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American History- Roaring Twenties Review- 2015-16
American History- Roaring Twenties Review- 2015-16
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Reason why it was difficult to enforce the prohibition of alcohol:
Smugglers were determined to break the law
Only alcohol manufactured in the US was banned
Insufficient funding for enforcement
Some police and officials took bribes to "look the other way
2
In the 20's powerful invention that transformed the way that people got news:
Internet
Printing Press
Television
Radio
3
The number of "Pink Collar" jobs rose in the 1920's. Pick one that is an example:
Telephone Operator
Homemaker
Secretary
Factory Worker
4
During the 1920's, _________________ increased while ___________________ decreased.
Consumption of Alcohol, Racism
Unemployment, Inflation
Crime, The Birthrate
Immigration, Fear over Radicals
5
Main belief of Communist theory:
Abolition of Private Property
Equal Distribution of Wealth
Middle Class should rank higher than all others.
Full Democracy
6
Wore short dresses, bobbed their hair, lots of make-up; challenged acceptable stereotypes:
Floozies
Rakes
Flimboes
Flappers
7
European economies suffered after WWI. Germany's money was losing value, what is this called?
Deflation
Speculation
Inflation
Margin
8
Celebration of African-American culture; especially in music, the arts, and written works:
Great Migration
Black Power Movement
Equal Access
Harlem Renaissance
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The event that best exemplified the 1920's conflict between Science and Religion:
Sacco and Vanzetti Trial
Flight of Charles Lindbergh
Debate over the social freedom of Women
Trial of John Scopes
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Biology teacher arrested, tried, and convicted for breaking Tennessee law & teaching evolution:
John Scopes
Al Capone
William Jennings Bryan
Clarence Darrow
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Direct result of increased car ownership in America:
Advertising Techniques
Urban Sprawl
Changes in where people live
American Architecture
12
Mob boss on Chicago's South Side, ruthlessly built an empire on illegal liquor:
Al Capone
Bugs Moran
Enoch Johnson
Tommy Pendergast
13
Agreement that officially "outlawed" war as a means of settling disputes:
SALT I Treaties
Kellogg-Briand Pact
Fordney-McCumber Pact
Dayton Accords
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Invention that changed the way that people lived at home; made life easier and less dangerous:
Solar Power
Internet
Natural Gas
Electricity
15
Famous authors who wrote
The Great Gatsby & A Farewell to Arms:
Fitzgerald and Hemingway
Sacco and Vanzetti
Marx and Engels
Holmes and Holmes
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Italian immigrants and suspected anarchists accused and tried for the murder of a paymaster:
Mario Ciampi & Jimmy Palmioti
Nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Vincent Cavallaro & Fiorello LaGuardia
Joe & J.P. Prezzavento
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Speakeasies are:
1920's Secrets
Illegal, underground nightclubs that served alcohol
Illegal Liquor manufacturing centers
The term for what you are supposed to do in the Library.
18
The "Red Scare" resulted in a series of raids conducted by the Federal Gov't, named after who?
A. Mitchell Palmer
J. Edgar Hoover
Joe McCarthy
Elliot Ness
19
The automobile led to the expansion of urban cities to outlying, undeveloped areas. This is:
Regionalism
Urban Sprawl
Suburbification
Rural Expansion
20
As confrontations bubbled after WWI, a series of these broke out in northern cities:
Hunger Strikes
Bomb Threats
Race Riots
Railway Shutdowns
21
Many from this group were adamantly against the prohibition of alcohol:
Immigrants
Rural Christian Southerners
Organized Crime Bosses
Members of the Women's Christian Temperance Union
22
Dance style accompanied Jazz music, controversial to older adults, originated in So Carolina:
Hokey Pokey
The Twist
The Charleston
Harlem Shuffle
23
The only US amendment to repeal another amendment, specifically Prohibition:
23rd
21st
25th
19th
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Economic and Political system in which private property is confiscated & resources are shared:
Capitalism
Oligarchy
Anarchy
Communism