3276365265 | what political party were all the presidents in this decade | republican | 0 | |
3276368359 | who was fighting in the Russian Revolution | reds vs. whites | 1 | |
3276369874 | who led the reds in the Russian revolution | Lenin (communist party) | 2 | |
3276371446 | when was the red scare | 1919-1920 | 3 | |
3276374342 | what caused the red scare | communist revolutions abroad, Russian Revolution, strikes because shortage of jobs | 4 | |
3276377457 | xenophobia | fear of foreigners | 5 | |
3276379772 | what revolution did lenin call for | revolution of workers | 6 | |
3276384006 | schenk vs USA | says the government can restrict the 1st amendment right to freedom of speech in time of war, constitutional rights are not absolute | 7 | |
3276393319 | who was the supreme court justice in schenk vs. usa | oliver wendell holmes | 8 | |
3276397587 | oliver wendell holmes | who is this | ![]() | 9 |
3276405166 | Palmer Raids | attorney general A. Mitchell Palmer arrests several thousand suspected communists | 10 | |
3276407517 | what prompted the Palmer Raids | red scare and bombings in several cities | 11 | |
3276409210 | A. Mitchell Palmer | who is this | ![]() | 12 |
3276416641 | Sacco and Vanzetti | italian immigrants accused for murder and robbery, convicted and executed by the electric chair | 13 | |
3276419766 | who are the poster boys for xenophobia | Sacco and Vanzetti | 14 | |
3276423232 | who was the judge in the Sacco and Vanzetti trial | Judge Thayer | 15 | |
3276423233 | Sacco and Vanzetti | who is this | ![]() | 16 |
3276430967 | what did the 1921 and 1924 immigration acts do | set quotas on number of immigrants from areas of Europe, Asia, and Africa | 17 | |
3276436331 | what part of Europe were any number of immigrants allowed to come from | western Europe | 18 | |
3276444637 | Boston Police Strike 1919 | governor Calvin Coolidge sent National Guard into Boston after striking police officers were fired | 19 | |
3276449415 | can emergency services go on strike | no it is illegal | 20 | |
3276451025 | Calvin Coolidge | who is this | ![]() | 21 |
3276456721 | why were union movements weakened during the twenties | higher wages, mass production industries that aren't skilled based, management hostile to labor unions, have to pay union dues, red scare | 22 | |
3276462713 | who are the three presidents in the twenties | Harding, Coolidge, Hoover | 23 | |
3276464988 | what were the main republican policies | pro big business, reject progressive era forms | 24 | |
3276468023 | what was the democratic party split between | rural populists and urban progressives | 25 | |
3276473858 | who wins the 1920 election | Harding | 26 | |
3276475531 | what is Harding's campaign slogan | "return to normalcy" (before WWI and progressives) | 27 | |
3276479191 | what was Harding's main policies | reduce the role of the government in the economy, higher tarrifs, lower taxes, isolationism | 28 | |
3276481133 | The Poker Cabinet | Harding's cabinet that included old buddies | 29 | |
3276490990 | Teapot Dome Affair | Secretary of Interior Albert Fall sold government oil leases for personal gain | 30 | |
3276515480 | which president was involved with Teapot Dome Affair | harding | 31 | |
3276517627 | who is the 1st cabinet member to go to prison | Albert Fall | 32 | |
3276530850 | why did the USA not join the league of nations | Harding pushed for isolationism, article in treaty stated that if one country in the league is attacked then the rest of the members have to fight for them | 33 | |
3276544893 | Washington Naval Conference 1921 | several nations agree to limit size of navies (saves them $$$) | 34 | |
3276548372 | what countries were involved in the Washington Naval Conference | Great Britain, France, USA, Japan, Italy | 35 | |
3276554966 | what president did the Washington naval conference occur under | harding | 36 | |
3276556029 | president Harding | who is this | ![]() | 37 |
3276563492 | 1920 election map | what election map is this | ![]() | 38 |
3276569286 | who takes over when Harding dies in 1923 | Calvin Coolidge | 39 | |
3276574119 | what type of appointments does Coolidge make to the supreme court | conservative appointments | 40 | |
3276575395 | who wins 1924 election | coolidge | 41 | |
3276577532 | who runs as a progressive in 1924 election | Lafollete | 42 | |
3276577533 | 1924 election map | which election is this | ![]() | 43 |
3276586673 | what type of government does Coolidge believe in | Laissez Faire or "the business of government is business" | 44 | |
3276590211 | who is secretary of treasury under Coolidge | Andrew Mellon | 45 | |
3276592527 | who does Coolidge cut taxes on | corporations and the wealthy | 46 | |
3276593796 | Coolidge's foreign policy | mostly isolationists except still police officer in western hemisphere, control most latin american countries foreign policies (informal imperialism/dollar policy) | 47 | |
3276606331 | where does Coolidge send marines in 1927 | nicaraugua | 48 | |
3276606332 | why does Coolidge send marines into nicauragua | to put down rebellion led by Augusto Sandino | 49 | |
3276609751 | Augusto Sandino | who is this | ![]() | 50 |
3276621104 | Nicaragua 1927 | where are these marines | ![]() | 51 |
3276632287 | Sadinistas | whose flag is this | ![]() | 52 |
3276642788 | why does Coolidge choose not to run in 1928 | doesn't like being president | 53 | |
3276645138 | who wins 1928 election | Herbert Hoover | 54 | |
3276648599 | what was Hoover's previous role before he was president | secretary of commerce under Harding/Coolidge | 55 | |
3276649923 | Herbert Hoover | who is this | ![]() | 56 |
3276654836 | 1928 election | which election map is this | ![]() | 57 |
3276659571 | why does the consumer economy boom | increased consumer borrowing and spending | 58 | |
3276660987 | what are installment plans | buying things on credit | 59 | |
3276664334 | examples of new electric products in the 1920s | vacuum cleaners, irons, oven | 60 | |
3276667349 | what was the major electrical company in 1920s | general electric | 61 | |
3276669856 | why did farmers suffer during the 1920s | mechanization, rising production cost, overproduction | 62 | |
3276673918 | Henry Ford w/ the first car he made | what is this | ![]() | 63 |
3276687769 | what company leads in the automobile industry | Ford Motor Company | 64 | |
3276728397 | why was Ford Motor Company so succesful | used the assembly line to produce cars cheaper so lower classes could buy them | 65 | |
3276740779 | how often were Ford cars built | one every 24 seconds (built half the world's car 1907-1924) | 66 | |
3276746945 | what industries did the automobile business impact | steel, sheet glass, rubber, petroleum | 67 | |
3276759807 | how many people could fit in the runabout car | 2 | 68 | |
3276761195 | how many people could fit in the touring car | 4 | 69 | |
3276812206 | why was it called the roaring twenties | there was a roaring pace of change | 70 | |
3276814916 | why did roadside attractions begin to pop up | people were beginning to travel long distances in cars | 71 | |
3276816742 | examples of new roadside attractions | gas stations, roads, diners, motels | 72 | |
3276824544 | what were flappers characterized as | rebellious women with short hair, makeup, and short skirts | 73 | |
3276825841 | Clara Bow | role model for many flappers, and actress | 74 | |
3276827700 | Clara Bow | who is this | ![]() | 75 |
3276832019 | how did most women vote | like their male counterparts | 76 | |
3276834199 | what was the popular dance in the 1920's | the charleston | 77 | |
3276834200 | the charleston | what dance is this | ![]() | 78 |
3276840393 | what did the industrial growth result in | increase in suburbs | 79 | |
3276843640 | Charles Lindbergh | first man to fly the Atlantic Solo (did it in 33.5 Hours and landed in Paris) | 80 | |
3276846934 | what was Charles Lindbergh's plane called | Spirit of St. Louis | 81 | |
3276849451 | what was Charles Lindbergh's nickname | "Lucky Lindy" | 82 | |
3276852504 | Charles Lindbergh | who is this | ![]() | 83 |
3276860009 | Amelia Earhart | first woman to solo fly the Atlantic | 84 | |
3276861126 | Amelia Earhart | who is this | ![]() | 85 |
3276863161 | Jack Dempsey | heavy weight champion of the world | 86 | |
3276864277 | Jack Dempsey | who is this | ![]() | 87 |
3276866718 | Lou Gherig | baseball player for the Yankees in the 1920's and 1930's | ![]() | 88 |
3276871921 | Babe Ruth | home run king for Yankees, hit 66 home runs in one season | ![]() | 89 |
3276878055 | what was Babe Ruth's nickname | "Sultan of Swat" | 90 | |
3276879685 | how long did Babe Ruth's home run record last | 40 years | 91 | |
3276880801 | Gertrude Ederle | first woman to swim the english channel (broke men's record by 2 hours) | ![]() | 92 |
3276890802 | Babe Dridrikison Zaharias | woman Olympic track star and golfer | ![]() | 93 |
3276896352 | Bobby Jones | famous golfer | ![]() | 94 |
3276900809 | Knute Rockne | football star and coach at Notre Dame | ![]() | 95 |
3276910328 | Red Grange | football player that makes pro football big | ![]() | 96 |
3276914975 | Helen Wills | women's tennis champ | ![]() | 97 |
3276919568 | Big Bill Tilden | men's tennis champ | ![]() | 98 |
3276949417 | when did movies begin to have sound | 1927 | 99 | |
3276949418 | what was the first "talkie" | The Jazz Singer w/ Al Jolson | ![]() | 100 |
3276966571 | Charlie Chaplin | silent movie star and talkie film "the little tramp" | ![]() | 101 |
3276977338 | what was the 1st radio station | KDKA | 102 | |
3276977339 | who founded jazz | Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington | ![]() | 103 |
3276992332 | W.C Handy | father of the blues, born in Florence AL | ![]() | 104 |
3277000120 | what was a famous piano song | Gherswin's Rhapsody in Blue | ![]() | 105 |
3277031077 | who were famous artists in the 1920s | Edward Hopper, Georgia O'Keefe | 106 | |
3277034881 | what were most pieces of art characterized by | yellow and red bright colors in response to WWI | 107 | |
3277037976 | Lost Generation of Writers | writers who were disillusioned with american society in the 1920's | 108 | |
3277047543 | popular writers in 1920s | Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald | 109 | |
3277049573 | where was Fitzgerald's wife Zelda from | Montgomery | 110 | |
3277052190 | Harlem Renaissance | blacks using arts to express black pride | 111 | |
3277054416 | Langston Hughes | black poet | ![]() | 112 |
3277059877 | Volstead Act | law enforcement act of Prohibition | 113 | |
3277060891 | bootleggers | people who supplied illegal alcohol | 114 | |
3277062376 | speakeasies | illegal bars | 115 | |
3277064017 | how did gangs make money in the 1920s | bootlegging wiskey | 116 | |
3277068629 | Al Capone | famous Chicago gangster | ![]() | 117 |
3277080552 | where did gangsters import alcohol from | canada | 118 | |
3277081608 | St. Valentines Day Massacre | Al Capone's men gunned down rival gang | ![]() | 119 |
3277086373 | Elliot Ness | treasury agent that convicts Capone for tax evasion in 1932 | ![]() | 120 |
3277098015 | Fundamentalism | christian movement in 1920s | 121 | |
3277102513 | Billy Sunday | preacher who broadcasts his sermons every week | ![]() | 122 |
3277105814 | Aimee Semple McPherson | another preacher who broadcast her ideas | ![]() | 123 |
3277112823 | Scopes Trial | John Scopes found guilty for teaching evolution in school | ![]() | 124 |
3277120268 | who was scopes defended by and prosecuted by | defended by Clarence Darrow, prosecuted by Williams Jennings Bryan | 125 | |
3277126434 | where was the KKK centered in 1920s | midwest | 126 | |
3277128372 | who were the KKK against | immigrants, catholics, jewish, blacks (because stole their jobs during war) | 127 | |
3277130983 | what was motto for KKK | "save our land, join the klan" | 128 | |
3277132669 | who had largest KKK membership in 1920s | Indiana | 129 | |
3277135621 | Birth of A Nation | a film based on a clansman | ![]() | 130 |
3277138831 | Marcus Garvey | black who encouraged blacks to emigrate to Africa and establish their own country and government, created Universal Negro Improvement Association | ![]() | 131 |
3277147655 | what was the first cartoon | Mickey Mouse as steamboat Willie | ![]() | 132 |
3277169834 | Adkins vs. Children's hospital | gave women minimum wage in DC | 133 | |
3277171144 | welfare capitalism | a system of labor relations that stressed management's responsibility for employees well being | 134 | |
3277180871 | Sheppard-Towner Federal Maternity and Infancy Act | first federally funded health care legislation | 135 | |
3277189723 | American Civil Liberties Union | formed during red scare to protect free speech rights | 136 | |
3277191936 | National Orgins Act | established quota for immigrants | 137 | |
3277216131 | soft power | the exercise of popular cultural influence | 138 |
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