Roaring 20s

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The following are groups that lost out during the 1920s:

• Investors

• Black Americans

• Immigrants

• Business owners

• Farmers

What was the term used to describe those who recently acquired wealth?

Which President said "The only trouble with capitalism is capitalists. They’re too damn greedy?"

• Calvin Coolidge

• Warren G. Harding

• Barack Obama

• Herbert Hoover

• Theodore Roosevelt

The name for the 'new type' of women during the 1920s was...

What percentage of women remained in work after marriage?

• 10%

• 30%

• 40%

• 5%

A third of all income was owned by...

• The top 1%

• The top 5%

• The top 50 richest Americans

• The top 20%

Select the odd one out

• Farmers

• African Americans

• Flappers

• Immigrants

Bootlegging was...

• The illegal production and distribution of alcohol

• A popular dance during the period

• A condition many war veterans had

• A fashion trend of tucking pants into high boots

What is sharecropping?

• Distribution of crops to the poor

• Government grants of land to farmers

• A system where the landowner allows a tenant to use his land in exchange for a share in the profits

• A system where poorer farmers share land and profits in a workers co-op

I'm going to read 'The Great Gatsby'

• Yes

• No