Roaring 20s Spring 2015

Question 1

The Great Awakening of African-American culture; jazz, dance, visual arts, poems, literature.

Accepted Answer

The Harlem Renaissance

Question 2

President Warren G. Harding's attempt to return the USA to pre-existing WWI; bring about peace.

Accepted Answer

Return to Normalcy

Question 3

America's fighter pilot ace in WWI who also crossed the Atlantic in a solo flight.

Accepted Answer

Charles Lindberg

Question 4

Morally loose women of the 1920s who smoked, wore provocative clothing, drank, and danced.

Accepted Answer

Flappers

Question 5

This amendment overturned the 18th Amendment and alcohol was now legal in the USA.

Accepted Answer

21st Amendment

Question 6

Attorney who represented the defendant in the "Scopes Monkey Trial"; evolution on trial.

Accepted Answer

Clarence Darrow

Question 7

Inventor of the assembly line; made production of cars quicker, more efficient, less costly.

Accepted Answer

Henry Ford

Question 8

The illegal leasing of federal oil rich lands for personal profit under Harding Administration.

Accepted Answer

Teapot Dome Scandal

Question 9

Passed in 1921, 1924, and 1929 to keep immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe out of USA.

Accepted Answer

Immigration Acts

Question 10

Poet and writer during the Harlem Renaissance who attacked racism and prejudice.

Accepted Answer

Langston Hughes

Question 11

Americans were fearful of communism spreading to America and created panic in America

Accepted Answer

Red Scare

Question 12

Mass emigration of blacks from the South to the North; looking for jobs, better life.

Accepted Answer

Great Migration

Question 13

A section in NY City where music, song-writing intermingled;Blues, Jazz, Ragtime Music

Accepted Answer

Tin Pan Alley

Question 14

Evolution on trial; set public schools up for teaching evolution; fined $1 for teaching it.

Accepted Answer

Scope's Monkey Trial

Question 15

Pseudo-scientific belief that the human race could be made by improved breeding.

Accepted Answer

Eugenics

Question 16

This president after Harding believed that the "business of America is business:.

Accepted Answer

Calvin Coolidge

Question 17

Amendment that prohibits sale, distribution, or transportation of alcohol.

Accepted Answer

18th Amendment

Question 18

Time period of flappers, prosperity, resurgence of African-American pride, and peace.

Accepted Answer

Roaring 20s

Question 19

Belief that everyone has the opportunity to work hard and succeed in life; prosperity.

Accepted Answer

"Rugged Individualism"

Question 20

Outspoken voice for the Temperance Movement; pro-Women's rights and prison reform.

Accepted Answer

Frances Willard

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