1920s VOCABULARY

Question 1

A group that claimed to have evidence that new immigrants from Europe were racially inferior.

Accepted Answer

The Immigration Restriction League

Question 2

Babe Ruth was traded to the Red Sox and they lost the World Series every year.

Accepted Answer

"Curse of the Bambino.

Question 3

A situation where people are buying less in an economy, which results in a loss of money).

Accepted Answer

Under Consumption

Question 4

Discrimination directed at a specific racial group.

Accepted Answer

Racism

Question 5

Shares of a company that are sold to investors in order to raise money for the company.

Accepted Answer

Stocks

Question 6

People who formed groups in the South after the Civil War. They were against freeing the slaves

Accepted Answer

Ku Klux Klan

Question 7

This stands for White Anglo-Saxon Protestant.

Accepted Answer

WASP

Question 8

People who put their money into the stock of a company in hopes of making more money.

Accepted Answer

Investors

Question 9

An invention, where Americans could listen to their favorite music over and over again.

Accepted Answer

Record Player

Question 10

Negative behavior directed at a specific group of people.

Accepted Answer

Discrimination

Question 11

President of the United States from 1929-1933.

Accepted Answer

Herbert Hoover

Question 12

Excess amount of goods that leads to lower prices or unsold goods that people can't buy.

Accepted Answer

Over-production

Question 13

Prejudice or hatred of strangers, foreigners, or anyone perceived as foreign or different.

Accepted Answer

Xenophobia

Question 14

A type of consumer spending; US individuals spend more money because the economy is better.

Accepted Answer

Consumerism

Question 15

To be involved with someone romantically, dating.

Accepted Answer

Courting

Question 16

A new invention where people became more mobile and traveling was a part of everyday life.

Accepted Answer

Car

Question 17

Any act that is conducted for long period of time.

Accepted Answer

Marathon

Question 18

An intense and widely shared enthusiasm for something for a short period of time.

Accepted Answer

Fad

Question 19

Mining and textiles where wages were low.

Accepted Answer

Old Industries

Question 20

A negative learned attitude toward a certain group of people, before you get to know them.

Accepted Answer

Prejudice

Question 21

The act of lending money to someone or a group of people, and charging interest.

Accepted Answer

Loan

Question 22

Different types of activities that people watch for entertainment

Accepted Answer

Spectator Sports

Question 23

The rule or practice of separating people of different races, classes, or ethnic groups.

Accepted Answer

Segregation

Question 24

A famous American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana.

Accepted Answer

Louis Armstrong

Question 25

Laws that set limits on how many people from other countries would be allowed into the US.

Accepted Answer

Immigration Quotas

Question 26

The belief that every American can work hard to get what they want.

Accepted Answer

American Dream

Question 27

A place where every day people/investors can buy stock in businesses.

Accepted Answer

Stock Market

Question 28

An invention of this era that people used for entertainment to listen to shows, news and music.

Accepted Answer

Radio

Question 29

The belief that "native born Americans" were superior to immigrants.

Accepted Answer

Nativism

Question 30

Boom time which encouraged people to buy on credit and new music celebrate the end of the war.

Accepted Answer

Roaring 1920s

Question 31

An era from 1920s to1930s when things were not tolerated like alcohol, smoking and jazz music.

Accepted Answer

Age of Intolerance

Question 32

People whose ancestors are from Northeastern Europe.

Accepted Answer

Anglo-Saxon

Question 33

State of being unable to find a job when you are actively searching for one.

Accepted Answer

Unemployment

Question 34

Girls who upset the elderly by smoking in public, wearing short skirts, & using lots of makeup

Accepted Answer

Flapper Girls

Question 35

Became the law in 1920 and made the purchasing and selling of alcohol illegal.

Accepted Answer

Prohibition

Question 36

A person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country.

Accepted Answer

Immigrant

Question 37

A person who practices a religion that comes from Christianity.

Accepted Answer

Protestant

Question 38

A fad in the 1920s where people tried to see how long they could sit on top of a ___ for money.

Accepted Answer

Flagpole Sitting

Question 39

Where couples compete in an activity for many hours, whoever was left standing was the winner.

Accepted Answer

Marathon Dancing

Question 40

An American professional baseball player who was known for setting batting records for homeruns

Accepted Answer

Babe Ruth

Question 41

The name given to the era of the 1920's and 1930's because of the popularity of jazz musi

Accepted Answer

Jazz Age

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