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America's Decade of Prosperity and Change
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1
What is Installment Buying?
people could make a monthly, weekly, or yearly payment on an item
method of paying for items in cash all at once
borrowing money from banks to purchase items
first form of mass media
2
This person was the first to fly solo/non stop across the Atlantic Ocean.
Alvin York
Red Baron
Charles Lindbergh
Amelia Earhart
3
Who perfected his Model T on the Assembly Line
Charlie Chaplin
Mercedes Benz
Thomas Edison
Henry Ford
4
Women who lived in cities that challenged traditional values were known as
flappers
modern
starlets
flippers
5
Chicago "businessman" that made millions off of the illegal alcohol industry.
Truman Capote
A. Mitchell Palmer
Warren Harding
Al Capone
6
Which Republican President promised a "return to Normalcy"
Herbert Hoover
Woodrow Wilson
Calvin Coolidge
Warren G. Harding
7
Which group of Americans opposed new immigration?
Nativists
Prohibitionists
Imperialists
Flappers
8
Hidden or underground nightclubs during the 1920's were known as
silent clubs
untalkables
speaksoftlies
speakeasies
9
Prohibition is
eliminating taxes
eliminating alcohol
eliminating government
eliminating communism
10
Who was a writer during the Harlem Renaissance?
Langston Hughes
Charles Lindberg
Louis Armstrong
Mark Twain
11
Legendary New York Yankee Slugger of the 1920's who revolutionized the home run.
Mickey Mantle
Babe Ruth
Lou Gehrig
Derek Jeter
12
Amendment to the Constitution that legalized prohibition.
19th
17th
20th
18th
13
Amendment to the Constitution that ended Prohibition
20th
18th
21st
19th
14
What scandal tarnished Harding's administration?
Watergate
Sherman Anti-trust Act
Teapot Dome
Great Depression
15
Buying on margin means:
Lowering stock prices
Paying a little over time
Buying farm equipment
Investing with borrowed money
16
The red scare in America was a time of panic caused by what?
communists
immigrants
socialists
the mob
17
A bootlegger would most likely be someone who did what?
hated communism
owned speakeasies
opposed drinking
smuggled alcohol
18
Powerful new medium to get news and information in the 1920's
radio
internet
television
newspapers
19
The Scopes Monkey Trial of the 1920's was a court case over what?
circus animals
religion versus the press
science versus religion
treatment of zoo animals
20
Most important and influential jazz musician of the 1920's. He is famous for his trumpet.
Duke Snyder
Louis Armstrong
Duke Ellington
Neil Armstrong
21
The Harlem Renaissance was
A political movement
An example of the Red Scare
A recognition of African American athletes
a celebration of African American art and literature
22
This character was first introduced in the 1920's in "Steamboat Willie".
Bugs Bunny
Mickey Mouse
John Wayne
Charlie Chaplin
23
Those who oppose any and all forms of government are known as what?
anarchists
communists
Prohibitionists
socialists