 1904 World's Fair celebrated the 100th anniversary of what?
Louisiana Purchase
100
The prevention by law of the manufacture and sale of alcohol, especially in the U. S. between 1920 and 1933.
Prohibition
100
The financial and industrial slump of 1929 and following years was called...
The Great Depression
200
An island of Upper New York Bay. This place was known as the main US immigration station from 1892-1943.
Ellis Island
200
Extreme scarcity of food.
famine
200
Whose assassination triggered the start of World War I?
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
200
Which amendment made the sale and consumption of alcohol illegal?
Amendment 18
200
True or False: The day the Stock Market crashed was known as Black Friday.
False. This day was known as Black Tuesday.
300
A fashionable young woman intent on enjoying herself and going against the acceptable standards of behavior, especially during the 1920's.
flapper
300
The murder of an important person in a surprise attack for political or religious reasons.
assassination
300
World War I was primarily fought in ____________.
trenches
300
Made, distributed, or illegally sold liquor during the time of Prohibition.
bootleg
300
The set of programs and policies designed to promote economic recovery and social reform introduced during the 1930's by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
The New Deal
400
A new idea, device, or method
innovation
400
Illegal behavior that is planned and carried out by groups of people in a systematic fashion.
organized crime
400
True or False: Flappers were men and women.
False. Flappers were women.
400
Who was the famous Chicago mobster whose nickname was "Scarface"?
Al Capone
400
Not on your study guide: What do we call workers during the Great Depression who moved from one place to another looking for work?
migrant workers
500
The action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country.
immigration
500
The movement of people from one place to another with the intention of settling temporarily or permanently in the new location.
migration
500
What THREE countries made up the Triple Entente?
Great Britain (Britain), France, and Russia
500
The _____________ is considered to be part of organized crime.
mafia
500
Also not on your study guide: Who was the president at the BEGINNING of the Great Depression?