History Test Chapter 20

"The Business of America is Business"

teacher convicted of teaching evolution

What is the name for a stock market characterized by optimism and rising stock prices?

theory of relativity

Movies were a popular form of entertainment in the 1920s?

The Washington Naval Conference sought to limit the growth of naval power.

What became the most common means of news and entertainment in the 1920s?

First solo, non stop flight across the Atlantic

What year did the stock market crash, causing the Great Depression?

The US used its military to enforce the Kellogg-Briand Pact.

defended the Bible against the theory of evolution

In his nomination speech, Herbert Hoover predicted that America would see poverty eliminated.

What term reffered to speculators borrowing money to purchase stock?

The Ku Klux Klan's membership thrived only in the South.

Austrian psychologist

If a new laptop is advertised for payments of $50 a month what type of credit agreement is this?

What piece of legislation set quotas to restrict immigration?

Most associated with the Depression

The Fordney- McCumber Tariff lowered the tariff levels in the US.

What is the name for a stock market characterized by pessimism and declining stock prices?

What was the theme of Harding's presidential campaign?

Raising tariffs helped the American economy.

the most famous gangster of the 20s

Leader of the Ohio Gang

Secretary of the interior

Roman Catholic presidential candidate

What was the term for the period in which African Americans intellectuals and entertainers achieved prominence?

What term describes a free- enterprise economy with minimal government regulation ?