Roaring '20s, Depression, and WWII

Question 1

These new technologies ('20s) helped Americans to communicate and share experiences?

Accepted Answer

Movies and Radio

Question 2

What law allowed the US to provide war materials to allies in exchange for military bases?

Accepted Answer

Lend Lease Act

Question 3

Which Amendment passed in the 1920’s that gave women the right to vote?

Accepted Answer

19th Amendment

Question 4

This is an establishment that illegally sells alcoholic beverages.

Accepted Answer

Speakeasy

Question 5

The period of the Roaring '20s takes place after what war?

Accepted Answer

WWI

Question 6

Shantytowns made of scrap material during the depression were nicknamed

Accepted Answer

Hooverviles

Question 7

Why is this period known as the Roaring '20s?

Accepted Answer

Economic Boom

Question 8

What variety of music grew enormously in popularity in the 1920s Harlem Renaissance?

Accepted Answer

Jazz

Question 9

This law helped returning soldiers adjust to civilian life.

Accepted Answer

G.I. Bill

Question 10

The Leader of Germany in WWII

Accepted Answer

Hitler

Question 11

This Governor cost Georgia colleges their accreditaion by firing deans who wanted integration.

Accepted Answer

Eugene Herman Talmadge

Question 12

Inventions that improved daily life in the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

Refrigerators, Vacuum Cleaners, and other electric appliance

Question 13

The Leader of the Soviet Union in WWII

Accepted Answer

Stalin

Question 14

The 19th Amendment came about because of?

Accepted Answer

Women's contributions during the war

Question 15

The Roaring ‘20s was a decade of prosperity for Americans. What does prosperity mean?

Accepted Answer

wealth

Question 16

Prohibition did what?

Accepted Answer

Outlawed the production and distribution of alcohol

Question 17

The famous Chicago mobster of the 20s who was convicted of tax evasion

Accepted Answer

Al Capone

Question 18

The US President who authorized the use of atomic weapons in WWII

Accepted Answer

Truman

Question 19

FDR explained his New Deal programs to the American public through...

Accepted Answer

Fireside Chats on the radio

Question 20

The Leader of Japan in WWII

Accepted Answer

Hitler, Tojo

Questions 20