s Great Depression The Great War Baker’s Choice Ch 21 Readings

- Who became the leader of organized labor during the 1920s? Row Question

- John L Lewis Row Answer

- Prohibition is said to have caused a major increase in crime during the period. Who is the most famous organized crime leader of the 1920s? Row Question

- Al Capone Row Answer

- Who was John Scopes defense lawyer who successfully defended the teaching of evolution despite losing the verdict? Row Question

- Clarence Darrow Row Answer

- One of the most famous people of the 1920s, he became famous for the first trans-Atlantic flight in history? Row Question

- Charles Lindbergh (“Lucky Lindy”) Row Answer

- First ever movie with sound in the 1920s Row Question

- Jazz Singer Row Answer

- The foreclosure of farms and food supply due to major droughts in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas to name a few, was known as the Row Question

- Dust Bowl Row Answer

- Won in a landslide in the 1932 election as the public overwhelmingly wanted change in America to help the economy Row Question

- Franklin Roosevelt Row Answer

Row Question - Amendment that changed the inauguration of the President to Jan. 20 th

- 20 th Amendment Row Answer

Row Question - Herbert Hoover tried to stimulate the economy by creating this corporation and sending $2 billion in emergency funding, but it was “too little too late”

- RFC – Reconstruction Finance Corporation Row Answer

- Overproduction of goods, too much available credit, farm surplus, high tariffs, and no banking regulations led to what major event? Row Question

- The Great Depression Row Answer

- Countries involved in the Triple Entente before World War I starts Row Question

- Britain, France, Russia Row Answer

- Name of Woodrow Wilson’s peace plan while campaigning for the 1916 election Row Question

- “Peace without Victory” Row Answer

- As a result of the Versailles Treaty, how many new nations were created in Europe after several borders were moved? Row Question

- Nine Row Answer

- Leading Senator and opponent of Woodrow Wilson who led the drive for the U.S. not to sign the Versailles Treat and not to join the League of Nations Row Question

- Henry Cabot Lodge Row Answer

- This person created the Committee on Public Information to create propaganda to encourage the American public to support the Great War effort Row Question

- George Creel Row Answer

- What President saw the imperialistic taking of the Philippines as an act of national interest to serve America’s interest? Row Question

- William McKinley Row Answer

- What did the 16 th, 17 th, and 18 th Amendment each create? Row Question

- 16 th – income tax, 17 th – direct election of Senators by the people, 18 th - prohibition Row Answer

- Discriminatory immigration law that restricted the immigration of Southern and Eastern Europeans and practically excluded Asians and other nonwhites from entry into the United States. This act instituted admission quotas by using the 1890 census to determine the population of a particular nationality group; the government then only allowed 2 percent of that population into the nation. Row Question

- Nations Origin Act of 1924 Row Answer

- What is the historical significance of the Treaty of Versailles? Row Question

- Its weaknesses led to a second world war Row Answer

- Who was the first American to win the Nobel Peace Prize? Row Question

- Theodore Roosevelt Row Answer

- What bird can lift the most? Row Question

- A crane Row Answer

- What has 6 eyes but can't see? Row Question

-Three Blind Mice Row Answer

- Why was Cinderella thrown off the basketball team? Row Question

- She ran away from the ball Row Answer

- What do you call a guy who's born in Columbus, grows up in Cleveland, and then dies in Cincinnati? Row Question

- Dead Row Answer

- What did Delaware? Row Question

- Her New Jersey Row Answer