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2 What do you know about consumers in the 1920’s?

3 Prosperous Bought stuff on credit Bought stock on margin Thought it would last forever

4 What did each of the three Presidents of the Twenties have in common politically?

5 Republicans

6 What was the typical foreign policy of the 20’s Presidents?

7 Isolationism

8 What was the typical Republican belief when it came to business in America?

9 Laissez-faire

10 What event brought to an end some of the extreme practices of the Red Scare?

11 Sacco and Vanzetti Case

12 What was a common hangout for people seeking a nightlife in the Twenties?

13 Speakeasies

14 The celebration of African- American art and music of the Twenties was known as the …

15 Harlem Renaissance

16 Capitol of crime and gangsters in America in the Twenties? (Not Xavier U.)

17 Chicago

18 What was a major criticism of Henry Ford?

19 He changed the American culture and morals

20 The Lost Generation refers to what group of Americans in the Twenties?

21 Writers

22 Women who challenged tradition American roles and values were often called…

23 Flappers

24 What change to the constitution had the effect of more organized crime?

25 Prohibition The 18 th amendment The Volstead Act

26 Teapot Dome scandal is most closely associated with whose Administration?

27 Harding

28 What state was Harding from?

29 O-H-I-O

30 The Scopes Trial of 1925 centered around what controversial issue in schools?

31 Teaching evolutionism

32 Nativists were Americans who believed our government should have stricter laws on issue?

33 immigration

34 What practice allowed for consumers to buy items in the Twenties that they could not afford?

35 Credit or installment plan

36 The fear that communists would take control of our government in the Twenties was known as the…

37 Red Scare

38 What anti-immigrant organization grew immensely in the 1920’s? (just for a couple of years)

39 KKK

40 What group of American workers faced the toughest economic stress in the 1920’s?

41 farmers

42 What did factory owners accuse striking workers and their leaders of being?

43 communists

44 The 1920’s were known as the Roaring Twenties as well as the…

45 Jazz Age

46 Who piloted the first solo trans-Atlantic flight in the Spirit of St. Louis?

47 Charles Lindburgh

48 Which American businessman is credited with first mass-producing the automobile?

49 Henry Ford

50 What new law of the Twenties proved to be too difficult to enforce?

51 prohibition

52 The Ford Model T could be purchased in any color you wanted… as long as you wanted…

53 Black

54 What was America’s Pastime beginning in the 1920’s?

55 baseball

56 Who was the last President of the 1920’s?

57 Herbert Hoover

58 What new style of music was founded in the city of New Orleans?

59 Jazz


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