GISH - Roaring 20's

Edna St. Vincent Millay celebrated ___ in her writings

"Maximum number of immigrants permitted to enter the U.S." -- 1924

Duke Ellington was another famous ___ from the Renaissance period.

An entertainment venue during the Roaring 20's was the ____

Readers Digest & Time were the first ____ (mass-marketed)

The ______ Strike dropped union membership from 5 million to 3.5 million.

This Nebraska writer celebrated the lives of the immigrant farmers of Nebraska.

New inventions provided American with __

On Sept. 22, 1927, nearly 50 million Americans tuned into to their radios to listen to what?

Prohibition led to ____ in major cities

Boston Strike involved the ____ and they lost their jobs

Following WWI, the U.S is seeking

George Gershwin was popular at big gatherings. He is going to use ___ to create American music

Scopes Trial dealt with...

Hardings' cabinet is known as the ___ as they embarrassed the government ripping off Americans

Louis Armstrong is most famous for ____ during the Harlem Renaissance

Charles Lindbergh was viewed as a hero for inventing the first airplane.

In the _____ strike, the companies were forced to negotiate by order of Woodrow Wilson

This author (wounded in WWI) wrote A Farewell to Arms which criticized the glorification to war

Vladimir Lenin was the leader of the Bolsheviks that took power in ___

As children return to school in the 1920's, what was one of the results from this change?

By 1920, what % of African Americans in the U.S. were now living in the cities?

What happened to local newspapers during the 1920's

Who would find Flappers to be offensive?

How many American students were attending high school by 1940?

Georgia O'Keeffe was a __ that gave Americans a different point of view of NYC.

Which of the following would NOT have been part of the Women's Movement of the 1920's?

Why did high school populations increase during the 1920's?

In the Dawes Plan, the U.S. investors lend $$ to ___ to help repair their war-torn lands

Helen Willis was known as a famous _____ in the 1920's

The first transcontinental _____ service started in 1920 right here in the U.S.

By 1930, ___% of U.S. households had radios.

The Fordney-McCumber Tariff raises taxes on imports ____%, then Britain & France can't pay loan

Al Capone controlled the liquor business in which midwestern city?

W.E.B. Du Bois was the founding member of the __ in 1909. Fought for legal rights of Blacks

Sinclair Lewis is the first American to_____

Leisure time gave Americans the chance to watch ___ during the 1920's.

The Harlem Renaissance left a _____ impact on American Arts.

Which new form of government does everyone fear in the U.S.

Teapot Dome Scandal stole ____ from the Navy. The guilty person was Albert Fall

Which man was the first to fly over the Atlantic Ocean to Paris in 33 hours

In 1927, the first major movie with sound was released. It was called___

By 1927 every family owned a ___ which improved communication across America.

Single-party government & political system. Ruled by dictator. SHARED property.

People moved ______ during the Roaring 20's

Which woman attempted to fly around the world and was unsuccessful?

African Americans moved to the North between 1910-1920 in what was called the ___

Spreads American culture and takes care of greater literacy is a result of ____

What was the main problem with new immigrants coming into the public schools in the 1920's?

In the 1920's what kind of new programs did high school offer?

Where did the U.S. citizens get the money to pay for new schools in the 1920's?

What did Andrew "Rube" Foster do?

"Spread of Cities"

The Kellogg-Briand Pact says "___" is no longer a national policy for the U.S.

A Mitchell Palmer led raids on the U.S. government to find people that were ____

Sacco and Vanzetti were

How did birth control affect the country in the 1920's?

"Pulling away from World Affairs"

This man became president after Harding. Believed in a minimal government

Casual dating was frowned upon in the 1920's as young couples desired courtship and marriage.

Middle Class men and women begin to see marriage as a partnership due to move towards equality

Example of a Double Standard is

Paved roads, gas, motels and shopping centers were important due to ____

"Oppose any form of government"

Opposed blacks, Catholics, Jews, immigrants, unions & saloons

the "Red Scare" is the fear of

The NAACP fought for ____ in the 1920's

Belief that the Bible was the only truth

My Antonia was written by____

How many people were leaving their farms and small villages each year between 1922-1929

He is the best-known poet of the Renaissance that had poems that moved to the tempo of jazz

Name one problem that arose following WWI.

Women attended college in the 1920's

F. Scott Fitzgerald showed the gilded side of the 1920's in his writings of ___

No making, selling or buying of Alcohol

Hidden Nightclub in the 20's

The Harlem Renaissance took place in

Bessie Smith was a _____ in the Harlem Renaissance

Claude McKay wrote poems during the Harlem Renaissance that encouraged blacks to ____

The airplane helped to create ____

By the mid-1920's, how many people were supporting the 18th Amendment?

This President was to return the U.S. back to "Normalcy"

Women were getting equal pay in the areas of nursing, teachers, and librarians.

Marcus Garvey, African-American, had the belief that ______