American Republic Chapter 21

Communists intended to spread their rule from Russia to other nations of the world.

inheritor of impending fall from prosperity

The Volstead Act of 1919 outlawed any beverage that contained more than 0.5% alcohol content.

At what conference was an effort made to reduce the naval strength of the major powers?

Who was brunt of much ridicule at the Scopes trial for his defense of biblical creation

pilot of the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean

developer of the assembly line for mass production

What lawyer defended the biology teacher accused of teaching evolution in Tennessee?

This president promised a “return to normalcy” after years of war and progressivism.

condition imposed by Eighteenth Amendment

Who was President Harding’s secretary of state?

president who died in office

Prohibition went into effect in 1919 despite widespread disapproval and a long, bitter fight against the movement.

The common use of what power source did much to revolutionize the daily life of Americans during the 1920s?

The automobile had a dramatic effect on American life, especially that of farm families.

The people of the 1920s generally had an interest in all of the following topics or issues EXCEPT

What term describes the decade of 1920-1929?

The president who said "the chief business of the American people is business" was:

America’s basic foreign policy in the 1920s

Who won the 1928 election?

The Republican presidents of the 1920s believed that the federal government should not regulate the farm economy.

Who was the famous Chicago crime boss during the 1920s?

This is an establishment that illegally sells alcoholic beverages.

Smugglers of illegal liquor.

A major court case related to the Red Scare was the one involving

What unrealistic agreement was made in 1928 to outlaw war and establish world peace?

A woman whose behavior and dress were shocking

President Harding was impeached, found to be responsible for the Teapot Dome scandal, and imprisoned.

Harding’s administration was filled with scandal because he allowed his friends to use government powers for their gain.

Which of the following were athletes and entertainers of the 1920s?

Why did a minor economic depression occur immediately after World War I?

The author of the book, The Man Nobody Knows was

Which president was involved with the Ohio Gang?

The first automobiles were built shortly after World War I.

The airplane was a major form of transportation for most Americans during the 1920s.

The Red Scare was the fear that this would spread throughout the U.S.:

In what year was he first radio Broadcast?

All of the following conditions were present in the mid-1920s EXCEPT

Name one of the writers whose work was influential in the 1920s.