American History 21

Developer of the assembly line for mass production

The airplane was a major form of transportation for most Americans during the 1920s

The first automobiles were built shortly after WWI

Women whose behavior and dress were shocking

The common use of what power source did much to revolutionize the daily life of Americans during the 1920s?

President who died in office

The Scopes trial resulted in Scopes Efing convicted of teaching evolution

President Harding’s administration was gilled with scandal bc he allowed his friends to use government power

Term that describes the decade of 1920 - 1929

The illegal sale of liquor

Prohibition went into effect in 1919 despite widespread disapproval and a long, bitter fight against the movement

President who said “the chief business of the American people is business”

Who promised a “return to normalcy” after the war?

All of the following conditions were present in the mid - 1920s EXCEPT

President Harding was impeached, found to be responsible for the Teapot Dome scandal, and imprisoned

Albert B Fall was infamous for his part in

Inheritor of te impending fall from prosperity

Lawyer that defended he biology teacher of teaching evolution in Tennessee?

America’s basic foreign policy in the 1920’s

The people of the 1920s generally had an interest in all of the following topics or issues EXCEPT

Communists intended to spread their rule from Russia to other nations of the world

Who won the presidential election of 1928?

Who was the famous Chicago crime boss during the 1920s?

The author of the book “The Man Nobody Knows” was

What unrealistic argument was made in 1928 to outlaw war and establish world peace?

Condition imposed by the 18th amendment

Who was President Harding’s secretary of state?

The Volstead Act of 1919 outlawed any beverage that contained more than 0.5% alcohol content

What caused nation fear during the Red Scare?

Who was the brunt of much ridicule at the Scopes trial for is defense of biblical creation?

A place to buy liquor illegally

Pilot of the first nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean

President that was a member of the “Ohio Gang”

A major court case related to the Red Scare was the one involving

The automobile had a dramatic effect on American life, especially that of farm families