REVIEWTHE TWENTIES

What do you know about consumers in the

1920’s?

ProsperousBought stuff on credit

Bought stock on marginThought it would last forever

What did each of the three Presidents of the Twenties

have in common politically?

Republicans

What was the typical foreign policy of the 20’s

Presidents?

Isolationism

What was the typical Republican belief when it

came to business in America?

Laissez-faire

What event brought to an end some of the extreme

practices of the Red Scare?

Sacco and Vanzetti Case

What was a common hangout for people

seeking a nightlife in the Twenties?

Speakeasies

The celebration of African-American art

and music of the Twenties was known as

the …

Harlem Renaissance

Capitol of crime and gangsters in America

in the Twenties?(Not Xavier U.)

Chicago

What was a major criticism of Henry Ford?

He changed the American culture

and morals

The Lost Generation refers to what group of

Americans in the Twenties?

Writers

Women who challenged tradition American

roles and values were often called…

Flappers

What change to the constitution had the

effect of more organized crime?

ProhibitionThe 18th amendment

The Volstead Act

Teapot Dome scandal is most closely

associated with whose Administration?

Harding

What state was Harding from?

O-H-I-O

The Scopes Trial of 1925 centered around what

controversial issue in schools?

Teaching evolutionism

Nativists were Americans who believed our

government should have stricter laws on issue?

immigration

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

afford?

Credit or installment plan

The fear that communists would take control of our

government in the Twenties was known as

the…

Red Scare

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

KKK

What group of American workers faced the toughest economic

stress in the 1920’s?

farmers

What did factory owners accuse striking workers

and their leaders of being?

communists

The 1920’s were known as the Roaring Twenties

as well as the…

Jazz Age

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

Charles Lindburgh

Which American businessman is credited

with first mass-producing the automobile?

Henry Ford

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

prohibition

The Ford Model T could be purchased in any

color you wanted… as long as you wanted…

Black

What was America’s Pastime beginning in

the 1920’s?

baseball

Who was the last President of the 1920’s?

Herbert Hoover

What new style of music was founded in the city

of New Orleans?

Jazz