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convicted and executed of robbery in part because of the hysteria against foreigners.
Who was Sacco & Vanzetti?
100
a dislike of foreigners
What is nativism?
100
President from 1921- 1923
Who was Warren G. Harding?
100
the government's actions toward the economy during the 1920's could be described as
What is Laissez-faire - hands off?
100
a Jamaican born, controversial political activist known for his fiery rhetoric and he stressed racial unity through self-help. He encouraged African Americans to set up their own shops and businesses. Later he would support a "Back to Africa Movement".
Who was Marcus Garvey?
200
with the passing of the 18th Amendment, people would go to private places to drink.
What was a Speak-Easy?
200
a trial pitting older religious beliefs against new scientific theories.
What is Scopes Trial?
200
President during the start of the Great Depression.
Who was Herbert Hoover?
200
paying a small down payment to take an item home and paid the rest in small monthly payments.
What is buying on credit?
200
became the first person to fly across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927
Who was Charles Lindbergh?
300

the wide spread availability of electricity and buying of credit allowed people to purchase ________________

What were appliances/consumer goods?

300
they wore short dresses that revealed their body shapes as well as their legs and arms
Who were flappers?
300

Politican party that dominated the 1920s?

What is the 'Republican' party?

300
the purchase of any item, not for personal use, but in hopes of selling it later for a higher price
What is speculation?
300
he introduced the assembly line in 1914, the assembly line production was so efficient he was able to double wages overnight while slashing prices.
Who was Henry Ford?
400
it meant a less ambitious foreign policy and a greater emphasis on peacetime production and prosperity at home. Enacted high tariffs, lowered taxes, and restricted immigration.
What was Harding's "Return to Normalcy"?
400
the general awakening of African American culture during the 1920s
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
400
he symbolized the old-fashioned values of honesty and thrift, his motto was "the business of America is business".
Who was Calvin Coolidge?
400
stocks that could be purchase for a 10% down payment is called
What is buying on Margin?
400
a famous poet and writer during the Harlem Renaissance, expressed pride in their heritage, while attacking racism.
Who was Langston Hughes?
500
the Secretary of the Interior, leased oil-rich government lands to two business friends in exchange for personal brides. This scandal cause the public to distrust their elected officials.
What was the Teapot Dome Scandal?
500

from 1910 to 1930 about two million African Americans moved from the south to the north in search for jobs

What was the Great Migration?

500
he called for America to "return to normalcy"
Who was Warren G Harding?
500

Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon believed that as the economy grew, Americans would earn more money and the government would actually collect more taxes at the lower rate than it would if the tax rates were kept high.

What is supply-side economics?

500
famed attorney who defended John Scopes in the famous "Monkey Trial".
Who was Clarence Darrow?