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Great Stories
1920s
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who was Warren G Harding? | 1) president from 1921-1923 2) good looking and friendly 3) good public speaker 4) people pleaser |
| Warren Harding slogan | "return to normalcy" |
| What did Harding's "return to normalcy mean? | 1) go back to gilded age's laissez faire approach 2) didn't want to break up trusts 3) didn't want any responsibilities as president |
| Was Harding for or against progressivism | 1) against 2) would drink in White House 3) had many affairs by sneaking women in through tunnels 4) conservative gov, less taxes 5) anti-wilson |
| Teapot dome scandal | Harding’s cabinet accepted bribes in return for letting oil companies do whatever they wanted |
| Who was Marcus Garvey | 1) Educated activist from Jamaica 2) dressed in extravagant military uniform 2) investigated by FBI 3) inspired MLK & Malcom X |
| What did Marcus Garvey create? | Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) |
| What did Marcus Garvey believe | 1) Black unity & economic independence 2) racial separatism- blk ppl dont need whites 3) All blk ppl should go back to Africa regardless of ancestry 4) met with leaders of KKK bc they shared same goal of segregation |
| What happened to Marcus Garvey? | 1) tried to start shipping line to send Black ppl back to Africa 2) company failing, Garvey arrested for mail fraud 3) Jewish jury biased against him for meeting with KKK and find him guilty w little evidence 4) deported |
| What did Marcus Garvey name himself | provisional president of Africa even though he's never been |
| Marcus Garvey reading obituary | 1) reads a newspaper that published an obituary saying he died from had a stroke when he didn't actually die 2) caused him to have a second stroke which killed him. |
| Who was "Sister" Aimee McPherson? | 1) created Foursquare Gospel Church 2) preached very glamorously 3) turned church into a broadway show/party 4) church became very popular & everyone loved her |
| What happened to Sister Aimee | 1) mysteriously vanished on beach 2) Followers believed she drowned, went to ocean to pray for her 3) ransom notes are sent but aren't taken seriously 4) she returns 5 wks later saying she was kidnapped & taken to Mexico to be forced into white slavery |
| Was Aimee actually kidnapped? | 1) nobody knows 2) rumors say she had an affair w her engineer so she made up kidnapping 3) found guilty of fraud 4) died from overdosing, was never the same after supposed kidnapping |
| Who were Izzy and Moe? | 1) Prohibition agents 2) used joking tactics & disguises to get into speakeasies 3) became very popular and successful 4) ppl loved them even though they stopping ppl from having fun 5) alcohol was made of shady ingredients, so doing public a favor |
| What happened to Izzy and Moe? | got laid off bc gov didn't like their tactics |
| Who were Leopold and Loeb | 1) genius college students 2) supposedly dating |
| What did Leopold and Loeb do? | 1) were bored one day so decided to commit "the perfect murder" 2) lured and stabbed to death a little boy named Bobby 3) sent ransom note to Bobby's dad 4) accidentally left one of a kind glasses at crime scene & were caught |
| What happened to Leopold and Loeb | 1) both pleaded guilty & blamed it on human nature 2) sentenced to life instead of death bc judge felt bad for them |
| What did Leopold and Loeb case show? | Hedonism- doing stuff for pure pleasure without morals |
| What did Al Capone do on Valentines Day? | Capone’s members dress up as officers to kill Moran’s gang members who were bootlegging rivals |
| What was Al Capone arrested for? | tax evasion |
| How did Al Capone make a lot of money? | 1) bootlegging 2) a lot of beef between his gang and Moran's over alcohol smuggling |
| What did Charles Carrel and Freeman Gosden do? | 1) create radio comedy show called Amos n Andy 2) portrayed racial stereotypes of black ppl 3) both men did blackface |
| How did people react to Amos n Andy | 1) ppl loved the show - 40 million listeners 2) toys and candy created in honor 3) highest rated comedy show 3) NAACP did not approve 4) white ppl listening on radio thought actors were actually black bc they couldn't see them |
| Effect of Amos n Andy Radio show | radios helped racism & stereotypes about black ppl spread |
| What was Piggly Wiggly | 1) first self service grocery store 2) created by Clarence Saunders |
| What was different abt Piggly Wiggly? | 1) before: ppl go into the store with a list & workers would give you items - very time consuming 2) now: people can go into the store, get a basket, choose items, and then leave & have to pay for items later w credit |
| Effect of Piggly Wiggly | 1) made grocery shopping easier 2) led to ppl spending more money bc they could actually see items |
| Who were Sacco and Vanzetti | 1) anarchists, hated capitalism 2) refused to serve in ww1 3) past criminals 4) immigrants |
| What happened with Sacco and vanzetti | 1) arrested for murder & robbery 2) judge was biased against them bc they were immigrants 3) they were being prosecuted for immigrant background 4) some evidence was flimsy, however a gun was recovered that connected them |
| Effect of Sacco and Vanzetti trial? | 1) found guilt & sentenced to death 2) nation divided on whether they were guilty or not - used case to describe opinions on government 3) some claimed they didn't receive a fair trial due to racism |
| What did Gertrude Ederle do? | 1) US olympic swimmer 2) wanted to swim across English Channel 3) trained and studies currents 4) greased herself to protect against jellyfish 5) storm came while swimming, but managed to complete it in 14 hrs 6) beat men record by 2 hrs |
| Effect of Gertrude Ederle? | 1) huge celebration by Calvin Coolidge 2) showed women breaking boundaries |
| Calvin Coolidge | 1) pres after Harding 2) very reserved & quiet 3) laissez faire approach 4) slept a lot 5) vetoed many bills |
| Herbert Hoover | 2) pres after Calvin 3) progressive 4) orphan, raised by quakers 5) degree in engineering, very smart 6) disliked for inaction during the Depression- believed in volunteerism efforts for economic issues |
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