Module 8: Roaring Twenties

A poet, lawyer, and NAACP executive secretary

A arrangement that placed a limit on the number of immigrants allowed in the US

What was the "red scare?"

Person who seeks to overthrow the current government

United States jazz composer who incorporated jazz into classical music.

A payment plan that allows people to pay for something over a certain period of time.

Harding cabinet member who was convicted for the Teapot Dome scandal.

What became a symbol of a 1920's woman?

What were the attorneys in the Scopes Monkey Trial?

A major poet during the Harlem Renaissance, he wrote "If We Must Die" after the Chicago riot.

This organization attempted to help African Americans, especially in court.

A form of socialism that abolished private ownership

Where did the first airplane flight take place?

A movement where people bought more than they could pay for.

Edna St. Vincent wrote poems celebrating life, youth, and independence

An American painter who painted flowers and landscapes during the Great Depression

What innovation made automobiles cheaper?

No participation is foreign affairs

The fear of foreigners

What became widespread due to Prohibition?

President after Harding, and was known for being quiet.

Raised tariffs extremely high on manufactured goods

Modernism was the belief of embracing human empowerment

The process of suburban areas expanding

Secretary of State under Harding

Which of the following was NOT a poet from the Harlem Renaissance?

What groups did the KKK terrorize?

A flapper was a fashionable young woman who was intent on enjoying herself

An African American blues singer who played an important role in the Harlem Renaisssance

What did the 18th amendment make illegal?

What was the St. Valentine's Day Massacre?

What was the underlying reason for the Scopes trial?

This man was a famous and talented African American trumpeter during the Harlem Renaissance

A bootlegger sold illegal alcohol

Fundalmentalism was the belief that everything about evolution was true.

John L Lewis was a miner and was responsible for Fair Labors Standard Act

What was the 19th amendment?

A government scandal in which the government allowed a company to illegally drill for oil.

Why was the Sacco and Vanzetti case considered controversial?

Ernest Hemingway was a lost generation writer

Prohibition banned women’s rights

Sinclair Lewis was the first person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in literature

Clarence Darrow was the prosecutor during the Scopes trial

Cabinet of Warren G. Harding

A speakeasy was a place where they sold illegal liquor

A famous composer who wrote pieces like "God Bless America" and "White Christmas."

Who succeeded President Harding

The Scopes trial was about teaching the Bible in school.

Two Italian men who were wrongly arrested and killed

F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote the Old Man and the Sea

Define Warren G Harding

What was a "talkie?"

An African American actor and singer who promoted African American rights and left-wing causes

A famous composer, pianist, and band leader during the Harlem Renaissance

Langston Hughes was a famous singer that made the Harlem Renaissance important

What were the reasons that factories began to overproduce goods?

Advocating the well being of citizens born within a certain country.

Charles A Lindbergh was the first pilot to fly across the Atlantic without stopping.