Jazz Age Quiz

Who was not qualified to be president? He gave qualified jobs to his corrupt friends.

True/False: Herbet Hoover won the election of 1929.

Who was recognized for his firm stand in the Boston police strike?

T/F: Harlem Renaissance was a time new art, new music, and new literature.

John Scopes taught a school in Tennessee. What did he teach about? He was tried for this. What was that trial called?

Who was Harding's secretary of interior?

What president believed in the "rich getting richer"?

True/False: Charles Lindbergh was the first to fly across the Pacific

Who attempted the first flight around the world? She was also the first woman to fly across what ocean?

T/F: Ronald Reagan is considered a notable person of the early 1900s.

What amendment established "Prohibition"?

What group discriminated against African Americans and immigrants. It was often through violence.

I spent my entire life fighting for women's issues. My partner Stanton and I fought to end slavery. Who am I?

What was caused by the public buying stocks on margin and buying consumer goods?

What act limited the number of immigrants coming into the United States?

Who what a Chicago gangster that made his mark by dominating the bootlegging industry?

Henry Ford built cars. What was his car called? (He built this with using assemble using assembly line methods).

True/False: Harding's scandal was known as the Teapot Cup Scandal.

A period when the government went after "Reds", also known as Communists.

I was idolized by baseball fans. I hit 60 homeruns in 1927, a record that stoof for 34 years. Who am I?

What was the belief that native-born Americans are superior to foreigners?

The 1920s was also known as what?

Who was considered century inventors of the early 1900s?

Who was the African American writer whos work was inspired by rythems and themes of jazz?

T/F: Sacco and Vanzetti were two men who were tried and executed for robbing a shoe factory and killing a clerk.

What refers to the movement of African Americans moving north to cities to find work?

True/False: The Ohio Gang represented politicians who were involved in wrongdoings during Harding's term.

Who was considered an African American piano player?

This was a time when jazz music blossomed. It became very popular. What was I called?