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S.S.-Ch.24
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A movie without sound | Talkie |
| An explosion in the popularity of jazz music gave this decade another nickname. | Jazz Age |
| A period of African American artistic accomplishment. | Harlem Renaissance |
| (1902-1967) An African American writer who achieved fame during the harlem renaissance for his poetry, which discussed the alienation of African Americans from white American society. | Langston Hughes |
| writers who criticized American society in the 1920s. | Lost Generation |
| People who leave their home country to live elsewhere. | Expatriates |
| (1887-1986)Was an artist who grew up in Wisconsin. She studied art in Chicago and New York. She lived in rural New Mexico where most of her paintings were created. | Georgia O'Keffe |
| In 1928 the United States and 14 other nations signed the this peace agreement to outlaw war. | Kellogg-Briand Pact |
| Ford achieved his goal by building a sturdy and reliable vehicle. | Model T |
| The Model T's nickname | The Tin Lizzy |
| (1865-1923) A senator from Ohio. but then became the 29th president of the United States. His administration was full of scandals and died during his presidency while in California. | Warren G. Harding |
| (1872-1933) The 30th President of the united States. His presidency helped restore faith in government leaders after the scandals of Harding's administration. | Calvin Coolidge |
| Involved Secretary of Interior, Albert Fall, who accepted large sums of money and valuable gifts from private oil companies. In exchange, Fall allowed the companies to control government oil reservesin Elk Hills, California, asn Teapot Dome, Wyoming. | Teapot Dome Scandal |
| This system used conveyer belts to move parts and partly assembles cars from one group of workers to another. | Moving Assembly Line |
| (1874-1964) The 31st president of the United states, he was president during the stock market crashes that helped lead to the Great Depression. | Herbert Hoover |
| Young women who cut their hair short, wore makeup, and wore short dresses. They were openly challenging the traditional ideas of how women were supposed to behave. | Flappers |
| A time of fear of communists, or reds. | Red Scare |
| In 1933 state and federal governments responded with this amendment that ended prohibition. | The 21st Amendment |
| The lead to a Protestant religious movement knownas this. It was charactericized by the belief in literal, or word-for-word, interpretion of the Bible. | Fundamentalism |
| In May 1925 a Dayton, Tennessee, high school science teacher named John T. Scopes was put on trial for teaching evolution in what became known as this. | Scopes Trial |
| During WWI, large numbers of African Americans began leaving the South to take jobs in northern factories. | Great Migration |
| (1887-1940) An African American leader of the black nationalism movement. He encouraged black people around the world to express their pride in their culture. | Marcu Garvey |
| A photographer | Ansil Adams |
| Where are the Rockey Mountains? | West |
| Who was considered the Queen of Blues? | Bessie Smith |
| What was the first talkie? | The Jazz Singer |
| Who starred in The Jazz Singer? | Al Jolson |
| What year did Babe Ruth break the homerun record? And how many homeruns did he hit? | Year: 1927 Homeruns: 60 |
| What year did Babe Ruth break the homerun record? And how many homeruns did he hit? | Year: 1927 Homeruns: 60 |
| Who broke Babe Ruth's homerun record? How many homeruns did he make? | Name: Roger Maris Year: 1961 Homeruns: 61 |
| Who were the presidents of the 1920s? | Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover |
| Were the Presidents of the 1920s all Republicans or Democrats? | Republicans |
| Until 1924 Native Americans didn't have access to adequate legal protection under the government because they:...? | Were not citizens of the United States. |
| True/False. Immigration to the U.S. felldramatically in the 1920s because of the millions of people killed in WWI. | False |
| Who was the Republican candidate for VP in 1920? | Coolidge |
| Who was the Democratic candidate for VP i 1920? | Roosevelt |
| Theodore Roosevelt lost a son in WWI. What was his name? | Quinten roosevelt |
| Who ws Cox's running mate? | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| The main reason Hoover was elected by a large majority of votes:...? | He promised to continue the economic boom. |
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