ch 24

Question 1

Roaring Twenties

Answer 1

Name for the decade during the 20th Century where production and consumption were known to be booming.

Question 2

Model-T

Answer 2

Vehicle debuted in 1908 by Ford Motor Company.

Question 3

Assembly line

Answer 3

Name given to the creation by Henry Ford that allowed for production costs to be cut in half.

Question 4

Henry Ford

Answer 4

Person who preached the “Doctrine of High Wages” believing that giving more money in the pockets of Americans would boost the economy.

Question 5

Oil

Answer 5

The invention of the automobile would give way to making sure Americans depended on this precious liquid gold for years to come.

Question 6

Calvin Coolidge

Answer 6

President who coined the phrase “business is business.”

Question 7

Scientific Management

Answer 7

System of factory production that stresses efficiency, pioneered by American Engineer Frederick Winslow Taylor.

Question 8

Kiss Me clubs

Answer 8

Offered health and safety insurance, a grievance procedure, and representation for minorities and women.

Question 9

Installment Buying

Answer 9

This became the 10th biggest business in America during the 1920’s.

Question 10

Flapper

Answer 10

Referred to as the “New Woman” these women wore make-up, long stringed beads, and were considered economically free.

Question 11

Sigmund Freud

Answer 11

His psychological findings stamped sexuality as a key to health.

Question 12

Nickelodeons

Answer 12

Patrons would pay a nickel and could watch a motion picture usually with a piano accompaniment for sound.

Question 13

Amos “n” Andy

Answer 13

Radio sitcom made famous by vaudeville actors in 1929.

Question 14

Charles Lindbergh

Answer 14

Airman who flew the Spirit of St. Louis and made the first transatlantic flight on his own.in 1927.

Question 15

Time

Answer 15

America’s first national weekly magazine.

Question 16

1924

Answer 16

The raving Charleston dance comes out during this year.

Question 17

Babe Ruth

Answer 17

Hitting 54 home runs in 1920 he played for the New York Yankees.

Question 18

Jazz

Answer 18

This style of music appears in New Orleans, Memphis, and St. Louis blending African American musical traditions with soul and blues.

Question 19

Expatriate

Answer 19

This is someone who leaves the country of one’s birth or citizenship to live in another, often out of a sense of alienation.

Question 20

Marcus Garvey

Answer 20

Promoted African Americans to go back to Africa.

Question 21

Langston Hughes

Answer 21

20th Century poet who wrote “The Negro Speaks of Rivers.”

Question 22

Al Capone

Answer 22

Famously known for his gangster/mob attitude and affiliation during the 1920’s.

Question 23

Sacco and Vanzetti

Answer 23

Italian aliens sentenced to death in 1927 for theft and murder. Critics feel that nativism was to blame for their wrongful arrest.

Question 24

Prohibition

Answer 24

The name given for the 18th amendment that forbade the sale of alcohol in America.

Question 25

Speakeasies

Answer 25

Secret clubs where people could buy liquor but had to speak softly so authorities would not bust up the joint.

Question 26

Ku Klux Klan

Answer 26

Rebooting in the 1920’s, this organization promoted white supremacy in America.

Question 27

scopes

Answer 27

Debate over teaching Evolution instead of Creationism this trial gave way to a future competition between Fundamentalists and Scientists.

Question 28

Herbert Hoover

Answer 28

Dominated the election of 1928.

Question 29

Black Thursday

Answer 29

Name given for October 24, 1929 when the Stock Market begins to crash.