The Roaring Twenties Edition
Adjusting to Peacetime Changes in American Society 1920’s Economy Adjusting to Peacetime Changes in American Society The Jazz Age 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500
Row 1, Col 1 What is Communism? It is the economic and political system in which the state owns the means of production and a single party rules. Row 1, Col 1
What is Prohibition? This was the total ban on alcoholic drinks made law by the eighteenth amendment. 1,2
1,3 Who was Charles Lindbergh? He was the first pilot to fly nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean. 1,3
1,4 What is the Stock Market? The 1920’s saw a significant increase in people investing in this. 1,4
Who is Warren Harding? He won the presidency promising normalcy, but it was marred with several scandals, including the Teapot Dome scandal. 2,1
Who were the Flappers? These women wore bright makeup, short skirts, had short hairstyles known as bobs, and became the symbol of 1920’s women. 2,2
What is Jazz? This is considered to be America’s greatest contribution to music and became wildly popular in the 1920’s. 2,3
Who were Farmers? About 1/5 of Americans made this their job in the 1920’s, and many struggled just to “make ends meet.” 2,4
This is the reduction or limitation of military armaments. What is disarmament? This is the reduction or limitation of military armaments. 3,1
What is the Scopes Trial? This landmark court case was about the legality of teaching evolution in public schools. 3,2
Who was F. Scott Fitzgerald? This 1920’s author would say that rich people lived an empty, meaningless life. 3,3
What is Installment Buying (buying on credit)? This system of buying things with the promise of paying back the debt became a common practice during the decade? 3,4
What is the Red Scare? This was the hysteria that erupted in America over a fear of communists, anarchists, and foreign influence. 4,1
What is the Automobile? This technology changed American society by creating new businesses and became the symbol of individual freedom and independence. 4,2
What is Mah-jongg? It was the Chinese game that involved large playing tiles and became extremely popular during the 1920’s. 4,3
Who was Herbert Hoover? He won the 1928 presidential election on the slogan “a chicken in every pot and a car in every garage.” 4,4
Who are Sacco and Vanzetti? These brothers were accused, arrested and executed simply because they were foreigners and anarchists. 5,1
Who was Marcus Garvey? He created the Universal Negro Improvement Association and encouraged African Americans to move permanently to Africa. 5,2
What was the Harlem Renaissance? This was the growth of a proud and political African American culture in the 1920’s and developed numerous authors and artists such as Langston Hughes and James Weldon Johnson. 5,3
What is the Assembly Line? This production system was terrific for businesses but terrible for skilled workers. 5,4