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SS final review
Chapter 24 The Roaring Twenties
| Who was Warren G. Harding and what was the purpose of his theory "Return to Normalcy"? | A senator from Ohio who was elected President promised to return the nation to stability and prosperity |
| Who was Calvin Coolidge? | A governor from Massachusetts that was elected by Harding as Vice President |
| What was the Red Scare/Palmer Raids? | A time of fear of Communists |
| Who were Sacco and Vanzetti and what were they blamed for? | Italian Anarchists possibly responsible for robbery and murder, they were believed to be communists |
| What was the Teapot Dome Scandal? | It involved secretary of the Interior Albert Fall, accepted large amounts of money and gifts from private oil companies, he allowed companies to control government owned oil reserves |
| What did the Prohibition Amendment 18 do? | It outlawed the use and selling of alcoholic beverages |
| What was the purpose of Isolationism? | To avoid involvement in foreign affairs |
| What were Speakeasies? | A secret bar selling alcohol |
| What was The Scopes Trial? | When John T. Scopes was put on the trial for teaching evolution |
| What was Installment/Buying on Credit? | Buying items with credit instead of currancy |
| What was The Klu Klux Klan (KKK)? | Christian Protistents |
| What was the Harlem Renaissance? | A period of African-American artistic accomplishment |
| What was the Lost Generation? | Writers who criticized American Society in the 1920's |
| Immigration Quotas | Not allowing certain immigrants to move into America |
| Nativism | People who were born in America |
| What was the Great Migration? | When African-Americans began leaving the South to find jobs up in the North |
| What were Flappers? | Women who cut their hair short and wore makeup and short dresses, often challenged to their behavior |
| What was Amendment 19? | The women's right to vote |
| What was the Automobile and what was the purpose of it's invention? | The invention of the car for better transportation and getting to places such as work faster. |
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