1920's Test Review

Famous poet of the Harlem Renaissance, considered the voice of the black experience in the US

Who wrote the Great Gatsby and came up with the term, Jazz Age?

Unreasoned fear of things or people seen as foreign or strange

One of the causes of Prohibition is the government eliminating alcohol to protect the public health

A bootlegger has a legal license to sell a product

The Red Scare was hysteria fueled by fears of radicals, communists, and anarchists

Prohibition led to less crime and more respect for the law

The 21st Amendment repealed Prohibition

Where were Sacco and Vanzetti tried and convicted for robbery and murder?

Who was the governor of Massachusetts who squashed the Boston Police Strike?

The 18th Amendment banned this in the US from 1920-1933.

The Palmer Raids rounded up suspected radicals and communists and provided legal counsel and a trial

Isolationism is a policy of pulling away from world affairs

Clarence Darrow defended Scopes at his trial

This gangster dominated the Chicago underworld during Prohibition

A double standard refers to stricter moral standards for one gender over another

A flapper is a 1920's woman who respected traditional values and was content as a housewife and mother

The invention of the television in the 1920's spread news and entertainment

The Great Migration brought hundreds of thousands of blacks to settle in SOUTHERN cities

She was a famous blues singer during the Harlem Renaissance

This religious movement is based on literal translation of the bible

Moonshine is referred to as "white lightning" or "rot gut"

This New York Yankees slugger is the first to hit 60 home runs in a single season

Who wrote, Farewell to Arms and criticized the glorification of war?

The Harlem Renaissance is a literary and artistic movement of African American culture

A speakeasy is a hidden saloon or nightclub that sold liquor illegally

These are people who oppose any form of government

The state of Massachusetts exonerated (acquitted) Sacco and Vanzetti in 1977

John T. Scopes was tried and found guilty of teaching this theory

Who was the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean?