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REVIEWTHE TWENTIES
What do you know about consumers in the
1920’s?
ProsperousBought stuff on credit
Bought stock on marginThought it would last forever
What did each of the three Presidents of the Twenties
have in common politically?
Republicans
What was the typical foreign policy of the 20’s
Presidents?
Isolationism
What was the typical Republican belief when it
came to business in America?
Laissez-faire
What event brought to an end some of the extreme
practices of the Red Scare?
Sacco and Vanzetti Case
What was a common hangout for people
seeking a nightlife in the Twenties?
Speakeasies
The celebration of African-American art
and music of the Twenties was known as
the …
Harlem Renaissance
Capitol of crime and gangsters in America
in the Twenties?(Not Xavier U.)
Chicago
What was a major criticism of Henry Ford?
He changed the American culture
and morals
The Lost Generation refers to what group of
Americans in the Twenties?
Writers
Women who challenged tradition American
roles and values were often called…
Flappers
What change to the constitution had the
effect of more organized crime?
ProhibitionThe 18th amendment
The Volstead Act
Teapot Dome scandal is most closely
associated with whose Administration?
Harding
What state was Harding from?
O-H-I-O
The Scopes Trial of 1925 centered around what
controversial issue in schools?
Teaching evolutionism
Nativists were Americans who believed our
government should have stricter laws on issue?
immigration
What practice allowed for consumers to buy items in the Twenties that they could not
afford?
Credit or installment plan
The fear that communists would take control of our
government in the Twenties was known as
the…
Red Scare
What anti-immigrant organization grew immensely in the 1920’s? (just for a couple of years)
KKK
What group of American workers faced the toughest economic
stress in the 1920’s?
farmers
What did factory owners accuse striking workers
and their leaders of being?
communists
The 1920’s were known as the Roaring Twenties
as well as the…
Jazz Age
Who piloted the first solo trans-Atlantic flight in the Spirit of St. Louis?
Charles Lindburgh
Which American businessman is credited
with first mass-producing the automobile?
Henry Ford
What new law of the Twenties proved to be too difficult to enforce?
prohibition
The Ford Model T could be purchased in any
color you wanted… as long as you wanted…
Black
What was America’s Pastime beginning in
the 1920’s?
baseball
Who was the last President of the 1920’s?
Herbert Hoover
What new style of music was founded in the city
of New Orleans?
Jazz
