Unit 6a Roaring Twenties

Question 1

18th Amendment

Answer 1

the banning of all manufacturing, buying or selling alcohol

Question 2

19th Amendment

Answer 2

gives American women the right to vote

Question 3

Red Scare

Answer 3

time of American hysteria and panic over the fear of communism spreading into America due to the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution

Question 4

Sacco & Vanzetti

Answer 4

two Italian anarchist immigrants who were executed for a crime in which there was no direct evidence based on the fears of the Red Scare

Question 5

Immigration Act of 1924

Answer 5

limited the amount of immigrants allowed into the U.S. after WWI by using a 2% quota system based on how large the population already was in the U.S.

Question 6

Scopes Trial

Answer 6

known as the “monkey trial”; criminal trial of John Scopes, biology teacher from Tennessee who violated a state order by teaching evolution. Scopes was found guilty and had to pay a fine of $100

Question 7

Palmer Raids

Answer 7

an attempt by the US Department of Justice to arrest and deport people who supported communism or socialist governments

Question 8

A. Mitchell Palmer

Answer 8

Attorney General of the U.S. whose house was bombed; suspected communists were blamed for the bombing; he starts a “red hunting” to eliminate communists from the US

Question 9

New KKK

Answer 9

1915 had a reemergence of the KKK under the leadership of William Joseph Simmons; this Klan expanded their hatred towards anyone who was not 100% Anglo-Saxon Protestant

Question 10

Jazz Age

Answer 10

era of the 1920’s were jazz music dominated society; originated in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Question 11

Roaring Twenties

Answer 11

era of the 1920’s where a loud, fast paced society took over most of America

Question 12

Bootlegging

Answer 12

obtaining or making your own alcohol illegally

Question 13

speakeasy

Answer 13

illegal bars/saloons that served alcohol during Prohibition

Question 14

flappers

Answer 14

new shocking identity for women who challenged traditional views of women; often wore short hair, loose clothing, and had an independent spirit

Question 15

Henry Ford

Answer 15

automobile manufacturer who used an assembly line to produce cars at a high rate

Question 16

“talkies”

Answer 16

movies with sound

Question 17

Charlie Chaplin

Answer 17

famous silent movie actor and comedian

Question 18

“Steamboat Willie”

Answer 18

first animated feature length movie with the Mickey Mouse character

Question 19

Harlem, NY

Answer 19

becomes the “capitol of black America”; area of NY where African American culture is celebrated

Question 20

Langston Hughes

Answer 20

Prolific African American author and poet; became a symbol for the Harlem Renaissance

Question 21

Marcus Garvey

Answer 21

Jamaican born political leader of the Pan-African Movement; encouraged African Americans to unite worldwide and for a return to Africa

Question 22

Calvin Coolidge

Answer 22

Republican President of the U.S. from 1923-1929; pro-business, famously said “the chief business of America is business”

Question 23

Warren G. Harding

Answer 23

Republican President of the U.S. from 1921-1923; administration riddled with scandals; launched the idea that America needed “normalcy” after WWI; dies while in office of a heart attack

Question 24

Teapot Dome Scandal

Answer 24

Secretary of the Interior (Albert Fall) leased government land in California and at Teapot Dome, Wyoming to 2 oil executives- Fall became the first Cabinet official to be sent to prison; occurred during President Harding’s administration hurting his reputation

Question 25

assembly line

Answer 25

Henry Ford’s mass production technique that allowed cars to be affordable for all. Cars were sent down the line as workers each did their part.

Question 26

installment plan

Answer 26

Buying products on credit

Question 27

nativism

Answer 27

Preference for people born in the country. Distrust of immigrants.

Question 28

Fundamentalism

Answer 28

Literal interpretation of the Bible.

Question 29

21st Amendment

Answer 29

Repealed Prohibition