1. 1920s Review

2. How did WWI affect America?
After the war, the U.S. didn’t want to be involved in international affairs- Isolationism

3. What is Communism? Why were Americans afraid of it?
Dictatorship with the government controlling all aspects of life
Promoted “workers of the world” having a revolution

4. Why was there an increase in strikes after WWI?
Workers had not been allowed to strike during the war
Prices had gone up, but wages had remained the same

5. Who helped settle the Boston Police Strike?
Calvin Coolidge

6. What was the Red Scare?
Fear of Communism spreading to the U.S.

7. What were some of the reasons that Sacco and Vanzetti were found guilty?
Prejudiced jury against-
New immigrants
Admitted anarchists
Poor language skills

8. What were the Palmer Raids?
Attempt to find suspected Communists in the U.S.

9. Who won the 1920 Election? What Party was he from?
Warren G. Harding
Republican

10. What was the 19th Amendment?
Gave women the right to vote

11. What was Warren Harding known for?
Pro-business
Return to Normalcy

12. What was normalcy? Return to the way things had been
People felt that there had been too many changes in the first two decades of the 20th century

13. How did Calvin Coolidge become President? What was he known for?
Vice-President when Harding died
Known for being honest, and quiet

14. What was the Ohio Gang?
Harding’s friends that he appointed to important positions
Several were involved with scandals

15. What was the Teapot Dome Scandal?
Involved the illegal leasing of government oil fields

16. Who won the 1924 Election? What Party was he from?
Calvin Coolidge
Republican

17. How were the Republican Presidents of the Twenties pro-business?
Allowed business people to regulate business
Appointed Supreme Court justices that ruled for business

18. How did assembly lines increase efficiency?
Standardized parts
Job came to the worker
Workers only had to do one job

19. What types of advertising were there in the twenties?
Radio
Newspapers
Billboards
Magazines

20. What is buying on credit?
Paying with installments after acquiring the product

21. How did education change in the Twenties?
More managers and accountants needed for the large corporations

22. What was the impact of radio?
Something that people could have in common
Big impact on advertising

23. Why were movies popular?
Inexpensive and an escape

24. What was significant about Jazz Singer? Steam Boat Willie?
First “talkie” movie
First animated movie- Disney!

25. Why were sports so popular?
Economy was good, so people had the time and money to spend on them

26. Charles Lindbergh
1st man to fly solo across the Atlantic

27. Amelia Earhart
Famous female pilot

28. Jack Dempsey
Heavyweight boxing champ

29. Babe Ruth
Baseball player for the Red Sox then Yankees

30. Gertrude Ederle
First person to swim across the English Chanel- France to England!

31. What were Flapper Girls?
Fashion icons of the 20s- bobbed hair, short dresses and party girls!

32. What was the Lost Generation?
Authors that rejected American materialism and headed to Europe

33. What was the Harlem Renaissance?
Flourishing of African American writers, musicians and artists

34. Louis Armstrong
Famous musician

35. Duke Ellington
Famous band leader

36. Langston Hughes
Famous black writer

37. Marcus Garvey
Black leader- believed that blacks would be better off going back to Africa

38. Why did the “Great Migration” occur?
African Americans headed north for jobs and to escape discrimination of the South

39. Why was the NAACP formed?
To help protect African Americans

40. In what ways was the KKK powerful?
Intimidated – blacks, immigrants, Catholics, Jews and others
Influenced politicians to support their views

41. What did Fundamentalism represent?
Literal translation of the bible
Felt that America needed to be more religious

42. What was the result of the Scopes Trial?
Brought attention to the split in America between Fundamentalism and Progressives
Scopes found guilty

43. What was the role of William Jennings Bryan in the trial?
Prosecutor- tried to find Scopes guilty

44. What was the role of Clarence Darrow in the trial?
Defense attorney for John Scopes

45. What was Nativism? Preference for people born in America
Anti-immigrant

46. What was the Immigration Law of 1921?
Established a quota of 3% coming from a specific country related to the amount already in the U.S.
Based on 1910 census
Aimed to limit the amount of Immigrants from southern and eastern Europe

47. What was the Nations Origins Act (1924)?
Established a quota of 2% coming from a specific country related to the amount already in the U.S.
Based on 1890 census
Completely excluded Asians

48. Who supported Prohibition? Why?
Business Leaders- cut down on accidents and absenteeism
Doctors- reduce medical problems
Women’s groups- reduce domestic abuse

49. What was the Volstead Act?
Enforced prohibition

50. Why was the Kellogg-Briand Pact pretty much useless?
No way to enforce it

51. What were the three parts of the Dawes Plan?
U.S. Bankers lend money and make investments to Germany
Germany pays reparations to G.B. and France
G.B. and France repay WWI debts to the U.S.