Chapter 24

Question 1

He promised to return the country to stability and prosperity but did not. He created a mess for the government

Answer 1

Warren g Harding

Question 2

After Harding died ____ became president

Answer 2

Calvin Coolidge

Question 3

A problem under the Harding administration in which government officials were accused of taking bribes to allow oil to be mined from federal lands

Answer 3

Teapot dome scandal

Question 4

An agreement between nations proposing peaceful solutions to conflicts, signed after world war 1

Answer 4

Kellogg-briand pact

Question 5

Henry fords automobile designed with the average American in mind

Answer 5

Model T

Question 6

An innovation of Henry fords that dramatically reduced the cost of production

Answer 6

Moving assembly line

Question 7

Became president after defeating Alfred E Smith in the 1928 election and won 58% of votes

Answer 7

Herbert Hoover

Question 8

Young women who challenged traditional ideas of womanhood in the 1920’s

Answer 8

Flappers

Question 9

A widespread fear of communism and communists

Answer 9

Red scare

Question 10

An amendment to the Constitution that ended prohibition

Answer 10

Twenty first amendment

Question 11

A religious belief characterized by a literal interpretation of the Bible

Answer 11

Fundamentalism

Question 12

A trial in which John scopes was accused of teaching evolution illegally

Answer 12

Scopes trial

Question 13

A period of African American movement from the south to cities in the north

Answer 13

Great migration

Question 14

Encouraged black people around the world to express pride in their culture

Answer 14

Marcus Garvey

Question 15

A film that includes a sound

Answer 15

Talkie

Question 16

A name for the decade of the 1920’s based on the popularity of jazz music

Answer 16

Jazz age

Question 17

A period of artistic achievement during the 1920’s

Answer 17

Harlem renaissance

Question 18

Produced poems, plays, and novels during the Harlem renaissance

Answer 18

Langston Hughes

Question 19

The generation of young people who fought in WW1 and eventually became disillusioned with the promise of American society

Answer 19

Lost generation

Question 20

Citizens who leave their country to live somewhere else

Answer 20

Expatriates

Question 21

Was well known for her detailed paintings of flowers and of the southwest

Answer 21

Georgia O’keefe