14 - The Roaring 20's

The "RoaringTwenties" was also known as

• Times of Change
• Fad Fabulous
• the Age of Rock
• the Jazz Age

One goal of many Harlem Renaissance writers was to

• Support existing racial barriers
• Cut off connections with mainstream American values
• Increase pride in African American culture
• Wanted African Americans to create their own political party

Flappers were:

• females who supported the war effort in WW1
• females who broke against the traditional behavior
• women who fought for the right to vote
• women who flew across the Atlantic

“The Red Scare” was a movement that showed how much our nation feared the establishing of

• Anarchism
• Idealism
• Communism
• Darwinism

What was a “speakeasy”?

• the slang used by young people
• secret bars serving alcohol
• a new method to learn English
• Al Capone’s automatic weapon

Who was Charles Lindbergh?

• an Olympic athlete
• a home run king
• assembly line inventor
• nonstop NYC to Paris pilot

What was “Prohibition”?

• no one in the US could buy, sell or transport alcohol
• women were not allowed to wear skimpy bathing suits
• women were not allowed to vote in political elections
• men were forbidden to travel to Communist countries

Sacco and Vanzetti were two men whose execution demonstrated that

• the United States was fearful of foreigners
• the Supreme Court was fair and thorough
• the United States welcomed honest immigrants
• the Justice System is always appropriate to the situation

During the 1920's, the government's role in the U.S. economy was that the government should

• control the means of production
• interfere as little as possible
• promote the welfare state
• play a major role through regulatory action

Buying on margin

• placed severe limits on immigrants
• led to an increase in organized crime
• allowed Americans to buy more stocks in a business
• spread fear of communism