The Roaring 20s

A Republican and the 29th president of the United States from 1921 to 1923. He died in office and was succeeded by Calvin Coolidge.

• Warren Harding

• Calvin Coolidge

• Herbert Hoover

• Theodore Roosevelt

The Roaring Twenties

• The worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world, lasting from the stock market crash of 1929 to 1939.

• A surging economy created an era of mass consumerism, as Jazz-Age flappers flouted Prohibition laws and the Harlem Renaissance redefined arts and culture.

• One of the most tumultuous and divisive decades in world history, marked by the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War and antiwar protests, political assassinations and the emerging "generation gap."

• Conservative politics and Reaganomics held sway as the Berlin Wall crumbled, new computer technologies emerged and blockbuster movies and MTV reshaped pop culture.

What was Warden Harding's 1920 Presidential campaign slogan?

• "Keep Cool and Keep Coolidge"

• “Return to Normalcy”

• "America First"

• "Peace. Progress. Prosperity."

A policy in which the government should not interfere with economic affairs.

• Eugenics

• Nativism

• Fragile

• Laissez-Faire

As President, _____ got rid of the dishonest men in Harding’s government and replaced them with honest public servants. He asked Congress to reduce taxes and balance the budget. He vetoed attempts to give money to American farmers and helped reduce income taxes.

• Calvin Coolidge

• Warren Harding

• Woodrow Wilson

• Richard Nixon

What amendment illegalized the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcohol by the U.S. Congress in 1917?

• 18th

• 19th

• 21st

• 22nd

What amendment granted women the right to vote?

• 17th

• 18th

• 21st

• 19th

The ___ of 1931 under Herbert Hoover raised tariffs to an all time high. It protected most businesses from all competition from foreign goods.

• Overseas tariff

• Garvey tariff

• Hawley-Smoot tariff

• Teapot tariff

What amendment ended the prohibition?

• 21st

• 19th

• 20th

• 22nd

Now considered the first generation of independent American women, ____ pushed barriers in economic, political and sexual freedom for women.

• Eugenics

• Flappers

• Natives

• Jeeves