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roaring twenties
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The American city where gangsterism flourished most blantantly in the 1920s was | Chicago |
| One clear result of prohibition was | a rise in criminal organizations that supplied illegal liquor. |
| The essential issue in the Scopes trial was whether | the teachings of Darwin could be reconciled with those of religion |
| US attorney general who rounded up thousands of alleged Bolsheviks in the Red Scare of 1919-1920 | A. Mitchell Palmer |
| Italian American anarchists whose trial and execution aroused widespread protest | Sacco and Vanzetti |
| Mechanical genius and organizer of the mass-produced automobile industry | Henry Ford |
| the "Poet Laureate" of Harlem and author of the Weary Blues | Langston Hughes |
| humble aviation pioneer who became a cultural hero of the 1920s | Charles A. Lindbergh |
| As president, Warren g harding proved to be | thoughtful and ambitious but rather impractical. |
| The central scandal of Teapot Dome involved members of Harding's cabinet who | took bribes for leasing federal oil lands. |
| one important cause of the great stock market crash of 1929 was | over expansion of production and credit beyond the ability to pay for them. |